★  Scott, Robert Kingston

Robert Kinston Scott

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Born: July 8, 1826

Birthplace: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Father: John Scott 1785 – 1837

Mother:
Jane Hamilton 1796 – 1853

Wife: Rebecca J. Lowery 1831 – 1907
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Napoleon, Ohio)​

Children:

Robert Kingston Scott Jr. 1865 – 1906​
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Napoleon Ohio)​

Education:

Studied Medicine in Ohio​

Occupation before War:

Miner in the California Gold Rush​
Traveler in Mexico and South America​
Medical Doctor in Henry County, Ohio​
Investor in Real Estate in Henry County, Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861: Major of 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment​
Commanded the advance of Major General Logan’s March to Mississippi​
1863: Served in the Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi​
1863: Served in the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi​
1863: Served in the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi
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1864: Captured near Atlanta, Georgia in Atlanta Campaign​
1864: May have jumped from a Prisoner of War train​
1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General and Major General​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1868: Commissioner South Carolina Freedmen’s Bureau​
1868: Resigned from United States Army​
1868 – 1872: Governor of South Carolina​
1880: Shot a druggist he demanded had made his son an alcoholic​
1881: Acquitted of murder, but this led to a public outrage​
1881: Formed a Militia of his employees and Volunteers​
1889 – 1900: Suffered from the effects of a Stoke​

Died: August 12, 1900

Place of Death: Napoleon, Ohio

Cause of Death: Paralysis

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Glenwood Cemetery, Napoleon, Ohio
 
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At Bald Hill, July 22nd 1864, Scott was captured by men from James Argyle Smith's Texas Brigade as Scott was returning to his command. His unit fought desperately the rest of the day under their own officers.
 
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