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Hartranft was brevetted major general by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee's last offensive at the Battle of Fort Stedman, bringing his untested division from its reserve position and counterattacking to recover the captured fort.
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Gen. John F. Hartranft, was in reserve behind the lines.
As a result of this national exposure, he was commissioned to make an equestrian statue of Major-General John F. Hartranft for the Pennsylvania State University.
John Frederick Hartranft ( December 16, 1830 – October 17, 1889 ) was the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879 and a Union Major General who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.
Hartranft was born in Fagleysville, a village in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Pottstown.
Hartranft was active in the Norristown fire company and the local Freemason lodge.
Hartranft was admitted to the bar in 1860, and rose to the rank of colonel in the Pennsylvania Militia.
Hartranft was humiliated by his men's decision to go home.
The 51st Pennsylvania was transferred to the Western Theater, where Hartranft saw action at the battles of Vicksburg, Campbell's Station, and Knoxville ; in the latter two actions, he served as commander of the 2nd Division of the IX Corps while still a colonel.
At the war's end, Hartranft commanded the Old Capitol Prison and was appointed a special provost marshal during the trial of those accused in the Lincoln assassination.
The United States celebrated its centennial as a nation in 1876, and Hartranft saw that Pennsylvania led the way in the celebration that was centered in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park.
At the Republican National Convention in June 1876, he was a contender for the presidential nomination that eventually went to Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio, who had served with Hartranft during the Civil War in the same army corps.
John Hartranft died in Norristown and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Norristown.
The vacancy caused by detaching Ferrero's Division was filled by six new regiments of Pennsylvanians on one-year enlistments, organized into a division of two brigades, the command of which was given to General John F. Hartranft.
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Hartranft switched party allegiances following the war and became a Republican, serving in former general John W. Geary's Pennsylvania administration as Auditor General from 1867 to 1873 before being elected governor in 1872.
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* Edited by Chester David Hartranft et alii: Corpus Schwenkfeldianorum.
There is an excellent English translation by Chester David Hartranft, with a learned though somewhat diffuse introduction, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, II ( published New York, 1890 ).
This division rendered gallant service at Fort Stedman, and Hartranft added to his laurels by the ability displayed at that critical juncture.
* " The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: Their Confinement and Execution, as Recorded in the Letterbook og John Frederick Hartranft " edited by Edwards Steers, Jr and Harold Holzer.
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:* Hartranft, Chester D. Ecclesiastical History.
* John F. Hartranft, Governor of Pennsylvania 1873 – 1879
* John F. Hartranft, Pa. Capitol, Harrisburg
In April 1861, Hartranft raised a Montgomery County regiment of ninety-day volunteers in Norristown, serving as colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Hartranft raised a three-year regiment, the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, and became its colonel.
They first served on the North Carolina coast in the Burnside Expedition, Hartranft led them in battle at Roanoke Island and New Bern.
They also fought at the Battle of Antietam, where Hartranft led its famous charge across Burnside's Bridge, suffering 120 casualties.
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Gen. Edward Ferrero and Col. John F. Hartranft in command of the two divisions.
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* Sauers, Richard A., " John Frederick Hartranft ", Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, Heidler, David S., and Heidler, Jeanne T., eds., W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-393-04758-X.
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On July 7, 1865, Hartranft led Mary Surratt, Lewis Paine, David Herold and George Atzerodt to the gallows in what is now called Fort Lesley McNair.
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Hartranft returned to his home in Montgomery County in 1879, where he accepted the position of Postmaster.
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He rose to the rank of major and was later brevetted lieutenant colonel and colonel.
He was twice brevetted for bravery — at Molino del Rey and Chapultepec.
For his service in the Meuse-Argonne Operations, Patton received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal, and was brevetted full colonel.
In 1783, in recognition of his dedicated service, he was brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of brigadier general, made a naturalized citizen of the United States, and given a land grant.
Worth, and Robert Patterson, and was brevetted to first lieutenant for gallant conduct at the Battle of Monterrey.
He was brevetted to major general in the regular army for his success at Chattanooga, but he was disappointed to find that Grant's official report of the battle credited his friend William Tecumseh Sherman's contribution over Hooker's.
He was brevetted to the rank of major on July 21 for his actions during Bull Run.
At the end of the war ( 1783 ), he was brevetted to major general and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
He was brevetted captain at Buena Vista and served in the Adjutant General's department after the war.
Because of his actions at Cedar Mountain, McDowell was eventually brevetted major general in the regular army ; however, he was blamed for the subsequent disaster at Second Bull Run.
On November 29, 1865, he was brevetted as major-general of the volunteers for " efficient and meritorious services.
Colonel Marshall was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers, dated March 13, 1865.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1857, third in his class of 38 cadets, and was brevetted a second lieutenant of Engineers.
Despite losses, another wound ( in the left arm and chest ), and nearly being captured, Chamberlain was successful and brevetted to the rank of major general by President Abraham Lincoln.
For his services during the Peninsular Campaign he was brevetted brigadier general of U. S. Volunteers.
When he finally showed up, he embellished his own role in the victory, and was brevetted as a brigadier general and appointed to the newly created board of war.
In September 1783, at the end of the war, he was brevetted a major general in the Continental Army.
He was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers, 10 November 1864, and mustered out of service at his own request on 22 December of that year, refusing to remain in the army on light duty as he was urged to do.
" Parker was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers on April 9, 1865.
While there he was nicknamed " Seminole " after his native state, and brevetted a second lieutenant in the 5th U. S. Infantry on July 1, 1845.
A few months later he was made major ; was wounded at the Battle of Niagara on July 25, 1814, and the following November was brevetted colonel.
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