Wager Swayne

Wager Swayne

Infobox Military Person
name= Wager Swayne
born= Birth date|1834|11|10
died= Death date and age|1902|12|18|1834|11|10
placeofburial=


caption=Medal of Honor recipient
nickname=
placeofbirth= Columbus, Ohio
placeofdeath= New York City
allegiance= United States of America Union
branch= United States Army Union Army
serviceyears= 1861ndash 1870
rank= Brigadier General
unit= *43rd Ohio Infantry
commands= Military Governor of Alabama, 1867–68
battles= American Civil War
*Battle of Iuka
*Siege of Corinth
*Atlanta Campaign
awards= Medal of Honor
relations=
laterwork=

Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834ndash December 18, 1902) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Siege of Corinth. He was also appointed military Governor of Alabama during the early days of Reconstruction, serving from 1867 to 1868.

Biography

Swayne was born in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Noah Haynes Swayne. He graduated from Yale University and became a lawyer in Ohio.

He served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a field officer in one of Ohio's three-year infantry regiments. In August 1861, Governor William Dennison appointed Swayne as major of the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was being organized in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He fought at the battles of Iuka and Corinth, and was promoted to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the regiment's colonel.

Swayne led the 43rd OVI with distinction during the Atlanta Campaign and was later promoted to brigadier general. Swayne had his leg amputated from a severe wound suffered in 1865 in South Carolina. He mustered out of the volunteer army later that year, but stayed in the Regular Army.

After the war, he served in the Freedmen's Bureau and moved to Alabama, where he served as military governor. He retired from the Army in 1870 and moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he established a law practice. He moved in 1881 to New York City, where he set up another law practice, specializing in representing telegraph and railroad companies.

In 1893, he was awarded a Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry in restoring order at a critical moment and leading his regiment in a charge" at Corinth.

He died in New York City and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery Arlington County, Virginia, Plot: Section 3, Lot 1406. [findagrave|5885526 Retrieved on 2007-11-08]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and Organization::Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 43d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Corinth, Miss., 4 October 1862. Entered service at: Columbus, Ohio. Born: 10 November 1834, Columbus, Ohio. Date of issue: 19 August 1893.

Citation:Conspicuous gallantry in restoring order at a critical moment and leading his regiment in a charge.cite web
publisher=AmericanCivilWar.com
title="Civil War Medal of Honor Citations" (S-Z): Swayne, Wager
date =
url=http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor8.html
accessdate=2007-11-09
] cite web
publisher=army.mil
title="Medal of Honor website” (M-Z): Swayne, Wager
date =
url=http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/civwarmz.html
accessdate=2007-11-09
]

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*
*List of Ohio's American Civil War generals

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