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BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL OSCAR H. LA GRANGE. 1001
was mustered as Colonel on the 1st of November, 1864, and was assigned to the command of the Fir.st Brigade, First DiA'ision, Fourteenth Army Corps. His brigade took part in Sherman's march to the sea coast, aud Avhile at SaA-annah, he received from President Lincoln the appointment of Brigadier General by brevet, being the only brevet appointment made at that time in the First Division, and Avas assigned to a command of that rank by a special order of the War Department. He continued in command of this brio-ade duriuiy the Avar.
After leaAdng the service. General Hobart took up his residence iu MilAA-aukee, and resumed the practice of laAV.
BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL OSCAR H. La GRANGE.
Oscar H. LaGrange was born at Fulton, OsAvego County, New York, in April, 1838, aud Avith his fiither's family, came to Wis¬ consin iu 1845, aud settled near Ripon, Fond du Lac County. He endeaA'ored to obtain an education by his oavu efforts, and by teaching and farming, he Avas able to attend the acad¬ emy at Ripon for some time. In 1856, the Kansas troubles enlisted his sympathies, which Avere strongly anti-slavciy, aud Avith a party of 200 emigrants, under charge of Senator Pomeroy aud Prof Daniels, moved to that territory, and participated in all the movements of the Free State men, and remaiued there until 1857, Avhen he returned to Ripon, and engaged in studying and teaching for two years, aud afterAvards attended the State UuiA^ersity for a year.
He Avas said to have been a party in the release of S. M. Booth from the Custom House in Mihvaukee, in 1860, Booth being under arrest by the Uuited States authorities for an alleged infriugemeut of the Fugitive Slave Law. LaGrange AA'as indicted in Judge Miller's court, but his arrest Avas prevented by the in¬ terference of some of the citizens of Ripon, and the indictment was subsequently quashed.
On the outbreak of the rebellion, LaGrange enlisted iu the Ripon Rifles, and Avas unanimously elected Captain of the com¬ pany, AA'hich Avas soon after assigned to the Fourth Regimeut,
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| Title | Biographical Sketches, chapter 56 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | Biographical Sketches, chapter 56 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Author/Creator | Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868. |
| Description | This is an excerpt from E.B. Quiner's thousand-page volume, The Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous, regimental histories, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the Legislature and state officers, etc. (Chicago: Clarke & co., 1866). Because the entire work is so unwieldy and most users want to consult only a single chapter, we have divided it into smaller portions covering discrete topics. The entire work is online at Google Books and the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) in the most popular ereader formats. |
| Subcollection | Histories |
| Source Type | history |
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Source Creation Date | 1866 |
| Source Publisher | Clarke & Co. |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0000zx |
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| Title | 1001 |
| Source Title | Biographical Sketches, chapter 56 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| People | La Grange, Oscar H., Col. |
| Source Type | history |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL OSCAR H. LA GRANGE. 1001 was mustered as Colonel on the 1st of November, 1864, and was assigned to the command of the Fir.st Brigade, First DiA'ision, Fourteenth Army Corps. His brigade took part in Sherman's march to the sea coast, aud Avhile at SaA-annah, he received from President Lincoln the appointment of Brigadier General by brevet, being the only brevet appointment made at that time in the First Division, and Avas assigned to a command of that rank by a special order of the War Department. He continued in command of this brio-ade duriuiy the Avar. After leaAdng the service. General Hobart took up his residence iu MilAA-aukee, and resumed the practice of laAV. BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL OSCAR H. La GRANGE. Oscar H. LaGrange was born at Fulton, OsAvego County, New York, in April, 1838, aud Avith his fiither's family, came to Wis¬ consin iu 1845, aud settled near Ripon, Fond du Lac County. He endeaA'ored to obtain an education by his oavu efforts, and by teaching and farming, he Avas able to attend the acad¬ emy at Ripon for some time. In 1856, the Kansas troubles enlisted his sympathies, which Avere strongly anti-slavciy, aud Avith a party of 200 emigrants, under charge of Senator Pomeroy aud Prof Daniels, moved to that territory, and participated in all the movements of the Free State men, and remaiued there until 1857, Avhen he returned to Ripon, and engaged in studying and teaching for two years, aud afterAvards attended the State UuiA^ersity for a year. He Avas said to have been a party in the release of S. M. Booth from the Custom House in Mihvaukee, in 1860, Booth being under arrest by the Uuited States authorities for an alleged infriugemeut of the Fugitive Slave Law. LaGrange AA'as indicted in Judge Miller's court, but his arrest Avas prevented by the in¬ terference of some of the citizens of Ripon, and the indictment was subsequently quashed. On the outbreak of the rebellion, LaGrange enlisted iu the Ripon Rifles, and Avas unanimously elected Captain of the com¬ pany, AA'hich Avas soon after assigned to the Fourth Regimeut, |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT1026 |