BUCKINGHAM, Catharinus Putnam

Affiliation:  Union

Born: March 14 1808, Zanesville OH

Died: August 30 1888, Chicago IL

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1829, instructor at West Point, resigned US Army 1831, teacher, operated an ironworks

War Service: 1861 various military offices in Ohio, July 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, special duty with War Dept., resigned commission February 1863.

Post War: Businessman, wrote mathematical texts.