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samuel p heintzelman wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life and military service 2 civil war 3 retirement and death 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents samuel p heintzelman 7 languages català dansk deutsch français magyar italiano русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia u s army general samuel peter heintzelman born 1805 09 30 september 30 1805 manheim pennsylvania u s died may 1 1880 1880 05 01 aged 74 washington d c u s burial place forest lawn cemetery buffalo new york military career allegiance united states of america branch united states army union army service years 1826 1869 rank major general commands iii corps xxii corps conflicts second seminole war mexican american war battle of huamantla action of atlixco yuma war battle of coyote canyon battle of the gila river cortina troubles battle of la ebonal battle of rio grande city american civil war manassas campaign first battle of bull run peninsula campaign battle of yorktown battle of williamsburg battle of seven pines seven days battles battle of oak grove battle of savage s station battle of glendale wia battle of malvern hill northern virginia campaign second battle of bull run battle of chantilly signature samuel peter heintzelman september 30 1805 may 1 1880 was a united states army general he served in the seminole war the mexican american war the yuma war and the cortina troubles during the early months of the american civil war he was a prominent figure rising to the command of a corps the world war ii liberty ship ss samuel heintzelman launched on 30 september 1942 was named in his honor early life and military service edit heintzelman was born in manheim pennsylvania to peter and ann elizabeth grubb heintzelman his paternal grandparents were german immigrants to the american colonies while his maternal side was of english and scottish descent with ancestors arriving during the colonial era in the 17th century 1 he graduated from the united states military academy in 1826 17th in a class of 41 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd u s infantry july 1 1826 then in the 2nd u s infantry and served on the northern frontier at fort gratiot fort mackinac and fort brady on march 4 1833 he was promoted to first lieutenant and served on quartermaster s duty in florida during the second seminole war on july 7 1838 he was appointed captain in the quartermaster s department remaining in florida with the 2nd infantry until the close of the war in 1842 in 1844 he married margaret stuart of albany ny in 1847 during the mexican american war he joined general winfield scott s army in mexico taking part in several engagements for which he was appointed brevet major on october 9 1847 in 1848 49 he accompanied his regiment around cape horn to california and for several years served in california and the arizona territory in december 1851 major heintzelman led the yuma expedition from the post of san diego to put down the yuma uprising called the yuma war his expedition established fort yuma and peace was made in october 1852 he received the brevet of lieutenant colonel for his conduct in the campaign against the yuma indians and on march 3 1855 he was promoted to major of the 1st u s infantry and served with that unit on the texas frontier 2 in 1859 during the first cortina war in texas he was largely responsible for the defeat of juan cortina s forces heintzelman was the first president of the sonora exploring and mining company which established cerro colorado a mining town in southern arizona the town became famous during the american civil war for the massacre of mine employees by mexican outlaws and for buried treasure civil war edit when the civil war began heintzelman was promoted to colonel of the 17th u s infantry and brigadier general of volunteers in may 1861 he led a division at first bull run in july and was wounded in the elbow heintzelman was in overall command of the 2nd michigan infantry regiment that was responsible for the raid ransacking and devastation of pohick church in lorton virginia on november 12 1861 the historic church was built in 1769 by george washington george mason and george william fairfax among others and restored after the war of 1812 by president martin van buren john quincy adams and francis scott key among others this ransacking caused the loss of a myriad of irreplaceable artifacts 3 in march 1862 president lincoln organized the army of the potomac into corps and heintzelman received the iii corps of the army of the potomac in the peninsula campaign his corps played a prominent role in the siege of yorktown where heintzelman and division commander fitz john porter were among the first to use the union army balloon corps the corps bore the brunt of the fighting at williamsburg and saw significant action at fair oaks oak grove and glendale his corps was temporarily attached to the army of virginia and took part in the second battle of bull run he was commissioned as a brevet brigadier general in the regular army for the battle of fair oaks and a major general of volunteers for the battle of williamsburg at the battle of glendale heintzelman was bruised in the wrist by a spent bullet and was unable to use his left arm for a few weeks after the seven days battles he was promoted to major general of volunteers to rank from may 5 his popularity and confidence in the army were eclipsed by the aggressive nature of his subordinate division commanders joseph hooker and philip kearny and he did not display any notable leadership or tactical prowess in either the peninsula campaign or second bull run although following the union retreat from gaines mill he was one of three corps commanders to advocate launching a counterattack against the army of northern virginia 4 the second bull run campaign had been hard on the iii corps which sustained heavy losses including one of its division commanders and had come close to being driven from the field in panic on september 4 heintzelman was relieved from command being judged as too old and insufficiently aggressive he was reassigned to the washington d c defenses and served there until being transferred to the northern department in january 1864 he remained in that post for ten months but received no further assignments for the rest of the war heintzelman s volunteer commission expired on august 24 1865 and he reverted to the regular army rank of colonel he served on army boards of inquiry and on occupation duty in texas as part of reconstruction retirement and death edit heintzelman retired on february 22 1869 and was granted a promotion to major general entitling him to the pension of that rank after leaving the army he served on the board of directors of several companies in new york and washington d c before retiring completely in 1874 he died in washington on may 1 1880 at the age of 74 he is buried in forest lawn cemetery buffalo new york according to his doctor he died of complications arising from an attack of pleurisy during the peninsula campaign eighteen years earlier 5 his grandson stuart heintzelman a west point alumnus of the class of 1899 served in world war i and rose to the rank of major general see also edit american civil war portal list of american civil war generals union references edit notes genealogy of the waldo family press of c hamilton 1902 robinson p 4 pohick church history heintzelman s obituary by john c robinson roll of honor the buffalo commercial buffalo new york may 31 1900 page 8 accessed may 19 2017 at https www newspapers com clip 11102133 roll_of_honot_the_buffalo_commercial bibliography eicher john h and david j eicher civil war high commands stanford ca stanford university press 2001 isbn 0 8047 3641 3 robinson john c obituary notice of major general samuel p heintzelman first commander of the third army corps new york charles h ludwitt 1881 warner ezra j generals in blue lives of the union commanders baton rouge louisiana state university press 1964 isbn 0 8071 0822 7 pohick church history biography summary of diary donation external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to samuel p heintzelman heintzelman samuel peter appletons cyclopædia of american 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