PAINE, Eleazar Arthur
Affiliation:
Union
Born: September 10 1815, Geauga Cty OH
Died: December 16 1882, Jersey City NJ
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1839, resigned 1840,
lawyer, militia officer.
War Service: July 1861 Col. of 9th Illinois, September 1861 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers, commanded a brigade at Paducah, commanded 4th Divn/Army
of the Mississippi at New Madrid, Island No 10, Ft Pillow, Memphis, commanded
1st Divn/Army of the Mississippi and Dist. of West Kentucky, guarded railroads,
resigned April 1865.
Post War: Lawyer