Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios - Gen. James Abram Garfield

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                                  GARFIELD
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   GARFIELD, GEN. JAMES ABRAM, born at Orange, Cutahoga county, Ohio,
   November 19, 1831. Educated at Hiram College, Portage county, and at
   Williams College, Mass. President of Hiram College, 1857. Studied law.
   Elected a State Senator, 1859. Entered the Union army as colonel in
   1861. Made brigadier commander, and operated against General Marshall
   in eastern Kentucky. Fought at Middle Creek January 10, 1862. Promoted
   to brigadier January, 1862. Commanded 20th brigade at battle of
   Shiloh, and in operations before Corinth. In September, 1862, assigned
   to court-martial duty in Washington. In 1863, was made chief-of-staff
   to General Rosecrans. Fought in battle of Chickamauga. Made
   major-general September 19, 1863. Elected to Congress November, 1862,
   and November, 1863. Elected U.S. Senator January 13, 1880, and
   President November 2, 1880. Shot by Guiteau July 2, 1881. Died at Long
   Branch September 19, 1881, after eighty days of suffering.