BRISBIN, James Sanks

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 23 1837, Boalsburg PA

Died: January 14 1892, Philadelphia PA

Pre-War Profession: Teacher.

War Service: 1861 Pvt., 2nd Lt. in 1st US Cavalry, First Bull Run (w), Peninsula campaign, Blue Ridge expedition, Beverly Ford, Gettysburg campaign, Red River campaign, Sabine Cross Roads (w), staff duty in Kentucky and Tennessee, May 1865 Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.

Post War:  Army service in the cavalry, commanded a battalion in Gibbon's column in the Little Big Horn campaign, author.