Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General William B. Hazen

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                                   HAZEN
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   HAZEN, GEN. WILLIAM B., born in West Hartford, Vt., September 27,
   1830; died in Washington, D.C., January 16, 1887; was graduated from
   the United States Military Academy July 1, 1855, and appointed a
   brevet second lieutenant in the Fourth United States Infantry. He saw
   a great deal of frontier life in scouting and fighting the Indians in
   the Territories and Texas from 1856 to 1859. In his last Indian
   campaign he was severely wounded and disabled for several months.
   During the late war he served on the Ohio frontier, in Kentucky and
   Tennessee. On the 6th of January, 1862, he was appointed to command
   the Nineteenth Brigade of the Army of the Ohio. He moved with General
   Buell's army to Pittsburg Landing, took an active part in the battle
   at that place, and afterward served in Northern Alabama until ordered
   to assume command of the post of Murfreesboro. In May, 1862, he was
   appointed brigadier general, but the appointment was not confirmed
   until after the battle of Stone River, in which General Hazen's
   brigade was hotly engaged, and rendered extremely valuable service.
   Until March, 1864, General Hazen was engaged in marching,
   countermarching, and skirmishing in East Tennessee. On the 17th of
   August he was transferred to the Army of the Tennessee and placed in
   command of the Second Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. His
   division took part in the Georgia campaign and was engaged with the
   enemy at Statesboro, on the Oconee River, and again at the Camrouchee
   River. In December, after the arrival of General Sherman before
   Savannah, it became necessary for him to open communication in some
   way with the sea. General Hazen's division was sent to capture Fort
   McAllister, which commanded the river and inlet through which General
   Sherman hoped to get supplies. Nine regiments of General Hazen's
   command advanced to the charge, stormed the fort in less than five
   minutes and captured twenty-four pieces of ordnance and the entire
   garrison. General Hazen was appointed major general to date from the
   capture of Fort McAllister.