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Civil War Soldiers - Prime
| Prime, Frederick E.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Florence, Italy, Sept. 24,
1829. He was graduated at the United States military academy at the
head of his class in 1850 and assigned to the engineer corps, and
prior to the Civil war was employed on fortifications in New York,
California, Alabama and Mississippi. While on his way to Fort Pickens
in 1861 he was taken captive by Confederate forces, was commissioned
captain on Aug. 6, and served after his release in the Manassas
campaign. He was then for the next six months successively chief
engineer of the departments of Kentucky, the Cumberland, and the Ohio,
and after being wounded and again taken prisoner he served under Grant
in the Mississippi campaign of 1862-63. He was brevetted major for
gallantry at Corinth, was promoted major, June 1, 1863, and took part
in the siege of Vicksburg, where he won the brevet promotion to
lieutenant-colonel. He was commissioned brigadier-general of
volunteers Aug. 4, 1863. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted colonel
and brigadier-general U. S. A., for gallant and meritorious conduct
during the war. He was retired, Sept. 5, 1871, on account of
disability incurred in line of duty. He died, Aug. 12, 1900. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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