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Civil War Soldiers - Getty
| Getty, George W., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Georgetown, D. C, Oct. 2, 1819. He was
graduated at West Point in 1840, doing garrison duty at various posts,
was promoted 1st lieutenant Oct. 31, 1845, and served in the Mexican
war, being present at Contreras and Churubusco, for which service he
was brevetted captain, April 20, 1847, and at Molino del Rey,
Chapultepec, and the taking of the City of Mexico. He served in the
Seminole wars of 1849-50, and 1856-57, was promoted captain in 1853,
and was in Kansas during the troubles incidental to the organization
of a state government, 1857-58. He was made aide-de-camp with the rank
of lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 28, 1861, commanded the artillery in the
engagements near Budd's ferry in November and December of that year,
and in the Peninsular campaign of 1862 commanded four batteries at
Yorktown, Gaines' mill and Malvern hill. He engaged also at South
mountain and Antietam, was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers,
Sept. 25, 1862, and took part in the Rappahannock campaign of 1862-63,
being engaged at Fredericksburg and in the defense of Suffolk, from
April 11 to May 3, receiving the rank of lieutenant-colonel U. S. A.
April 19, 1863, for his services. He was brevetted colonel May 5,
1864, for gallantry at the battle of the Wilderness, where he was
severely wounded, served in the defense of Washington in July, 1864,
was brevetted brigadier-general for services in the battle of
Petersburg, and on the same day, March 13, 1865, was given the brevet
rank of major-general U. S. A., for services in the field during the
war. He was also given the brevet rank of major-general of volunteers,
Aug. 1, 1864, for services at the battles of Fisher's hill and
Winchester. After the war he became colonel of the 37th infantry, July
23, 1866, and commanded various districts and posts until Oct. 2,
1883, when he was retired from active service. Gen. Getty died Oct. 1,
1901. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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