Jacob G. Lauman

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Jacob G. Lauman

Jacob Gartner Lauman (born January 20, 1813 in Taneytown , Carroll County , Maryland , † February 9, 1867 in Burlington , Des Moines County , Iowa ) was an American businessman and officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War .

Early years

Jacob Gartner Lauman grew up in York ( Pennsylvania on), where he led the York County Academy visited. He then moved to Burlington, Iowa in 1844, where he was a successful businessman.

American Civil War

After the outbreak of the American Civil War, Lauman was busy recruiting new volunteers for several new companies that he set up. On July 11, 1861, he received his officer license to Colonel of the 7th Iowa Infantry from Samuel J. Kirkwood , the then governor of Iowa. His first fighting took place in the western theater of war, where he served under Maj. General Ulysses S. Grant in Missouri . On November 7th, he was wounded several times in his left thigh during the Battle of Belmont . His unit performed excellently during combat, suffering greater losses than any other regiment that took part in the engagement . The losses amounted to more than 400 dead, wounded and missing.

He returned to his regiment in time for the next campaign, but this time as a brigade commander . He was given command of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division by Grant in the attack on Fort Donelson , Tennessee . His unit was among the first to storm and enter the Confederate fortifications. In recognition of his services to Fort Donelson, Grant promoted him to Brigadier General in the Union Army on March 21, 1862 . Lauman subsequently commanded a brigade in Major General Stephen A. Hurlbut's division at the Battle of Shiloh between April 6 and 7, 1862.

Lauman commanded his brigade on October 6, 1862 in the battle at Hatchies Bridge in rural Tennessee. Major General Edward Ord led a detachment of Tennessee Army on a targeted campaign against the battered West Tennessee Army under the command of Major General Earl Van Dorn on their retreat from Corinth ( Mississippi ).

During the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863, Lauman led the 4th Division of the XVI Corps . Shortly after the capture of Jackson, Mississippi, he was removed from his command by Major General William T. Sherman . He was accused of shamelessly disobeying orders from his line manager, Ord, resulting in serious losses.

Lauman then returned to Iowa, where he awaited his next assignment. He spent the rest of the war there without any further orders. However, he was due to collective transport after the war on March 13, 1865. Brevet promoted major general in the Union Army. He then formally resigned from the army on August 24th.

Another résumé

Lauman resumed his economic ventures, but suffered from poor health due to his previous injury at Belmont. He tried unsuccessfully to clear his name by attributing his mistake to a misunderstanding.

He died in Burlington, Iowa in 1867 and was then buried there in Aspen Grove Cemetery .

Honors

  • A memorial relating to the Battle of Vicksburg by H. Hinson Perry stands on Wisconsin Avenue in Vicksburg.

literature

  • John H. and David J. Eicher: Civil War High Commands . Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
  • BF Gue: History of Iowa From the Earliest Times To The Beginning of the Twentieth Century . Volume 4. Iowa Biography, 1903.
  • Lauman, Jacob Gartner . In: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (Eds.): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . tape 3 : Grinnell - Lockwood . D. Appleton and Company, New York 1887, p. 630 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Eicher, p. 340.
  2. ^ A b Gue, History of Iowa
  3. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopedia
  4. ↑ photo of Lauman's bust. Park Service website for the Vicksburg National Military Park
personal data
SURNAME Lauman, Jacob G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lauman, Jacob Gartner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and officer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Taneytown , Carroll County , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1867
Place of death Burlington , Des Moines County, Iowa