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Civil War Soldiers - Reynolds
| Reynolds, John F., major-general, U.S.
Army, was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1820, graduated at West Point on
June 30, 1841, and on Oct. 23 following, received his commission as
second lieutenant in the 3d artillery. On June 13, 1846, he was
promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, and served throughout the
Mexican war, winning the brevets of captain and major for his "gallant
and meritorious conduct" at Monterey and Buena Vista. After his return
from Mexico he was engaged in military service in California, and
against the Indians on the Pacific coast. In 1852 he was appointed aid
to Gen. Wool, and on March 3, 1855, was promoted to a captaincy in the
3d artillery. On May 14, 1861, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of
the 14th U. S. infantry, and on Aug. 20 was commissioned
brigadier-general of volunteers, and appointed to the command of the
1st brigade of the Pennsylvania reserve corps. In June, 1862, the
reserves joined the Army of the Potomac, on the peninsula, and Gen.
Reynolds, on June 26, participated in the battle of Mechanicsville,
and the next day took part in the severe battle of Gaines' mill. He
was also engaged at Savage Station, and at Charles City cross-roads,
where he took command of the division after Gen. McCall was taken
prisoner, and at a late hour the same day was himself captured by the
enemy and sent to Richmond. For his gallantry in these battles he
received the brevets of colonel and brigadier-general in the regular
army. After his release from Richmond, and on Sept. 26, he returned to
the command of his division, and soon after assumed command of the 1st
army corps, by virtue of seniority of rank. He commanded this corps in
the first battle of Fredericksburg, and in Jan., 1863, he was
nominated major-general of volunteers. He hastened forward in the
movement to Gettysburg at the direction of the commanding general, and
arrived there in the vanguard of the Federal army, and bringing his
little corps of 8,000 men into action against a Confederate force of
three times that number, he rode forward to reconnoiter a grove in
which the enemy had placed a large body of sharp-shooters; and
dismounting from his horse, approached a fence and looked over toward
the wood, when he was struck in the neck by a rifle ball, fell upon
his face and died in a few minutes, July 1, 1863. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Reynolds, Joseph J., major-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Flemingsburg, Ky., Jan. 4, 1822. He was
graduated at the United States military academy in 1843, took part in
the military occupation of Texas, and was promoted 1st lieutenant in
1847. He was assistant professor at the military academy from 1846 to
1849, then principal assistant professor of natural and experimental
philosophy until 1855, served on frontier duty at Fort Wichita, Ind.
Ter., 1855-56, and resigned from the army, Feb. 28, 1857. He was then
professor of mechanics and engineering at Washington university, St.
Louis, Mo., until 1860, engaged in business for a time in Lafayette,
Ind., and on April 25, 1861, re-entered the national service as
colonel of the 10th Ind. infantry. He was commissioned
brigadier-general of volunteers, on May 17, served in western Virginia
under Rosecrans and McClellan, and in September was left in command of
the Cheat mountain district. Here he engaged in several skirmishes and
also in the action at Greenbrier river on Oct. 3, and on Jan. 23,
1862, resigned his commission, subsequently engaging in recruiting
troops in Indiana. He became colonel of the 75th Ind. volunteers in
August, and on Sept. 17 was again given a commission as
brigadier-general of volunteers, being promoted major-general on Nov.
29. He took part in the engagement at Hoover's gap, June 24, 1863, was
engaged at Chickamauga, Sept. 19-20, and on Oct. 10, 1863, was made
chief of staff of the Army of the Cumberland, in which capacity he
took part in the battle of Chattanooga. He commanded the defenses of
New Orleans from Jan. to June, 1864, and was then made commander of
the 19th army corps. He then commanded successively the Mississippi
river from its mouth to Memphis, the military division of west
Mississippi and the Department of Arkansas, commanding also the 7th
army corps from Nov., 1864, to Aug., 1865. He was promoted colonel in
the regular army and given command of the 26th infantry, July 28,
1866, was mustered out of the volunteer service on Sept. 1, and on
March 2, 1867, was brevetted brigadier-general and major- general in
the regular army for gallantry at Chickamauga and Missionary ridge,
respectively. He was afterwards in command of various posts and
districts until June 25, 1877, when he was retired for disability
contracted in the line of duty. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 25,
1899.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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