Joseph Pannell Taylor's Wife's Brother Was a Union Army General-- Part 1: Nathaniel McLean

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Remember, Joseph Taylor was the brother of President Zachary Taylor.

NATHANIEL COLLINS McLEAN

BORN:  2 February 1815 in Ridgeville, Ohio

DIED: 4 January 1905 in Bellport, New York

BURIED:  Woodland Cemetery Bellport, New York

Law degree from Harvard.  Practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and organized the 75th Ohio Infantry when the war started.  Commissioned colonel on September 18, 1861.  Led regiment during operations in western Virginia and a brigade at the Battle of Cross Keys June 8, 1862.

At Second Battle of Bull Run and promoted to brigadier general in November 29, 1862.

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