Foster, John G. (1823-1874)

Name:

Foster, John G. (1823-1874)

Title:

Brevet 2nd Lieut., Engineers, 6/1/1846
Brevet 1st Lieut, United States Army, 8/20/1847
Brevet Captain, United States Army, 9/8/1847
2nd Lieut., Engineers, 5/24/1848
1st Lieut., Engineers, 4/1/1854
Captian, Engineers, 7/1/1860
Brevet Major, United States Army, 12/26/1860
Brig. General, United States Volunteers, 10/23/1861
Brevet Lieut. Colonel, United States Army, 2/8/1862
Brevet Colonel, United States Army, 3/12/1862
Major General, United States Volunteers, 7/18/1862
Major, Engineers, United States Army, 3/3/1863
Brevet Brig. General, United States Army, 3/13/1865
Brevet Major General, United States Army, 3/13/1865
Lieut. Colonel, Engineers, United States Army, 3/7/67
Assistant professor of engineering, West Point, 1855-1857.
Assisstant to Chief of Engineers, Washington D.C. (1871-1874)
Nashua Post of G.A.R. named in honor of Foster

Born:

05/27/1823

Birthplace:

Whitefield, NH

Died:

09/02/1874

Death Location:

Nashua, NH

Residence:

Whitefield,NH
Nashua, NH
Hancock, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Military, professor, engineering

Father:

Perley Foster (b. 9/20/1792)

Mother:

Mary (Gray) Foster

Relations:

Received appointment as cadet at West Point upon request of Hon. Charles G. Atherton and Hon. Franklin Pierce
Relative of John Foster, who design first seal of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629
Great Great Great Grandparents, Jacob Foster (b. about 1668), Deacon, First Baptist Church of Ipswich, MA and Abigail Foster
Great Great Grandparents, Joseph Foster and Sarah Foster
Great Grandfather, Issac Foster and Sarah (Brow) Foster (m. 11/18/1744)
Grandparents John Foster (b. 1/28/1775) and Anna (Beard) Foster

Spouse:

Mary S. Moale of Balitmore, MD, m. 1/1/1851 (died 6/6/1871)
Nannie Davis of Washington D.C.

Children:

Anna (Foster) Seaton (m. Lieut Henry Seaton)

Notes:

Finished 4th in famed West Point graduating class of 1846 which included Stonewall Jackson, George B. McClellen, George E. Pickett, Ambrose Powell Hill. Class produced 20 generals across 3 wars.

Head of comission to work on preservation and improvement of Boston Harbor and the construction of defenses at Portsmouth Harbor

Noyes, Frank G. "Biographical Sketch of Maj.-Gen. John G. Foster, Son on New Hampshire, Soldier of the Republic" in The Granite Monthy, vol. 26. Granite Monthly Company"Concord, N.H., 1899, p.331-344.