VAN CLEVE, Horatio Phillip

Affiliation:  Union

Born: November 23 1809, Princeton NJ

Died: April 24 1891, Minneapolis MN

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1831, garrison duty, resigned 1836, farmer, teacher, civil engineer, surveyor, stockman.

War Service: July 1861 Col. of 2nd Minnesota, Mill Springs, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, advance on Corinth, commanded 2nd Divn/XIV Corps at Stone's River, commanded 3rd Divn/XXI Corps in Chickamauga campaign, commanded the post at Stone's River.

Post War: State adjutant general, postmaster