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1176……….(Born
Ky.)
Joseph J. Reynolds
(Ap’d Ind.)……..10
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1843.
Served: in
garrison, at Ft. Monroe, Va., and Carlisle, Pa., 1843-45; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; at the Military Academy,
(Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, May 11, 1846)
1846-55, as Asst. Professor
of Geography, History, and Ethics, Aug. 31, 1846, to Aug. 31, 1847, -- as
Asst. Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy,
(First Lieut., 3d Artillery, Mar. 3, 1847)
Aug. 31, 1847, to Aug. 17,
1849, -- and as Principal Asst. Professor of Natural and Experimental
Philosophy, Aug. 17, 1849, to July 1, 1855; and on frontier duty, at Ft.
Washita, I. T., 1855-56.
Resigned, Feb. 28, 1857.
Civil History. –
Professor of Mechanics and Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis,
Mo., 1856-60. Merchant, Lafayette, Ind., 186061. Degree of A. M. conferred
by Wabach College, Ind., 1853.
Military History.
– Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66: in command
of Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., Apr. to May, 1861; and in command of
Cheat Mountain District, W. Va.,
(Colonel, 10th
Indiana Volunteers, Apr. 27, 1861)
(Brig.-General, Indiana
Volunteers, May 10, 1861)
(Brig.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, May 17, 1861)
July to Dec., 1861, being
engaged in various Skirmished, Reconnoissances, etc., and Action at
Greenbrier River, Oct. 31, 1861.
Resigned, Jan. 23, 1862.
Served without
commission, in organizing Indiana Volunteers, Jan. to Nov. 1862, in Ohio and
Kentucky; in the Campaign of 1862-63 (Army of the Cumberland),
(Colonel, 75th
Indiana Volunteers, Aug. 21, 1862)
(Brig.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, Sep. 17, 1862)
being engaged in various
Skirmishes and Action in Tennessee,
(Major-General, U. S.
Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862)
--Action at Hoover’s Gap,
Ten., June 24, 1863, -- Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sep. 19-20, 1863, -- as
Chief of Staff of the Army of the Cumberland, Oct. 10 to dec. 5, 1863, --
and Battle of Chattanooga, Ten., Nov. 23-25, 1863; in command of the
Defenses of New Orleans, La., Jan. 6 to June 16, 1864; in command of 19th
Army Corps, July 7, 1864, and organizing forces for the Capture of Mobile
and Fts. Gaines and Morgan, Mobile harbor, Ala., June 16 to Aug. 2, 1864; in
command on Mississippi River, from its mouth to Memphis, Ten., Oct. to dec.,
1864, temporarily of Military Division of West Mississippi, Nov., 1864, --
and of the Department of Arkansas, Nov. 29, 1864, to Apr. 25, 1866 (7th
Army Corps, Nov. 29, 1864, to Aug. 29, 1865); and on leave of absence, Apr.
25 to Sep. 1, 1866.
Mustered Out of Service,
Sep. 1,1866.
Re-appointed in
the United States Army as
Colonel, 26th
Infantry, July 28, 1866.
Served: in
command of the Sub-District of the Rio Grande, Tex., Jan. 12 to Sep. 21,
1867, -- of District of Texas, to Aug. 4, 1868, -- and
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S.
Army, Mar. 2, 1867,
for Gallant and Meritorious
Services at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.)
(Bvt. Maj.-General, U. S.
Army, Mar. 2, 1867,
for Gallant and Meritorious
Services at the Battle of Mission Ridge)
of Fifth, Military
District, Aug. 10 to dec. 22, 1868; as Asst. Commissioner of Freedmen’s
Bureau for Texas, to Jan. 4, 1869; as Member of the Court of Inquiry at
Washington, D. C., Jan.-Feb., 1869; in
(Unassigned, Mar. 15, 1869)
command of Fifth Military
District, Apr. 8, 1869, to Apr. 16, 1870, -- and of
(Assigned to 25th
Infantry, Jan. 8, 1870)
Department of Texas, Apr.
16, 1870, to Jan. 29, 1872, -- of regiment and Ft.
(Transferred to 3d Cavalry, Dec. 15, 1870)
McPherson, Neb., Mar. 9,
1872, to May 5, 1873, and of the District of the Republican, Mar. 9 to Sep.
30, 1872; as Member of Board of Visitors to the U. S. Naval Academy, July,
1873; in command of regiment and Ft. McPherson, Neb., to Feb. 26, 1874; as
Member of Court of Inquiry at Washington, D. C., to May 25, 1874; in command
of regiment and Ft. D. A. Russell, Wy., to Nov. 11, 1876, -- of District of
South Platte, June, 1874, to Feb. 23, 1876, -- and of Big Horn Expedition to
Apr. 2, 1876, -- as Witness before Committee of the U. S. House of
Representatives, June 8 to July 14, 1876; on sick leave of absence, to June
25, 1877.
Retired from Active
Service, June 25, 1877, for Disability Contracted in the Line of Duty.
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