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Title: Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Brigadier General of the U.S. Army
A Narrative of Events Connected with His Mortal Wounding
at Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862

Author: John Mead Gould

Release Date: May 5, 2010 [EBook #32258]

Language: English

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Joseph K. F. Mansfield,
BRIGADIER GENERAL OF THE U. S. ARMY.

A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS CONNECTED
WITH HIS MORTAL WOUNDING
AT
ANTIETAM,
Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862.

BY
JOHN MEAD GOULD,
LATE ACTING ADJUTANT 10TH MAINE VOLUNTEERS,
AND MAJOR 29TH MAINE VETERAN VOLS.

PORTLAND:
STEPHEN BERRY, PRINTER.
1895.

Joseph King Fenno Mansfield was born in New Haven, Conn., December 22,
1803. His early education was obtained in the common schools of his state.
At the age of fourteen he entered the military academy at West Point,
being the youngest of a class of forty. During the five years of his
course, he was a careful and earnest student, especially distinguishing
himself in the sciences, and graduating in 1822, second in his class.

He was immediately promoted to the Corps of Engineers, in which department
he served throughout the Mexican war. In 1832 he was made 1st Lieutenant;
three years later Captain.

His gallantry and efficiency during the Mexican war were rewarded by
successive brevets of Major, Lt.-Colonel and Colonel of Engineers.

In 1853 Mansfield was appointed Inspector General of the army, and in the
prosecution of his duties visited all parts of the country.

At the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion he was in the Northwest, but
in April, 1861, was summoned to Washington to take command of the forces
there. On May 17, 1861, Mansfield was promoted to the rank of Brigadier
General in the regular army.

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