Joseph Horace Eaton

Infobox Military Person
name=Joseph Horace Eaton
born= birth date|1815|10|12
died= death date and age|1896|1|20|1815|10|12
placeofburial=River View Cemetery


caption=Joseph H. Eaton
placeofbirth=Salem, Massachusetts
placeofdeath=Portland, Oregon
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=1835–1881
rank= Brevet Brigadier General
commands=
battles=Mexican-American War American Civil War
laterwork=Artist

Joseph Horace Eaton (October 12, 1815 - January 20, 1896) was an American artist and army officer. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Eaton graduated from West Point in 1835. During the Mexican-American War he was an aide to Gen. Zachary Taylor and was twice promoted and cited for gallantry, first at the Battle of Monterey and then at the Battle of Buena Vista. Following the Mexican War, Eaton was stationed on the frontier where he painted a series of landscapes in New Mexico in the 1850’s. Those paintings are highly sought after by art collectors and museums today and even Eaton’s autograph is sold at auction. Among his most important watercolors are "Don Fernandez de Taos" and "Canocito Bonito." During the American Civil War Eaton was stationed in Washington, D.C. where he was assistant U.S. paymaster. He was promoted to brevet Brigadier General in 1865. After the Civil War he was assigned to Oregon where he was the army’s Chief Paymaster of the Department of the Columbia until his retirement in 1881. The son of Dr. Joseph Eaton, he married the former Susan Blaney in 1845. He died in Portland, Oregon and is buried in River View Cemetery.

ee also

* List of American Civil War generals

References

*Spencer Leonard list of Civil War Veterans Buried in Oregon
*American Civil War General Officers
* [http://www.artfact.com/features/viewArtist.cfm?1=1&searchType=artist&artistRef=EIVQA26R5T ArtFact.com]
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/e/joseph_horace_eaton/joseph_horace_eaton.aspxs AskArt.com The Artists Blue Book]

External links

*findagrave|23471468 Retrieved on 2008-02-12
* [http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/brevets.htm The Brevet Generals of the American Civil War]

Persondata
NAME= Eaton, Joseph Horace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Union Army general
DATE OF BIRTH=October 12, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH=Salem, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH=January 20, 1896
PLACE OF DEATH=Portland, Oregon