Samuel Miller Quincy
Samuel Miller Quincy | |
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28thMayor of New Orleans | |
In office May 5, 1865 – June 8, 1865 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Kennedy |
Succeeded by | Glendy Burke |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston,Massachusetts | June 13, 1832
Died | March 24, 1887 Keene,New Hampshire | (aged 54)
Resting place | Mount Wollaston Cemetery |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States Union |
Branch/service | Army |
Rank | Colonel BrevetBrigadier General |
Commands | 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 73rd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment 96th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment 81st U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Samuel Miller Quincy(/ˈkwɪnzi/;1832–1887) was the 28th mayor ofNew Orleansand aUnion Armyofficer during theAmerican Civil War.
Biography
[edit]Samuel Miller Quincy was born inBostonon June 13, 1832, the son ofJosiah Quincy Jr.,former mayor ofBoston,and the younger brother of Josiah Phillips Quincy.[1][2]He was a distant cousin of PresidentJohn Quincy Adamsand a descendant of Rev.George Phillips,who settled inWatertown, Massachusetts,in 1630.
He was also aHarvardgraduate (1852), lawyer and legal historian, andUnionsoldier in theAmerican Civil War,during which he was wounded, captured, imprisoned, and exchanged.
Shortly after the attack onFort Sumter,Quincy was commissioned a captain in the2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regimenton May 25, 1861. He was promoted to major on October 22, 1862, and to colonel on January 18, 1863. He resigned his commission on June 5, 1863, but was re-commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the73rd United States Colored Infantry Regimenton November 29, 1863, and was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on May 29, 1864. He served briefly asMayor of New Orleansfrom May 5 to June 8, 1865.
He transferred to the 96th US Colored Infantry Regiment on September 27, 1865, and was mustered out on January 21, 1866, and became the colonel of the 81st US Colored Infantry the next day. He was honorably mustered out of service on November 30, 1866.[3]
On February 21, 1866,[4]PresidentAndrew Johnsonnominated Quincy for the award of the honorary grade ofbrevetbrigadier general,United States Volunteers,to rank from March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war,[5]TheU.S. Senateconfirmed the award on May 18, 1866.[4]
He was a member of the Massachusetts Commandery of theMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
General Quincy died inKeene, New Hampshireon March 24, 1887.[1][6]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^abProceedings of the Bostonian Society, Annual Meeting.Vol. 2.The Bostonian Society.1888. p. 15.RetrievedNovember 11,2021– via Google Books.
- ^Massachusetts Historical Society: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910
- ^Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1789-1903. Francis B. Heitman. Vol. 1 pg. 811.
- ^abEicher, John H. andEicher, David J.Civil War High Commands.Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001, p. 755.ISBN0-8047-3641-3
- ^Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R.Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue,p. 496. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.ISBN1-56013-002-4
- ^"Gen. Samuel M. Quincy Dead".Fall River Daily Herald.Boston. March 25, 1887. p. 1.RetrievedNovember 11,2021– via Newspapers.com.
References
[edit]- Eicher, John H. andEicher, David J.Civil War High Commands.Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001.ISBN0-8047-3641-3.
- Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R.Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue,p. 496. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.ISBN1-56013-002-4.
External links
[edit]- Works by Samuel Miller QuincyatLibriVox(public domain audiobooks)