REYNOLDS, Joseph Jones

Affiliation:  Union

Born: January 4 1822, Flemingsburg KY

Died: February 25 1899, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1843, artillery duty, instructor at West Point, resigned US Army 1857, college professor

War Service: April 1861 Col. of 10th Indiana, May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded brigade at Cheat Mountain, January 1862 resigned, helped organize Indiana militia, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 4th Divn/XIV Corps at Chickamauga, October 1862 chief of Staff in Army of the Cumberland, commanded New Orleans defenses, commanded Department of Arkansas.

Post War: Army service, duty in Reconstruction, frontier duty, US senator (briefly), court martialed for conduct in a campaign against the Sioux, resigned 1877.