John McArthur
Born: November 17, 1826
Birthplace: Erskine, Scotland
Father: John McArthur 1787 – 1867
Mother: Isabella Neilson 1792 – 1850
Wife: Christina Agnes Cuthbertson 1825 – 1908
(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois)
Children:
Bessie Denham McArthur Heaton 1852 – 1931
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Walter Scott McArthur 1870 – 1945
(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois)
Education:
Learned his father’s trade of blacksmithing
Occupation before War:
1849: Immigrated to the United States, from Scotland
Boilermaker in Chicago, Illinois
Proprietor of Excelsior Iron Works in Chicago, Illinois
Instructed in the Chicago Highland Guards Militia
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Chicago, Illinois Highland Guards Militia
1861: Colonel of 12th Illinois Infantry, 90-day Volunteers
1861: Mustered out of Service on August 1st of the 90-day volunteers
1861: Remustered as Colonel of 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 12th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861: Garrison Duty in Cairo, Illinois
1862: Served in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Brigade Commander during Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee on the first day
1862: Brigade Commander during Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1863: Division Commander during Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863 – 1864: Union Army Commander in Vicksburg, Mississippi
1864: Served in the Pursuit of Sterling Price’s Army in Missouri Raid
1864: Played a significant part, to help break the Confederate lines at Nashville, Tennessee
1864: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry at Battle of Nashville
1865: Division Commander at the Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama
Occupation after War:
Failed in reviving his iron Works Business in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois Commissioner of Public Works during Great Fire
United States Postmaster General for Chicago, Illinois
General Manager of Chicago and Vert Island Stone Company
Died: May 15, 1906
Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois
Cause of Death: Apoplexy and Stroke
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois
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