★ Paine, Halbert E.

Halbert Eleazer Paine​

Born: February 4, 1826

Birthplace: Chardon, Ohio

Father: Elazar Paine 1795 – 1832

(Buried: Chardon Municipal Cemetery, Chardon, Ohio)​

Mother: Caroline Jane Hoyt 1804 – 1865

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio)​

Wife: Eliza Leaworthy Brigham 1826 – 1905

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Children:

Eliza Brigham Paine Ladd 1852 –18 1922​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Education:

1845: Graduated from Western Reserve College​

Occupation before War:

Taught School for one season in Mississippi​

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Attorney in Cleveland Ohio​

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Attorney in Milwaukee Wisconsin​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Colonel of 4th​ Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Baton Rogue, Louisiana​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​

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Led actions in Lower Mississippi​

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Participated in the Bayou Teche Offensive​

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Coordinator of anti-guerrilla operations in Southern Mississippi​

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Commander of Camp Parapet in Louisiana​

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1863: Wounded and leg amputated Battle of Port Hudson​

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1864: Commander of Troops in Defenses of Washington, D.C.​

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1865: Resigned from the Union Army on May 15th​​

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1867: Brevetted Major General of Union Volunteers​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1871: U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin​

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1866: Delegate to National Union Convention​

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1869: Campaigned to have meteorological observations in the interior​

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Attorney in Washington, D.C.​

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United States Commissioner of Patents​

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Promoted adoption by Federal agencies of using typewriters​

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Author of his Civil War memoir​

Died: April 14, 1905

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Age at time of Death: 79 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

One of the more controversial Union Officers. He refused to return fugitive slaves when ordered to do so by Gen. Thomas Williams. For this he was placed under arrest then filed charges against Williams.This could have turned into a nasty event had Gen. Williams not been killed soon after in the Battle of Baton Rouge. Paine took over command of William's Brigade and the charges were dropped.

This man liked to refuse things. He refused to take his regiment to the front in cattle cars. He later refused an order from Gen. Butler to destroy Baton Rouge.

While an attorney in Wisconsin before the war, Paine partnered with Carl Shurz.

Hisf first unit was the 4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment but it was reorganized in September of 1863 and became the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.

While an attorney in Milwaukee before the war his law partner was Carl Schurz.

 

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[ErnieMac]

First cousin of BG Eleazer Paine, an even more controversial figure than Halbert.

 

[USS ALASKA]

A Wisconsin Yankee in Confederate Bayou Country: The Civil War Reminiscences of a Union General by Halbert Eleazer Paine (Author), Samuel C. Hyde Jr (Editor)

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