Stiles/Akin
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2016
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
' the "Weekly Opinion" has this: "Cincinnati, December 2.—The news
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the United States Military Governor, General Jasper A. Maltby, is dead at 41, today, of Yellow fever and a body ravaged with wartime wounds. He was born and raised in Kingsville, Ohio, served the army as a Private in the Mexican War, then became a gunsmith in Galena, Illinois. When the Civil War began, his brother joined the Confederate artillery, and Jasper joined the US Army again, as a Private, but his Regimental mates elected him Lieutenant Colonel. In the attack on Fort Donelson in Tennessee, he was wounded in the elbow and both thighs, and was promoted to Colonel. The next year he again was wounded during an attack on Fort Hill charging into Confederate lines blown apart with powder, but was stopped by recovering Rebels who pinned down the charging Yankees and killed most of them. Maltby suffered severe injuries to his head and right side, and he was promoted to Brigadier General. When the war ended, he was in poor physical shape but able to attend administrative duties. He became so ill a week and half ago that he surrendered his job and drifted away today………
General Jasper Adalmorn Maltby
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the United States Military Governor, General Jasper A. Maltby, is dead at 41, today, of Yellow fever and a body ravaged with wartime wounds. He was born and raised in Kingsville, Ohio, served the army as a Private in the Mexican War, then became a gunsmith in Galena, Illinois. When the Civil War began, his brother joined the Confederate artillery, and Jasper joined the US Army again, as a Private, but his Regimental mates elected him Lieutenant Colonel. In the attack on Fort Donelson in Tennessee, he was wounded in the elbow and both thighs, and was promoted to Colonel. The next year he again was wounded during an attack on Fort Hill charging into Confederate lines blown apart with powder, but was stopped by recovering Rebels who pinned down the charging Yankees and killed most of them. Maltby suffered severe injuries to his head and right side, and he was promoted to Brigadier General. When the war ended, he was in poor physical shape but able to attend administrative duties. He became so ill a week and half ago that he surrendered his job and drifted away today………
General Jasper Adalmorn Maltby
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