James Samuel Wadsworth
Born: October 30, 1807
Birthplace: Geneseo, New York
Father: General James Wadsworth 1768 – 1844
(Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York)
Mother: Naomi Wolcott 1776 – 1831
(Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York)
Wife: Mary Craig Wharton 1814 – 1874
(Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York)
Children:
Nannie Wadsworth Rogers Unknown – 1919
(Buried: Pau Urban Cemetery, Pau, France)
Brevet Major Charles Frederick Wadsworth 1835 – 1899
(Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York)
Cornelia Wadsworth Adair 1837 – 1921
(Buried: Cremated ashes placed in Ireland)
Craig Wharton Wadsworth 1841 – 1872
(Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York)
U.S. Congressman James Wolcott Wadsworth 1846 – 1926
(Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York)
Elizabeth Wadsworth Smith – Berry 1848 – 1930
(Buried St. Mary and All Saints Churchyard, Cheshire, England)
Education:
Attended Harvard University and Yale University
Occupation before War:
Manager of his family estate in Geneseo, New York
1842 – 1843: President of New York State Agricultural Society
One of the Organizers of the Free-Soil Political Party
1856: One of the Organizers of the Republican Political Party
1860: Republican Party Presidential Elector
Civil War Career:
1861: Major General of New York State Militia
1861: Civilian Aide to McDowell at First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Brigade Commander in 1st Army Corps
1862: Union Army Commander of District of Washington, D.C.
1862 – 1863: 1st Division Commander in 1st Army Corps
1863: Saw his first duty in battle at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Led his Division at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863 – 1864: Inspected African – American Soldiers in Mississippi Valley
1864: Lost his direction at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
1864: Brevetted Major General in the Union Army on May 6th
1864: Mortally Wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
Died: May 8, 1864
Place of Death: Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cause of Death: Gun wounds to his forehead
Age at time of Death: 56 years old
Burial Place: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York
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