John Watts de Peyster, Jr.
John Watts de Peyster, Jr. (born December 2, 1841 in New York City , † April 12, 1873 ) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . His father was Major General John Watts de Peyster Sen.
Live and act
While studying at Columbia Law School , de Peyster decided in March 1862 to go to war as a volunteer with his great cousin General Philip Kearny . After Kearny fell at the Battle of Chantilly , de Peyster joined the 11th New York Cavalry Regiment as a lieutenant in June 1862, but was retired that same month and joined the 1st New York Light Artillery as a major. He served there until 1863 when he joined General John J. Peck's forces .
Due to a serious illness lasting several months, he was unable to go into the field until the end of 1863. Because of his services in the Chancellorsville Campagne and the Battle of Fredericksburg , he was promoted to Colonel. He remained in the army until the summer of 1864, when his increasing physical weakness forced him to resign. He was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers in 1865 . His brothers Frederic and Johnston de Peyster also served during the war.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brevet Col. John Watts de Peyster, Jr. . In: New York Times , April 14, 1873. Retrieved December 25, 2008. “J. Watts de Poyster, Jr., Major of the First New York Volunteer "
- ↑ De Peyster, Johannes . In: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (Eds.): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . tape 2 : Crane - Grimshaw . D. Appleton and Company, New York 1887, p. 145 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
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| SURNAME | De Peyster, John Watts, Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Union Army officer during the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1873 |
| Place of death | New York City |