Robert Francis Catterson

Educated at Adrian College (MI) and Cincinnati Medical College, he had just established a medical practice in Rockville, IN by 1861. He enlisted in Company A, 14th Indiana Infantry on 23 April 1861, enrolling in Rockvile, and was soon after appointed First Sergeant. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant on 5 July 1861, First Lieutenant 15 March 1862, was acting Adjutant of the Regiment, then appointed Captain on 4 May 1862.

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 in the right knee, left hand, left foot, and right buttock.

On 18 October he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 97th Indiana Infantry, enrolling at Indianapolis, IN. Promoted to Colonel on 25 November 1862. He was in command of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division (XV Corps) from 4 April 1865. He was honored by brevet to Brigadier General of Volunteers in May 1865.

He went into the cotton business in Arkansas, was an Arkansas Militia General, U. S. Marshal, and Mayor of Little Rock (1872-74). He was in Minnesota and attempted farming and selling farm tools.

Service information from the Indiana Digital Archives and Eicher & Eicher1. Life dates from his gravesite on Findagrave. His photograph from one [LC-DIG-ppmscd-00087] at the Library of Congress. Thanks to descendent Ed Catterson for the pointer to the General, along with details about his life.

03/22/1835; Beech Grove, IN

03/30/1914; San Antonio, TX; burial in San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX