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Civil War Soldiers - Ward
| Ward, John H. H., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in New York city June 17, 1823. He enlisted in the
7th U. S. infantry in 1841 and passed through the various grades of
promotion until he was appointed sergeant-major in Aug., 1845. He was
stationed at Corpus Christi, participated in the siege of Fort Brown
and the battles about Monterey under Gen. Worth, and was subsequently
under Gen. Scott at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo and Huamantla. At the
termination of the Mexican war he returned to New York city, was
appointed assistant commissary-general of New York and served for five
years in that capacity. In Jan., 1855, he was promoted to
commissary-general and retired in 1859. At the commencement of the
Civil war he recruited the 38th N. Y. infantry, and was its first
colonel. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run, in which his
regiment lost 126 men, and participated in all the battles of the
Peninsula under McClellan, including Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair
Oaks, Glendale and Malvern hill to the James river. When the army
returned from the Peninsula he was engaged in the battles of the
second Bull Run, Groveton and Chantilly, and on Oct. 4, 1862, was
promoted to be brigadier-general of volunteers. He was assigned to the
Army of the Potomac, commanded the 2nd brigade, 1st division, 3d army
corps, at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Auburn mills, and during
the first day at Gettysburg, and on the second and third days at
Gettysburg, Kelly's ford and Wapping heights he was in command of the
1st division. He also commanded a brigade at Mine run, Locust Grove,
the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and in a number of minor campaigns, and
was mustered out of service July 21, 1864. Subsequently he was
appointed clerk of the superior court of New York city. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Ward, William T., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in the state of Kentucky, and first saw military
service as a member of a Kentucky regiment during the Mexican war. On
Oct. 4, 1847, he was commissioned major of the 4th Ky. infantry and
served in that capacity until July 25, 1848, when he was mustered out
of the service. Upon the breaking out of the Civil war he again
tendered his services to the Federal government and on Sept. 18, 1861,
was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers. So faithful and
meritorious was his service in this capacity that, on Feb. 24, 1865,
he was given the brevet rank of major-general of volunteers, and on
Aug. 24, 1865, he was honorably mustered out of the service. Gen. Ward
died Oct. 12, 1878.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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