★ Kimball, Nathan

Nathan Kimball​

Born: November 22, 1822

Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Indiana

Father: Nathaniel Kimball 1790 – 1828

Mother: Nancy Ferguson – 1825

1st​ Wife: Martha A. McPheeters – 1850

2nd​ Wife: Emily C. McPheeters 1831 – 1892

(Buried: Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah)​

Children:

James Kimball​

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Rose Ella Kimball Gorman 1867 – 1942​

(Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)​

Education:

1839 – 1841: Attended Indiana Asbury College​

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Studied medicine at University of Louisville Medical School​

Occupation before War:

School Teacher & Farmer in Independence, Missouri​

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Medical Doctor in Salem and Livonia, Indiana​

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Served in the Mexican War, rising to the rank of Captain​

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Medical Doctor in Salem, Livonia, and Loogootee, Indiana​

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1847: Unsuccessful Candidate for Indiana State Senator​

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1852: Unsuccessful Candidate for Presidential Elector​

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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 14th​ Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Cheat Mountain, Virginia​

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1862: Brigade Commander during First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1862: Covered the retreat during Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​

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1862: Brigade Commander during the Maryland Campaign​

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1862: Brigade Commander during Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1862: Wounded in the thigh during Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1864: Division Commander during the Camden Expedition, in Arkansas​

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1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign​

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1864: Sent to Indiana to help rid the state of Knights of Golden Circle​

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1864: Division Commander during Franklin – Nashville Campaign, in Tennessee​

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1865: Mustered out of the Volunteer Army on August 24th​​

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Occupation after War:

Indiana State Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic​

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Indiana State Treasurer​

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1873 – 1878: United States Surveyor General of Utah Territory​

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1879 – 1898: United States Postmaster in Ogden Utah​

Died: January 21, 1898

Place of Death: Ogden, Utah

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Cause of Death: Physical Exhaustion, and Chronic Vital depression

Burial Place: Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah

 

[Pollaco]

The brigade he commanded at Kernstown was after he succeeded the wounded James Shields.

 

[NedBaldwin]

The brigade he commanded at Kernstown was after he succeeded the wounded James Shields.

Shields was division commander, Kimball one of the brigade commanders
When Sheilds was wounded, Kimball managed the division while shields was bed-riodden

 

[NedBaldwin]

Not mentioned in the list is that he commanded a division in the siege of Vicksburg, though he arrived late in the seige

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Nathan Kimball! Salutes remembering General Kimball on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

He started out in the Army of the Potomac for the first 2 years,then to the Army of the Tennessee for a year ,then wound up in the Army of the Cumberland

 

[Pollaco]

During the Maryland Campaign Kimball led the brigade of French's 3rd division.They would become known "Gibralter Brigade".

 

[Pollaco]

Nominated for the office of Lt. Governor of Indiana in early 1863 but he declined to remain in the Army. This was while he was recovering from his thigh wound he received at Fredricksburg and the Gibraltar Brigade was turned over to Col. Samuel Carroll.And just before his transfer to the Western theater.

 

[Pollaco]

After the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 Kimball briefly returned to Indiana at Gov. Morton's request to help put down the Knights of the Golden Circle.