Civil War brigadier general. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a U.S. Army officer and brother of President Zachary Taylor. With the outbreak of the War of 1812, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of 1st lieutenant.
Remaining in the army after the war, he was promoted to captain in 1825 and was appointed Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence in 1829. Promoted to major in 1838, he was again promoted to lieutenant colonel and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence on November 30, 1841.
At the beginning of the Civil War, he was promoted to colonel of the 9th U.S. Infantry in September 1861 and commissioned Brigadier Commissary General of Subsistence on February 9, 1863.
He was also the uncle to Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor.
Joseph Taylor died of diarrhea and partial paralysis at age 68 in Washington, D.C.. His son, Joseph Hancock Taylor also served in the Union Army as a colonel.
--Old Secesh
No comments:
Post a Comment