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Civil War Soldiers - Marcy
| Marcy, Randolph B., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Greenwich, Mass., April 9, 1812, and was
graduated at the United States military academy in 1832. He served in
the Black Hawk war, on frontier duty, took part in the military
occupation of Texas, and was engaged in the war with Mexico, being
present at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He
afterwards was engaged in the explorations of the Red river, in the
Seminole war in Florida, and in the Missouri and Utah expedition of
1857-58. He was promoted paymaster with the rank of major, Aug. 22,
1859, and inspector-general with the rank of colonel Aug. 9, 1861. He
was chief-of-staff to Gen. McClellan, his son-in-law, at the beginning
of the war, was made brigadier-general Sept. 23, 1861, engaged in the
campaign of western Virginia May to July, 1861, and was in Washington
from July, 1861, to August, 1862. He served during the war on
inspection duty in the departments of the Northwest, the Missouri,
Arkansas, Mississippi and the Gulf, until 1865, and was on leave of
absence, 1865-66. He was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general
U. S. A., March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during
the war. Gen. Marcy was promoted inspector-general with the rank of
brigadier-general U. S. A., Dec. 12, 1878, and was retired from active
service Jan. 2, 1881. He contributed to magazines and wrote several
books. He was a famous hunter. Gen. Marcy died in Orange, N. J., Nov.
22, 1887.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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