Horatio Phillips Van Cleve | |
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| Born | (1809-11-23)November 23, 1809 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | April 24, 1891(1891-04-24) (aged 81) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Place of burial | Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States Union |
| Branch | United States Army Union Army |
| Rank | Brigadier General BrevetMajor General |
| Commands | 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry |
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Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (November 23, 1809 – April 24, 1891) was a general in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War.
Van Cleve was born inPrinceton, New Jersey. He studied for two years atPrinceton University, and then entered theUnited States Military Academy. He graduated in 1831 and served atfrontier posts in theMichigan Territory. He was commissioned as asecond lieutenant ofinfantry on December 31, 1831. He resigned from the Army on September 11, 1836, and settled in Michigan. He taught inCincinnati, Ohio, in 1840–41, and then engaged in farming nearAnn Arbor, Michigan. Van Cleve was an engineer in the service of the state of Michigan in 1855, and then United States Surveyor of Public Lands inMinnesota. In 1856, he engaged in stock-raising.
After the start of the Civil War, he was commissioned ascolonel of the2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment on July 22, 1861. He met wifeCharlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve, atFort Winnebago, while both her father and Horatio were stationed there. She would write the bookThree Score Years and Ten, Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West, about the early days ofFort Snelling and her travels through thepioneermidwest. She was the first white woman born in theWisconsin Territory, in the settlement ofPrairie du Chien.[1]
Van Cleve served underMaj. Gen.George H. Thomas atMill Springs, and was later promoted tobrigadier general of volunteers on March 21, 1862, in recognition for his services at that battle. He commanded a brigade at thesiege of Corinth and adivision atPerryville. He was disabled by a wound atStones River, but returned to his division upon recovery. He fought atChickamauga, and was in command of the post and forces atMurfreesboro, Tennessee, after the battle. He was in command of the defenses of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad until he was mustered out in 1865. In the omnibus promotions in 1866 following the war, he wasbrevettedmajor general, dating from March 13, 1865.
He wasadjutant general of Minnesota in 1866–70 and 1876–82.[2]
Van Cleve died inMinneapolis, Minnesota on April 24, 1891,[3] and is buried there inLakewood Cemetery.[4] His home in that city was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1976. He had his favorite horse buried in the front yard of that house before he died.
A park in Minneapolis is named in his honor. (44°59'10"N 93°13'50"W)
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