Hugh Thompson Reid
Born: October 18, 1811
Birthplace: Union County, Indiana
Father: James Reid 1784 – 1868
(Buried: Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Iowa)
Mother: Ann Thompson
Wife: Mary Alexine Leroy 1828 – 1899
Children:
James Henry Reid 1861 – 1884
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa)
Alan Leroy Reid 1861 – 1911
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa)
Education:
Graduated from Bloomington College in Indiana
Occupation before War:
1839 – 1849: Attorney in Keokuk, Iowa
1840 – 1842: Prosecuting Attorney for five counties in Iowa
President of Des Moines Valley Railroad Company
Civil War Career:
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 15th Iowa Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Sick and not able to command his troops at Corinth, Mississippi
1863 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
Commander of a Brigade at Lake Providence, Louisiana
1863 – 1864: Union Army Post Commander at Cairo, Illinois
1864: Relieved of his command as post commander on March 16th
1864: Resigned from Union Army on April 4th
Occupation after War:
President of Des Moines Valley Railroad Company
Pioneer advocate of building the railroad and passenger bridge over the Mississippi river at Keokuk, Iowa
Died: August 21, 1874
Place of Death: Keokuk, Iowa
Cause of Death: Bright’s Disease
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa
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