MORTON, James St Clair
Affiliation:
Union
Born: September 24 1829, Philadelphia PA
Died: June 17 1864, Petersburg VA
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1851, civil engineering duty.
War Service: June 1862 chief engineer in Army of the Ohio, Stone's River,
November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, chief engineer of the Army of
the Cumberland, Chickamauga (w), worked on fortification of Chattanooga and
Nashville, engineering duty in Washington, chief engineer of IX Corps, Petersburg (k).
Post War: During the Second Battle of Petersburg, Morton was surveying the area in front of General Orlando B. Willcox's division, which was about to attack, when he was shot in the chest and killed.