Potter, Joseph H. (1822-1892)

Name:

Potter, Joseph H. (1822-1892)

Title:

Member, Aztec Club, Mexico City, Mexico, 1847
2nd Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 1843
1st Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 1847
Captain, U. S. Army, 1856
Colonel, 12th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, 1862
Major, U. S. Army, 1863
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army, 1863
Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, 1863
Brevet Brigadier General, U. S. Army, 1865
Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers, 1865
Mustered out, U. S. Army, 1866
Lieutenant Colonel, 30th Infantry, U. S. Army, 1866
Colonel, 24th Infantry, U. S. Army, 1873
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, 1886
Governor, Soldier's Home, Washington, DC 1877-1881
Retired, U. S. Army, 1886

Other Names:

Potter, Joseph Haydn

Born:

10/12/1822

Birthplace:

East Concord, NH

Died:

12/01/1892

Death Location:

Columbus, OH

Residence:

Concord, NH 1822-1839
Washington, DC 1877-1881
Columbus, OH 1886-1892

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

U. S. Army Officer

Father:

Potter, Thomas Drake

Mother:

Warden, Eunice

Relations:

Nephew of Chandler E. Potter

Spouse:

Alice Grant Kilbourne (1838-1916), September 12, 1865

Children:

Alice Fay, born 1866; died 1953
Jane Kilbourne, born 1868; died 1918
Joseph Drake, born 1869; died 1939
Lincoln Kilboourne, born 1871; died 1871
Charles Kilbourne, born 1872; died 1874
Francis Drake, born 1876
Scott Hayes, born 1877; died 1878

Notes:

Augustus D. Ayling, Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. (Concord, New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans, 1895), 637, 1071.

Obituary, New York Herald, New York, New York, December 3, 1892, 7.

"Death of Gen. Potter," The Boston Journal, Boston, Massachusetts, December 3, 1892, 5.

Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH