★ Veatch, James C.

James Clifford Veatch​

Born: December 19, 1819

Birthplace: Elizabeth, Indiana

Father: Isaac Veatch 1786 – 1833

(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana)​

Mother: Lucinda Ramsey 1787 – 1822

(Buried: Little Fork Baptist Cemetery, Elizabeth, Indiana)​

Wife: Eliza Jane Anderson 1820 – 1906

(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Indiana)​

Children:

John Thomas Veatch Sr. 1840 – 1917​

(Buried: Hosey Hill Cemetery, Weir, Kansas)​

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Harry Veatch 1846 – 1929​

(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Indiana)​

Sarah Elizabeth "Bettie" Veatch Spayd 1851 – 1931​

(Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)​

Charles Allen Veatch 1859 – 1945​

(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Indiana)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Elizabethtown, Indiana​

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1841 – 1855: Spencer County, Indiana County Auditor​

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Indiana State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 25th​ Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, Tennessee​

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1863: Commander of the Union Army District of Memphis, Tennessee​

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1864: Division Commander during the Meridian Campaign, Mississippi​

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1864: Division Commander during the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign​

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1864: Went on sick leave just before the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia​

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Commander of the Union Army District of Western Tennessee​

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Commander of Union Army Department of the Gulf​

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1865: Participated in the Battle of Fort Blakeley, Alabama​

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1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General​

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1865: Resigned from the Army in August​

Occupation after War:

Indiana State Adjutant General​

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Active member in Union Army Veteran Reunions​

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1870 – 1883: Collector of Internal Revenue​

Died: December 22, 1895

Place of Death: Rockport, Indiana

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Indiana

 

[Pollaco]

After taking sick leave from the Army of Tennessee, just before the major battles of the Atlanta Campaign, He was not welcomed back into that Army. He had upset the Army commander, Gen. Howard ,who had him transferred first to a Reserve unit on the Gulf Coast. Then to command the 1st Division, 13th Corps, Department of the Gulf. He did however win a brevet as major general for Mobile.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend Birthday Brig. General James C. Veatch! Salutes remembering General Veatch on his birthday weekend.