Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  Alexander Stewart Webb

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   WEBB, ALEXANDER STEWART, was born in New York City February 15, 1835.
   Graduated at West Point in 1855, assigned to the artillery, and served
   against the Seminoles in Florida. At the opening of the Civil War he
   took part in the battle of Bull Run, and was present in the defenses
   of Washington till 1862, when he served in the Peninsula campaign. At
   Gettysburg he commanded that portion of the line at which the famous
   Confederate charge on the third day was directed, and it was mainly
   his command that met and defeated it. Here he was wounded while
   leading his men, and for this service he was brevetted major, United
   States Army. In May, 1864, he was promoted to colonel, United States
   Army, for Spottsylvania; in August, major-general of volunteers, and
   in March, 1865, brigadier-general and major-general, for services in
   the campaign ending in the surrender of General Lee's army. Since July
   21, 1869, General Webb, has been president of the College of the City
   of New York.