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N. Cross
(? - 1897)
Home State: New York
Command Billet: Regimental Officer
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 67th New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He joined the 67th New York Volunteer Infantry on 24 June 1861 as Lieutenant Colonel.
On the Campaign
He was possibly in command of the 67th on the Maryland Campaign - Colonel Adams having been wounded at Fair Oaks in May 1862.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to Colonel of the Regiment in October 1862 on the resignation of Colonel Adams, and served as commander until mustering out of service at the end of the unit's term of enlistment, 4 July 1864.
After the War
He was honored by brevet rank of Brigadier and Major General in March 1865 for "gallant and meritorious service during the War".
References & notes
Birth
Date not known in NY
Death
03/13/1897; Dorchester, MA
1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, p. 341 [AotW citation 333]
2 Phisterer, Frederick, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 6 volumes, Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1909-12 [AotW citation 334]
3 US Army, Military History Institute (USAMHI), American Civil War (ACW) photographs, Military History Institute Photograph Database, Published c. 1998, first accessed 01 January 2005, <http://cdm16635.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16635coll20/>, Source page: Image ID# RG98S-CWP21.8 [AotW citation 335]