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Civil War Soldiers - Connor
| Connor, Patrick E., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in the south of Ireland, March 17, 1820, came to
the United States when a boy and was educated in New York city. In
1839 he enlisted in the regular army, serving through the Seminole
war, and, upon being discharged in 1844, entered upon commercial
pursuits in New York city, but moved to Texas in 1846. At the outbreak
of the Mexican war he became captain of Texas volunteers in the
regiment of Albert Sidney Johnston, and fought at Palo Alto, Resaca de
la Palma and Buena Vista, where he was severely wounded. Shortly after
the close of the war he emigrated to California, where he engaged in
business, and at the beginning of the Civil war he raised a regiment
of California volunteers, and was ordered to Utah to keep the Mormons
in check and protect the overland routes from the raids of Indians.
With a force of 200 men he marched 140 miles in four days through deep
snow and in the dead of winter, and, attacking a band of 300 Indians
in a stronghold, killed the whole band. He commanded the Utah district
during the war, effectively establishing the authority of government.
He was commissioned brigadier-general, March 30, 1863, and on March
13, 1865, was brevetted major-general of volunteers for efficient and
meritorious services. Declining a commission as colonel in the regular
army, he was mustered out of the service in 1866, and became the
leader in building up a gentile community in Utah. He founded the
first daily paper published in the state, located the first silver
mine, and did much to advance the interests of the territory. He died
in Salt Lake city, Utah, Dec. 17, 1891.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Connor, Seldon, brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Fairfield, Me., Jan. 25, 1839. He was graduated
at Tufts college, Mass., studied law, and when the war broke out
enlisted for three months in the 1st regiment of Vermont volunteers.
At the end of this period of service he became major, and soon
afterwards lieutenant-colonel of the 7th Maine regiment, which he
commanded in the Peninsular campaign from the beginning of the Seven
Days' battles. For a short time after the battle of Antietam he
commanded the 77th N. Y. volunteers. In Jan., 1864, he was made
colonel of the 19th Maine infantry, and commanded the brigade as
ranking officer. In the battle of the Wilderness, on May 6, 1864, his
thigh was shattered by a bullet, and, although commissioned
brigadier-general in June, 1864, was incapacitated for further
service. He was made a member of the staff of Gov. Chamberlain in
1867, was appointed assessor of internal revenue in 1868, and in 1874
was appointed by President Grant collector for the Augusta district.
He was elected governor of Maine in 1875, and served two terms. He was
pension agent under President Arthur from 1882 to 1885, and in 1897
was appointed to the same position by President McKinley.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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