. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. as_ ^ - elected County Solicitor of Mercer comity, 1861, andcontinued there until , when he became firstlieutenant 5th Regt. N. He served allthrough the Civil War—mthe Army of the Potomac to1863, in the Department ofthe Cumberland to 1865,and in the United StatesWar Department to 1867,at regimental, brigade, divi-sion, corps, army, and de-partment headquarters, andretired as Brigadier Gener-al Un
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. as_ ^ - elected County Solicitor of Mercer comity, 1861, andcontinued there until , when he became firstlieutenant 5th Regt. N. He served allthrough the Civil War—mthe Army of the Potomac to1863, in the Department ofthe Cumberland to 1865,and in the United StatesWar Department to 1867,at regimental, brigade, divi-sion, corps, army, and de-partment headquarters, andretired as Brigadier Gener-al United States Volunteers(Bvt.) for meritorious anddistinguished services. Hisfive promotions are noted asa record in the annals ofthe war. He participated in all ofMcClellans campaigns, Burnsides Fredericksburg campaign, HookersChancellorsville campaign, Meades Gettysburg campaign. Grants Chatta-nooga campaign, Shermans Atlanta campaign, and Thomass Nashvillecampaign, and was at the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks,Savage Station; Glendale, Malvern Hill, Manasses (2d), Fredericksburg,Chancellorsville, Rappahannock, Bristoe, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, Rusling 443 In 1868 Gen. Rusling received the republican nomination for Congress(2nd N. J. District) over ex-Governor Newell, but the district being heavilydemocratic then, he failed of election. In 1869 he was appointed U. S. Pen-sion Agent for New Jersey by President Grant and reappointed until then resumed his law practice. In 1896 he was appomted by Gov. Griggs on a commission to investigatethe subject of Taxation in New Jersey; and ui 1897 made a Commissionerfor New Jersey to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, and became Presi-dent of the State Commission. Meanwhile he organized four land associa-tions at Trenton and conducted all successfully. As an author Gen. Rusling has written considerably. In 1875, he pub-lished, Across America; or The Great West and the Pacific Coast, beingan account of
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