- Joel Dewey
Joel Allen Dewey (
September 20 ,1840 –June 17 ,1873 ) was a brigadier general in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War , and a lawyer.Dewey was born in
Georgia, Vermont , the son of Horace and Harriet (Peck) Dewey. He enteredOberlin College in 1858, but withdrew in October 1861 when he accepted a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 58th Ohio Infantry. He was promoted to captain and served in the 43rd Ohio Infantry. Dewey was engaged at New Madrid, Iuka, Corinth, and on garrison duty inTennessee .He was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 111th U.S. Colored Infantry. He led a
brigade in operations inAlabama , and was captured byNathan Forrest 'scavalry nearAthens, Georgia . After he was exchanged, he served inAlabama and Tennessee for the remainder of the war. He was promoted to brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers onDecember 13 ,1865 , at the age of 25. He resigned from the volunteer service onJanuary 1 ,1866 , having declined a captaincy in theRegular Army .After the war, he studied law at the
Albany, New York , Law School, graduating in 1867, and moved toDandridge, Tennessee , where he practiced law. He wasAttorney General of Tennessee from 1869 until his death in 1873, inKnoxville, Tennessee . He is buried in Dandridge, Tennessee.ee also
References
* Johnson, Rossiter, ed., "Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans." Boston, Massachusetts: The Biographical Society, 1904.
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