TORBERT, Alfred Thomas Archimedes

Affiliation:  Union

Born: July 1 1833, Georgetown DE

Died: August 29 1880, off Cape Canaveral FL

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1855, frontier duty, Seminole war, Utah expedition

War Service: February 1861 1st Lt. in 5th US Infantry, September 1861 Col. of 1st New Jersey, Peninsula campaign, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Second Bull Run, South Mountain (w), Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 1st Divn/Cavalry Corps in Overland campaign, commanded Cavalry Corps in Middle Military Divn, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek

Post War: Resigned US Army 1866, minor diplomat, businessman