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Civil War Soldiers - Pleasonton
| Pleasonton, Alfred, major-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Washington, D. C., June 7, 1824. He was
graduated at the United States military academy in 1844 and served in
the war with Mexico, where he won the brevet of 1st lieutenant for
gallantry at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He was promoted captain
in 1855, served during the disturbances in Kansas, and was then from
1858 to 1860 assistant adjutant-general of the Department of Oregon.
He commanded a regiment in the Department of Utah from June to Aug.,
1861, then took the regiment to Washington, and on Aug. 3, he was
transferred to the 2nd cavalry, being subsequently engaged in the
defenses of Washington. He served in the siege of Yorktown and the
Seven Days' battles, was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers,
July 16, 1862, and commanded the advance cavalry division of the Army
of the Potomac in the Maryland campaign in the fall of that year. For
his services at Antietam he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, and he
subsequently took part in the Rappahannock campaign in the winter of
1862- 63, and until June, 1863 ; commanded the cavalry corps of the
Army of the Potomac during the Pennsylvania campaign, and was
brevetted colonel for his services at Gettysburg. He was promoted
major-general of volunteers, June 22, 1863, took part in the battles
of Culpeper Court House and Brandy Station, Va., and in March, 1864,
was transferred to the Department of the Missouri, where he was
engaged in the defenses of Jefferson City, on Oct. 8. He commanded
subsequently the cavalry in pursuit of the Confederate Gen. Price, and
routed him near Marais des Cygnes river on Oct. 25. For his services
against Price he was brevetted brigadier-general in the regular army
on March 13, 1865, and his brevet of major-general U. S. A. for
gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war bore the
same date. Gen. Pleasonton was mustered out of the volunteer service,
Jan. 15, 1866, after having engaged in over one hundred battles and
skirmishes, and he resigned his commission in the regular army in
1868. He was subsequently for several years collector of internal
revenue in New York city, and then became president of the Terre Haute
& Cincinnati railroad. In May, 1888, he was placed on the retired list
with the rank of major. Gen. Pleasonton died in Washington, D. C.,
Feb. 17, 1897. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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