★ ★ Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus

Stephen Augustus Hurlbut:​

Born: November 29, 1815

Birthplace: Charleston South Carolina
Father: Rev. Martin Luther Hurlbut 1780 – 1843
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts)
Mother: Lydia Bunce 1793 – 1821
(Buried: Unitarian Church Cemetery Charleston South Carolina)

Wife: Sophronia R. Stevens 1824 – 1887
(Buried: Belvidere Cemetery Belvidere Illinois)

Children:
George Henry Hurlbut 1849 – 1930
(Buried: Belvidere Cemetery Belvidere Illinois)


Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party


Occupation before War:
1837 – 1845: Attorney in Charleston South Carolina
Adjutant of South Carolina Regiment in Seminole War
1845: Moved to Belvidere Illinois
1845 – 1861: Attorney in Belvidere Illinois
1847: Delegate to Illinois State Constitutional Convention
1848: Whig Party Presidential Elector
1859: Illinois State Representative

Civil War Career:
1861: Illinois State Representative
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Division commander during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Division Commander during the Siege of Corinth
1862 – 1865: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Division Commander at Battle of Hatchie's Bridge
1862: Commanded the Union Army at Hatchie's Bridge after Ord
1862 – 1864: Commander of Union Army XVI Army Corps in Memphis
1864: Army Corps commander during Meridian expedition
Commander of the Union Army Department of the Gulf
Suspected of embezzlement during his time as Commander.
1865: Mustered out of the union army on June 20th​

Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Attorney in Belvidere Illinois
One of the founders of Grand Army of the Republic
1866 – 1868: Commander in Chief of Grand Army of the Republic
1867: Illinois State Representative
1868: Republican Party Presidential Elector
1869 – 1872: United States Minister to Colombia
1873 – 1877: United States Congressman from Illinois
1873 – 1875: Member of House Mississippi Levees Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of House Railways and Canals Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of House Reform in civil service Committee
1875 – 1877: Ranking Member House Reform in Civil Service Cte.
1875 – 1877: Member of House Military Affairs Committee
1876: Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1877 – 1881: Attorney in Belvidere Illinois
1881 – 1882: United States Minister to Peru



Died: March 27, 1882
Place of Death: Lima Peru
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Belvidere Cemetery Belvidere Illinois

 

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The only Union General born in South Carolina.

 

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In addition to mismanagement and corruption he was also accused of drunkenness.

 

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A little confusing, one source states Hurlbut was the GAR's first commander-in-chief. Another states it was John Logan. Still another states Hurlbut was only president of the GAR.Is there a difference in president and commander?And who was first?