At the opening of the Civil War Birge organized the first state regiment of three-year troops, the 4th Connecticut Infantry, in which he was appointed major. After service in Maryland and Virginia he was commissioned colonel of the 13th Connecticut Infantry in February 1862 and was placed in command of the defenses of New Orleans. In December of the latter year he was appointed to the command of a brigade, which he retained through the first Red River Campaign and at the siege of Port Hudson. He was raised to the rank of brigadier general in September 1863, served in the second Red River expedition, and subsequently commanded at Baton Rouge. In 1864 he was assigned to the command of the second division of the XIX Corps. He participated in the battles of General Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah valley, and in February and March 1865, was appointed to the command of the defenses of Savannah. His brigade fought in the Carolinas Campaign. After General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered, Birge again commanded the district of Savannah.[1]
On February 25, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Birge for the award of the brevetmajor general, to rank from February 25, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 3, 1865.[2] Birge resigned from the army on October 18, 1865.[3]
henry, warner, birge, august, 1825, june, 1888, union, army, general, during, american, civil, birge, 1862born, 1825, august, 1825hartford, connecticutdiedjune, 1888, 1888, aged, york, yorkburiedyantic, cemetery, norwich, connecticutallegianceunited, states, a. Henry Warner Birge August 25 1825 June 1 1888 was a Union Army general during the American Civil War Henry Warner BirgeBirge in 1862Born 1825 08 25 August 25 1825Hartford ConnecticutDiedJune 1 1888 1888 06 01 aged 62 New York New YorkBuriedYantic Cemetery Norwich ConnecticutAllegianceUnited States of AmericaUnionService wbr branchUnited States ArmyUnion ArmyYears of service1861 1865RankBrigadier General Brevet Major GeneralUnit13th Connecticut Volunteer InfantryCommands held2nd Division XIX CorpsDistrict of SavannahBattles warsAmerican Civil War Battle of Georgia Landing Battle of Irish Bend Battle of Vermillion Bayou Siege of Port Hudson Battle of Monett s Ferry Battle of Mansura Second Battle of Deep Bottom Battle of Opequon Battle of Fisher s Hill Battle of Cedar CreekOther workBanker businessman Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 SourcesBiography EditBirge was born in Hartford Connecticut At the opening of the Civil War Birge organized the first state regiment of three year troops the 4th Connecticut Infantry in which he was appointed major After service in Maryland and Virginia he was commissioned colonel of the 13th Connecticut Infantry in February 1862 and was placed in command of the defenses of New Orleans In December of the latter year he was appointed to the command of a brigade which he retained through the first Red River Campaign and at the siege of Port Hudson He was raised to the rank of brigadier general in September 1863 served in the second Red River expedition and subsequently commanded at Baton Rouge In 1864 he was assigned to the command of the second division of the XIX Corps He participated in the battles of General Sheridan s campaign in the Shenandoah valley and in February and March 1865 was appointed to the command of the defenses of Savannah His brigade fought in the Carolinas Campaign After General Joseph E Johnston surrendered Birge again commanded the district of Savannah 1 On February 25 1865 President Abraham Lincoln nominated Birge for the award of the brevet major general to rank from February 25 1865 and the U S Senate confirmed the award on March 3 1865 2 Birge resigned from the army on October 18 1865 3 See also Edit American Civil War portalList of American Civil War generals Union References Edit Warner Ezra J Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 1964 ISBN 0 8071 0822 7 pp 33 34 Eicher John H and David J Eicher Civil War High Commands Stanford Stanford University Press 2001 ISBN 0 8047 3641 3 p 710 Eicher 2001 p 131Sources EditThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help Eicher John H and David J Eicher Civil War High Commands Stanford Stanford University Press 2001 ISBN 0 8047 3641 3 Warner Ezra J Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 1964 ISBN 0 8071 0822 7 This biographical article related to the United States Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Warner Birge amp oldid 1062404230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
