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Civil War Soldiers - Taylor
| Taylor, George W., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was a native of Clinton, Hunterdon county, N. J., and was
born in 1808. At the age of nineteen he entered the navy as a
midshipman, but after a three years' cruise settled in New Jersey as a
farmer. In the Mexican war he served first as lieutenant and afterward
as captain in the 10th U. S. infantry. After the close of that war he
resided for three years in California and then returned to his native
state, where he engaged in mining and manufacturing. At the
commencement of the Civil war he was commissioned colonel of the 3d N.
J. infantry, which, under Brig.-Gen. Runyon, formed a part of the
reserve at Bull Run. When the three months' men were mustered out of
the service he reorganized his regiment, returned to the army and was
attached to the Army of the Potomac when it went to the Peninsula.
After the battle of West Point Gen. Kearny was made a division
commander. Col. Taylor was placed in charge of the 1st brigade of N.
J. volunteers, and on May 9, 1862, received his commission as
brigadier-general of volunteers. In the hard fighting that followed
before Richmond he performed his part manfully, and when the army
returned to the Potomac he was prompt and ready with his brigade in
the sharp battles southwest of Washington. He died in Alexandria, Va.,
Sept. 1, 1862, of wounds received at the second battle of Bull Run.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Taylor, Joseph P., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in the state of Kentucky, and from that state
entered the regular army service at the time of the war of 1812. He
became third lieutenant in the 28th U. S. infantry in May, 1813,
second lieutenant in the same regiment in August, first lieutenant in
July, 1814, and was honorably discharged from the service June 15,
1815. He was reinstated in the service as a second lieutenant of U. S.
artillery in May, 1816, with brevet of first lieutenant from July 15,
1814, promoted to first lieutenant on Nov. 24, 1817, transferred to
the 3d artillery on June 1, 1821, and was promoted to captain in the
same on July 6, 1825. He was transferred to the 2nd artillery March
18, 1829, and remained with that regiment until July 7, 1838, acting
as commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, and was
promoted to major July 7, 1838. He became lieutenant-colonel and
assistant commissary-general of subsistence in the U. S. army Nov. 30,
1841, and was brevetted colonel for meritorious conduct, particularly
in the performance of his duties in the prosecution of the war with
Mexico. He was commissioned colonel and commissary-general of
subsistence on Sept. 29, 1861, and was promoted to brigadier-general
and commissary-general of subsistence, U. S. A., on Feb. 9, 1863. Gen.
Taylor served in this capacity until his death, which occurred at
Washington, D. C., on June 29, 1864.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Taylor, Nelson, brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in South Norwalk, Conn., June 8, 1821. He received
a common-school education and removed to New York city, where, on Aug.
1, 1846, he joined the army as a captain in the 1st N. Y. infantry
(known as Col. Stevenson's regiment), which was ordered to California
just before the Mexican war. He served through the war and at its
close settled in Stockton, Cal. In 1849 he was elected a state
senator; in 1855, sheriff of San Joaquin county; and in 1850-56 was
president of the board of trustees of the state insane asylum. He
returned to New York city, where he began studying law in 1857, and
was graduated at the Harvard law school in 1860. In 1861 he was
commissioned colonel of the 72nd N. Y. infantry, which was attached to
Gen. Sickles' brigade during the Peninsular campaign, and in Gen.
Pope's Virginia campaign he commanded the brigade. He was promoted
brigadier-general of volunteers on Sept. 7, 1862, but resigned on Jan.
19, 1863, returned to New York city and engaged in law practice. In
1864 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat and during his term,
which expired March 3, 1867, he served on the committees on freedmen
and invalid pensions. About 1880 he returned to his birthplace, where
he practiced law, was city attorney for several years and held other
municipal offices. Gen. Taylor died at South Norwalk, Conn., on Jan.
16, 1894.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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TAYLOR, RICHARD, Louisiana.
Colonel, Ninth Louisiana Infantry.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., October 21, 1861.
Major general, P. A. C. S., July 28, 1862.
Lieutenant general, P. A. C. S., April 8, 1864.
Died in New York city, April 12, 1879.
Commands.
Brigade composed of the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Regiments
Louisiana Infantry, Wheat's Louisiana Battalion, and a Virginia
battery of light artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. Commanding
District of West Louisiana, called also District of Louisiana, August
20, 1862, to June 10, 1864. Commanding Department of Alabama,
Mississippi and East Louisiana, September 23, 1864, to January 23,
1865.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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