MCARTHUR, John

Affiliation:  Union

Born: November 17 1826, Erskine, Scotland

Died: May 15 1906, Chicago IL

Pre-War Profession: Boilermaker, established an ironworks, militia officer.

War Service: May 1861 Col. of 12th Illinois, commanded 1st Bde/C F Smith's 2nd Divn, Fts Henry and Donelson, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn at Shiloh, commanded a division at Iuka and Corinth, commanded 6th Divn/XVII Corps in Vicksburg campaign, commanded in Vicksburg after the surrender, protected supply lines in Georgia, resisted Sterling Price's raid into Missouri, commanded 1st Divn/XVI Corps at Nashville, served in the Army of the Gulf.

Post War: Businessman, public works commissioner, postmaster