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Civil War Soldiers - Foster
| Foster, John G., major-general, U.S.
Army, was born in Whitefield, N. H., May 27, 1823. He was graduated at
the United States military academy in 1846, assigned to the engineer
corps, and served in the Mexican war under Gen. Scott at the battles
of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco and Molino del Rey,
where he was severely wounded. He was brevetted 1st lieutenant and
captain for gallantry, and then, until the Civil war, was assistant
engineer in Maryland, engaged on coast survey work in Washington,
assistant professor of engineering at West Point, and engaged in the
construction of Forts Sumter and Moultrie. He successfully moved the
garrison of Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter during the night of Dec.
26-27, 1860, and was subsequently one of the defenders of the latter
fort during its bombardment, and received the brevet of major for his
services. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers Oct. 23,
1861, and for services at Roanoke island in Burnside's expedition to
North Carolina received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel U. S. A. He
was then in command of the Department of North Carolina, having been
promoted major-general of volunteers, conducted several important and
successful expeditions in 1862-63, had charge of the combined
departments of Virginia and North Carolina from July to Nov., 1863,
and after that commanded the Army and Department of the Ohio. This
command he was forced to give up in Dec, 1864, on account of severe
injuries sustained by a fall from his horse, and, on recovery, was
given command of the Department of the South. He received Gen. Sherman
and his army at Savannah, Dec. 21, 1864, on the completion of the
march to the sea, and commenced the operations for the reduction of
Fort Sumter and the capture of Charleston, S. C, but was forced by the
condition of his old wound to leave the carrying out of his plans to
Gen. Q. A. Gillmore. He received the brevet ranks of brigadier-general
and major-general in the regular army for his services at Savannah and
in the field during the war. Gen. Foster commanded the Department of
Florida in 1865-66, and afterward superintended the construction of
river and harbor improvements at Boston and Portsmouth. He died in
Nashua, N. H., Sept. 3, 1874. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Foster, Robert S., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Vernon, Jennings county, Ind., Jan. 27, 1834,
where he received a common school education. Joining the Union army at
the outbreak of the war he fought to the close, being advanced from
rank to rank until, on March 31, 1865, he received the brevet of
major-general of volunteers for gallant conduct in the field. He
became captain in the 11th Ind. infantry, April 22, 1861, major of the
13th Ind. infantry, June 19, 1861, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel
on Oct. 28 of that year, and colonel April 30, 1862. He was
commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers June 12, 1863. He
resigned Sept. 25, 1865, and was offered a lieutenant-colonelcy in the
regular army, but declined and took up his residence in Indianapolis,
where he was city treasurer from 1867-72. He was United States marshal
for the District of Indiana from 1881 to 1885. Gen. Foster died March
3, 1903.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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