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Civil War Soldiers - Mackenzie
| Mackenzie, Ranald S.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Westchester county, N. Y.,
July 27, 1840, was graduated at West Point in 1862 and assigned to the
engineers. He served as assistant engineer, 9th army corps, in the
northern Virginia campaign, and was brevetted for gallantry at the
battle of Manassas 1st lieutenant. He was attached to the engineer
battalion in the Maryland campaign, participated in the battle of
Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, as engineer of Gen. Sumner's grand
division, on March 3, 1863, was promoted 1st lieutenant, two months
later was brevetted captain for "gallant and meritorious services at
the battle of Chancellorsville, Va." He served in the Pennsylvania
campaign as commander of an engineer company, was brevetted major for
gallantry at Gettysburg, was promoted captain of engineers, Nov. 6,
1863, and commanded the engineer company in the Richmond campaign. He
commanded the 2nd Conn. artillery at the siege of Petersburg, was
brevetted lieutenant-colonel for his gallantry there, in the following
October was brevetted colonel for gallantry at Cedar creek, and was
promoted brigadier-general of volunteers for meritorious services at
the battles of Opequan, Fisher's hill and Middletown, Va. On March 13,
1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general U. S. A. and major-general of
volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during
the rebellion," and he engaged in the battle of Five Forks, the
pursuit of Lee's army, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox,
April 9, 1865. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, Jan. 15,
1866, was promoted colonel, in 1867, brigadier- general in 1882, and
on March 24, 1884, was placed on the retired list, having been
disabled "in the line of duty." Gen. Mackenzie died on Staten island,
N. Y., Jan. 19, 1889.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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