★  Reid, Hugh Thompson

Hugh Thompson Reid

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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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Reid was interested in the recruitment of black soldiers not from the belief in equality but he believed that for every black soldier who was shot meant that one white soldier wasn't. But he did at times command black troops in Louisiana.
 
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