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General Foster CDV by Brady $125.00
Foster, John G., major-general, was born in Whitefield,
N. H., May 27, 1823. He was graduated at the United States
military academy in 1846 assigned to the engineer corps, and
served in the Mexican war under Gen. Scott at the battles of
Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco and Molino
del Rey, where he was severely wounded. He was brevetted 1st
lieutenant and captain for gallantry, and then, until the Civil
war, was assistant engineer in Maryland, engaged on coast sur-
vey work in Washington, assistant professor of engineering at
West Point, and engaged in the construction of Forts Sumter and
Moultrie. He successfully moved the garrison of Fort Moultrie
to Fort Sumter during the night of Dec. 26-27, 1860, and was
subsequently one of the defenders of the latter fort during its
bombardment, and received the brevet of major for his services.
He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers Oct. 23,
1861, and for services at Roanoke island in Burnside's expedi-
tion to North Carolina received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel
U. S. A. He was then in command of the Department of North
Carolina, having been promoted major-general of volunteers,
conducted several important and successful expeditions in
1862-63, had charge of the combined departments of Virginia
and North Carolina from July to Nov., 1863 and after that com-
manded the Army and Department of the Ohio. This command
he was forced to give up in Dec., 1864, on account of severe inju-
ries sustained by a fall from his horse, and, on recovery was
given command of the Department of the South. He received
Gen. Sherman and his army at Savannah, Dec. 21, 1864, on the
completion of the march to the sea, and commenced the
operations for the reduction of Fort Sumter and the capture of
Charleston, S. C., but was forced by the condition of his old
wound to leave the carrying out of his plans to Gen. Q. A.
Gillmore. He received the brevet ranks of brigadier-general and
major-general in the regular army for his services at Savannah
and in the field during the war. Gen. Foster commanded the
Department of Florida in 1865-66, and afterward superintended
the construction of river and harbor improvements at Boston
and Portsmouth. He died in Nashua, N. H., Sept. 3, 1874.
Foster, John G., major-general, was born in Whitefield,
N. H., May 27, 1823. He was graduated at the United States
military academy in 1846 assigned to the engineer corps, and
served in the Mexican war under Gen. Scott at the battles of
Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco and Molino
del Rey, where he was severely wounded. He was brevetted 1st
lieutenant and captain for gallantry, and then, until the Civil
war, was assistant engineer in Maryland, engaged on coast sur-
vey work in Washington, assistant professor of engineering at
West Point, and engaged in the construction of Forts Sumter and
Moultrie. He successfully moved the garrison of Fort Moultrie
to Fort Sumter during the night of Dec. 26-27, 1860, and was
subsequently one of the defenders of the latter fort during its
bombardment, and received the brevet of major for his services.
He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers Oct. 23,
1861, and for services at Roanoke island in Burnside's expedi-
tion to North Carolina received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel
U. S. A. He was then in command of the Department of North
Carolina, having been promoted major-general of volunteers,
conducted several important and successful expeditions in
1862-63, had charge of the combined departments of Virginia
and North Carolina from July to Nov., 1863 and after that com-
manded the Army and Department of the Ohio. This command
he was forced to give up in Dec., 1864, on account of severe inju-
ries sustained by a fall from his horse, and, on recovery was
given command of the Department of the South. He received
Gen. Sherman and his army at Savannah, Dec. 21, 1864, on the
completion of the march to the sea, and commenced the
operations for the reduction of Fort Sumter and the capture of
Charleston, S. C., but was forced by the condition of his old
wound to leave the carrying out of his plans to Gen. Q. A.
Gillmore. He received the brevet ranks of brigadier-general and
major-general in the regular army for his services at Savannah
and in the field during the war. Gen. Foster commanded the
Department of Florida in 1865-66, and afterward superintended
the construction of river and harbor improvements at Boston
and Portsmouth. He died in Nashua, N. H., Sept. 3, 1874.
