★  Martindale, John H.

John Henry Martindale

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Born: March 20, 1815

Birthplace: Sandy Hill, New York

Father: U.S. Congressman Henry Clinton Martindale 1780 – 1860
(Buried: Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury, New York)​

Mother: Minerva Hitchcock 1782 – 1825
(Buried: Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury, New York)​

Wife: Emeline M. Holden 1820 – 1895
(Buried: Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, New York)​

Children:

Caroline Martindale Kidd 1849 – 1924​
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

Education:

1835: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (3rd in class)​

Occupation before War:

1835 – 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons​
1836: Resigned from United States Army on March 10th
1836: Assistant Engineer Saratoga and Washington Railroad​
1838 – 1851: Attorney in Batavia, New York​
1842 – 1845: Genesee County, New York District Attorney​
1847 – 1850: Genesee County, New York District Attorney​
1851 – 1861: Attorney in Rochester, New York​

Civil War Career:
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1861 – 1864: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers​
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.​
1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia​
1862: Served in the Capture of Hanover Court House, Virginia​
1862: Served in the Battle of Mechanicsville, Virginia​
1862: Served in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​
1862: Served in the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia​
1862: Served in the Skirmish at Harrison’s Landing, Virginia​
1862 – 1864: Suffered from the effects of Typhoid Fever​
1862 – 1864: Military Governor of District of Columbia​
1864: Served in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​
1864: Served in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​
1864: in Command of 18th Army Corps​
1864: Resigned as Brigadier General on September 13th
1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry at Battle of Malvern Hill​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1881: Attorney in Rochester, New York​
1866 – 1868: New York State Attorney General​
1868 – 1879: Vice President Board of Managers National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers​

Died: December 13, 1881

Place of Death:
Nice, France

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, New York
 
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After Malvern Hill General Fitz-John Porter had him relieved and brought before a court of inquiry. This was because at Malvern Hill Martindale proposed surrender rather than withdrawal. He was cleared in Oct. 1862. But his military career ended several years later due to ill health.
 
After graduation from West Point Martindale was disappointed because he got assigned to the dragoons instead of the Engineers. Only the top 2 from a class were chosen , He was number 3. He finished a year of absence and resigned before ever reporting to the dragoons.
 
Tried to find an ancestry link to game show host Wink Martindale- came up with nothing.

But a nice consolation prize is awaiting me backstage.
 
After graduation from West Point Martindale was disappointed because he got assigned to the dragoons instead of the Engineers. Only the top 2 from a class were chosen , He was number 3. He finished a year of absence and resigned before ever reporting to the dragoons.
That was also George Meade's and Montgomery Blair's West Point Class.
 
That was also George Meade's and Montgomery Blair's West Point Class.
Along with:

George W. Morell
Charles J. Whiting
James H. Stokes
Henry M. Naglee
William H. Griffin
Peter C. Gaillard
Henry Prince
Herman Haupt
James M. Wells
Joseph H. Eaton
Jones M. Withers
Larkin Smith
Masena R. Patrick
Benjamin S. Roberts
William N. Grier
Hugh McLeod

Ryan
 
After graduation from West Point Martindale was disappointed because he got assigned to the dragoons instead of the Engineers. Only the top 2 from a class were chosen , He was number 3. He finished a year of absence and resigned before ever reporting to the dragoons.
The biography states that He was disappointed but it doesn't make it clear just who he was disappointed in. Himself for only comming in 3rd or the Army's system of taking only the top 2
 
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