Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana ( April 15, 1822 - July 15, 1905 ) - American military man, participant in the Mexican war, general of the federal army during the Civil War in the United States.
| Napoleon Jackson Tecumse Dane | |
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| Date of Birth | April 15, 1822 |
| Place of Birth | Eastport, Maine |
| Date of death | July 15, 1905 ( 83) |
| Place of death | Portsmouth , New Hampshire |
| Affiliation | USA |
| Type of army | U.S. Army |
| Years of service | 1842 - 1855 , 1861 - 1865 , 1894 |
| Rank |  major general |
| Battles / wars | U.S. Civil War |
The early years
Dane was born in Fort Sullivan in Eastport, Maine to the family of Nathaniel Dane, a West Point graduate and artillery officer who served at Fort Sullivan, and Mary Ann Langdon (1801-1868). His father died when Dane was 11 years old. At 16, Dane entered the West Point Military Academy, where he graduated 29th in academic performance in the 1842 graduation . He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment with the rank of second lieutenant [1] .
Dane served at Fort Pike in Louisiana (1842 - 1845), participated in the occupation of Texas and the ensuing Mexican War. He participated in the defense of Fort Brown on May 3–9, 1846, at the Battle of Monterrey, and then was transferred to Scott's army and participated in his Mexican campaign . February 6, 1847 received the rank of first lieutenant. He participated in the siege of Veracruz and in the battle of Cerro Gordo , where he was seriously injured in the storming of the telegraph hill. For courage under Cerro Gordo, he was awarded the temporary rank of captain (April 18, 1847). From 1847 to 1848 he was in recruiting service. March 3, 1848 received the rank of captain of the headquarters.
In 1848 he served as quartermaster in Boston, in 1848 - 1849 and 1851 - 1852 he served at Fort Snelling in Minnesota, in 1850-1851 he served at Fort Gaines in Minnesota.
On March 1, 1855, Dane resigned from the regular army, but from 1857 to 1861 he served as brigadier general of the Minnesota militia.
Civil War
When the Civil War began, Dane joined the Volunteer Army and on October 2, 1861 became a colonel of the 1st Minnesota regiment instead of Colonel Willis Gorman , who led the brigade. On October 21, Dane commanded this regiment during the Battle of Blues Bluff. Already on October 22, Dane took command of the brigade of Frederick Lender (who resigned as commander of the district), which consisted of three regiments [2] :
- 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment , Colonel Edward Hinks
- 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment , Colonel William Lee
- 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment , Colonel Ira Grovenor
In January 1862, the 42nd New York Infantry Regiment was introduced into his brigade. On February 3, 1862, Dane was promoted to Brigadier General.
At the head of the brigade (as part of Sedgwick’s division), Dane participated in a campaign on the peninsula: during the siege of Yorktown, in a shootout at West Point on May 8, 1862, in the battle of Seven Pines, in the battle of Savage Station, in shootings on White- Oak Swamp, at the Battle of Glendale and at the Battle of Malvern Hill.
In August 1862, II Corps was transferred to northern Virginia and took part in the Maryland Campaign . On September 17, 1862, the corps was entered into battle during the battle of Entity . General Sumner sent offensive Sedgwick's division, which was built in three lines. Dane's brigade was in the second line for the Gorman brigade. When the Gorman brigade was drawn into battle on its front, the leftmost regiment of Dane (7th Michigan) came under fire from the flank and began to turn left. Dane sent the 42nd New York Regiment to help him. Both regiments were attacked by the Barksdale and Kershaw brigades and were put to flight [3] . Dane himself was seriously injured and was sent on sick leave. Colonel Norman Hall took command of the brigade.
On November 29, 1862, Dane was promoted to Major General. From July to August 1863 he commanded the fortifications of Philadelphia. On July 11-15, he commanded a division in the department of Darius Couch.
In the fall of 1863, Dane headed the division (from September 26 to January 3), and then the corps in the Gulf Department. In this role, he participated in an expedition from Brazos Santiago to Laredo and commanded the federal forces in the battle of Stirling Plantation. April 3, 1864 he was transferred to the West, where he began to serve in the Tennessee Army. From August 19 to November 28, he commanded the Vicksburg District, and in October-November he commanded the XVI Corps.
From December 8, 1864 to May 14, 1865, Dane commanded the Mississippi Department. It was the main one in the region when, in April 1865, a Sultan ship with federal prisoners of war on a boat exploded near Memphis. The ship was sent to Vicksburg to pick up the released prisoners of war, and there he was repairing leaking boilers. The ship was overloaded with soldiers who wanted to get home faster. April 27 at 02:00 boilers of the ship exploded, which led to the death of almost all passengers. Dane conducted an investigation in this case, but no one was brought to trial. Nevertheless, Grant removed Dane from command of the department, replacing him with General Warren.
Post-war activities
On May 27, 1865, Dane resigned from the army and went into mining. In 1866, Ob was the main agent of the Russian-American campaign in San Francisco. He worked there until 1871, traveling around California and Alaska. From 1872 he became a railwayman: he served as superintendent of some roads in Illinois, and from 1878 to 1881 he served as a commission agent at the Missouri Railway. In 1885, he was president of the Montana and Union Railway Company .
In 1894, an act of Congress granted Dane the rank of captain of a regular army. The last years of his life he spent in Washington. He died in the summer of 1905 during a visit to Portsmouth (New Hampshire). He was buried in Portsmouth, at the Harmony Grove Cemetery Cemetery.
In 1990, his memoirs of the Mexican War were published in Monterrey.
Notes
- ↑ Cullum's Register
- ↑ Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac October 1861
- ↑ Rafuse, 2008 , p. 65-71.
Literature
- Rafuse, Ethan S. Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry. - U of Nebraska Press, 2008 .-- 283 p. - ISBN 9780803219434 .
- Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. ISBN 0-8071-0822-7 .