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Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff ca. 1861-1862. In February 1861, Brig. Gen. David E. Twiggs was dismissed from the Army for treason by outgoing U.S. President James Buchanan, and on May 12, 1861, Sumner was nominated by the newly inaugurated Lincoln to replace Twiggs as one of only three brigadier generals in the regular army, with date of rank March 16. [7]
Samuel Storrow Sumner (1842–1937) was a United States Army general who served during the Spanish–American War, Boxer Rebellion, and Philippine–American War. Early life [ edit ]
Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. (August 16, 1835 – August 23, 1912) was a general in the United States Army. Born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania; he was the son of General Edwin Vose Sumner , one of the oldest generals to serve during the American Civil War .
Colonel Edward A. Wild - promoted to brigadier general April 24, 1863; Colonel Sumner Carruth; Major Sidney Willard - commanded at the Battle of Fredericksburg where he was mortally wounded in action; Major Nathaniel Wales - commanded during the Knoxville Campaign
On 29 July 1857, the Regiment caught up with the Cheyenne on the bank of the Solomon River. As the two groups paused within about a mile of each other, the cavalry commander, Col. E.V. Sumner, gave the command "Gallop march." Both groups approached each other at full speed. Col. Sumner then commanded "Sling carbines! Draw Sabers! Charge."
The following year, Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner expanded the fort to an area of eight square miles by claiming the site as a military reservation. In 1868, President Andrew Johnson declared a timber reservation, encompassing the entire range of the Turkey Mountains (part of the Sangre de Cristo range ) and comprising an area of 53 sq mi, as part ...
General Sumner may refer to: Edwin Vose Sumner (1797–1863), Union Army major general; Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. (1835–1912), U.S. Army brevet brigadier general; Jethro Sumner (c. 1733–1785), North Carolina Militia brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War; Samuel S. Sumner (1842–1937), U.S. Army major general
Colonel William F. Bartlett, at age 24 already a veteran of three regiments, organized the recruiting and formation of the 57th Massachusetts and served as its first commanding officer. The regiment was attached to the IX Corps of the Army of the Potomac and took part in Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in the spring of 1864.