. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . stus Hurlbut wasborn in Charleston, South Carolina, November 29, 1815 ;died in Lima, Peru, March 27, 18S2. Pie studied law,was admitted to the bar in 1837, and practised in Charles-ton until the Florida War, in which he served as adjutantin a South Carolina regiment. Pi 1845 he went to Illi-nois, and practised his profession in Belvidere. At thebeginning of the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers, and commanded at Fort Donel-son after its capture in February, 1862. When GeneralGrants army moved u
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . stus Hurlbut wasborn in Charleston, South Carolina, November 29, 1815 ;died in Lima, Peru, March 27, 18S2. Pie studied law,was admitted to the bar in 1837, and practised in Charles-ton until the Florida War, in which he served as adjutantin a South Carolina regiment. Pi 1845 he went to Illi-nois, and practised his profession in Belvidere. At thebeginning of the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers, and commanded at Fort Donel-son after its capture in February, 1862. When GeneralGrants army moved up Tennessee River, General Hurl-but commanded the Fourth Division, and was the firstto reach Pittsburg Landing, which he held for a weekalone. He was promoted major-general for meritorious con-duct at the battle of Shiloh, was then stationed at Memphis,and after the battle of Corinth, in October, 1862, pursuedand engaged the defeated Confederates. He commandedat Memphis in September, 1863 ; led a corps under Sher-man in the expedition to Meridian in February, 1864, and. when he was honorably mustered out. He was ministerresident to the United States of Colombia from 1869 till1872, and then elected a representative to Congress fromIllinois for two consecutive terms. In 1881 he was ap- succeeded General N. P. Banks in command of the De- pointed minister to Peru, which office he retained till Ins partment of the Gulf, serving there from 1864 till 1865, death. 552 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer) i
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