★ Rice, Americus V.

Americus Vespucius Rice​

Born: November 18, 1835

Birthplace: Perrysville, Ohio

Father: Clark Hammond Rice 1804 – 1870

(Buried: Pomeroy Cemetery, Ottawa, Ohio)​

Mother: Catherine Mowers 1808 – 1874

(Buried: Pomeroy Cemetery, Ottawa, Ohio)​

Wife: Mary Metcalf 1846 – 1923

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

Children:

Mary Rice 1869 –​

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Katherine Rice 1873 –​

Education:

Attended Antioch College​

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1860: Graduated from Union College​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain, 21st​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Served in Western Virginia with the Union Army​

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1861: Mustered out of Service on August 12th

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1861 – 1862: Captain, 57th​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel, 57th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi​

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1863: Commanded for his part at the Battle of Arkansas Post​

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1863 – 1865: Colonel, 57th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Served in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​

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1864: Served in the Atlanta Georgia Campaign​

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1864: Wounded in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia​

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1864 – 1865: Leave of Absence due to his wounds received​

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1865 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th​​

Occupation after War:

Manager of Private Banking House in Ottawa, Ohio​

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1872: Ohio Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

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1875 – 1879: United States Congressman from Ohio​

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1875 – 1877: Member House Committee on War Dept. Expenditures​

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1877 – 1879: House Chairman of Committee on Invalid Pensions​

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President of A.V. Rice and Company Banking House​

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1894 – 1898: United States Pension Agent of Ohio​

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1898 – 1904: Purchasing Agent for United States Census Bureau​

Died: April 4, 1904

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Cancer of Kidney and Exhaustion

Age at time of Death: 68 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[Luke Freet]

Love that name. One thing I appreciate about this time period; people were getting creative with names.

 

[Pollaco]

That wound he received at Kennesaw Mountain must have been severe as he did not return to duty until after the war.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Americus V. Rice! Salutes remembering General Rice on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

The Colonel of the 57th Ohio at Shiloh was William Mungen. Rice was it's Lt. Col.

 

[Pollaco]

That wound he received at Kennesaw Mountain must have been severe as he did not return to duty until after the war.

From what I've read it called for an amputation of his right leg.