- John Baillie McIntosh
John Baillie McIntosh (
June 6 ,1829 –June 29 ,1888 ), although born inFlorida , served as aUnion Army brigadier general in theAmerican Civil War . His brother,James M. McIntosh , served as a Confederate general until he was killed in theBattle of Pea Ridge .Birth and early years
McIntosh was born at Fort Brooke (
Tampa ),Florida Territory , while his father was on active duty in the Army. He served as amidshipman in theUnited States Navy during theMexican-American War . Thereafter, McIntosh was in business inNew Brunswick, New Jersey .Civil War service
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry. In that role he served in the
Seven Days Battles and theBattle of Antietam . McIntosh was commissioned colonel of the3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry onNovember 15 ,1862 . In that role he rose to brigade command in the Cavalry Corps of theArmy of the Potomac . He led his brigade in the campaign culminating in theBattle of Chancellorsville , winning plaudits from division commander Brig. Gen.William W. Averell .When Maj. Gen.
Alfred Pleasonton reorganized the Cavalry Corps following theBattle of Brandy Station , McIntosh became a brigade commander in the second division led by Brig. Gen.David McM. Gregg . McIntosh was ill after Chancellorsville, but he was present when Gregg's division fought at theBattle of Gettysburg . He distinguished himself in the fight againstJ.E.B. Stuart on East Cavalry Field onJuly 3 ,1863 . When a Confederate attack led by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton was at its height, McIntosh led some of his men in a flank attack on the attacking troopers. [Longacre, "The Cavalry at Gettysburg", p. 239.] McIntosh was injured by a fall from a horse in September 1863; and, after recovering from his injury, he was on duty in the defenses ofWashington, D.C. , in XXII Corps until May 1864.McIntosh returned to the Army of the Potomac in time to be assigned a brigade in the third cavalry division of Brig. Gen.
James H. Wilson during theBattle of the Wilderness . He continued in command in the operations of Maj. Gen.Philip Sheridan , including the beginning of the latter's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. McIntosh lost a leg because of a wound he received at the Third Battle of Winchester onSeptember 6 ,1864 . Later he received brevet promotions of the ranks of major general, U. S. Volunteers, brigadier general, U.S. Army (regular army), and major general, U.S. Army.McIntosh died in New Brunswick. He is buried there in the Elmwood Cemetery.
ee also
* List of American Civil War generals
References
* Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., "Civil War High Commands", Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
* Longacre, Edward G., "The Cavalry at Gettysburg", Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8032-7941-8.
* Warner, Ezra J., "Generals in Blue", Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0882-7.Notes
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