HARTSUFF, George Lucas

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 28 1830, Tyre NY

Died: May 16 1874, New York NY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1852, Seminole war, instructor at West Point.

War Service: 1861 Capt. at Fort Pickens, chief of staff to Rosecrans in West Virginia, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/III Corps in Second Bull Run campaign, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/I Corps at South Mountain, Antietam (w), November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded XIII Corps, incapacitated by wounds, commanded defences at Bermuda Hundred during the Petersburg campaign, commanded Dist. of Nottaway

Post War: Army service in adjutant general's department, retired 1871.