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Gil R. -> RE: Brig Gen Gilman Marston (5/16/2007 2:57:42 AM)
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Here's Marston, which I've rewritten a bit, but not really added much to.
Brig. Gen. Gilman Marston (b. 1811, d. 1890). Marston, who was born in Orford, New Hampshire, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1837 and from the law department of Harvard in 1840. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practicing law in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1841. Entering politics, he was elected to the state’s House of Representatives from 1845 to 1849, and to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863. At the start of the Civil War, he first saw combat action at First Bull Run on July 21, 1861 as Colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry. Marston’s arm was shattered in the fighting, but he refused an amputation and recovered to lead his regiment at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Richmond, Malvern Hill and Fredericksburg the following year. After the disaster at Fredericksburg in December 1862, military operations were suspended for the winter, so Marston returned to his seat in Congress. In April 1863, Marston was promoted to brigadier general. After the Battle of Gettysburg, in which more than sixty percent of the 2nd New Hampshire’s men were killed, wounded, or otherwise lost, Marston took his remaining troops as well as the 12th New Hampshire and headed to Point Lookout, Maryland, where his men served as prison guards until the following spring. In April 1864, Marston commanded his New Hampshire troops as well as some New Yorkers during an assault on Drury’s Bluff in Virginia. Joining up with the Army of the Potomac, Marston led this force into battle at Cold Harbor on May 22, where in little over thirty minutes he lost 500 men. The survivors then moved on to the siege of Petersburg, during which Marston became quite ill, forcing him to leave the army and return home in early 1865. Marston recovered and ran for his old congressional seat, gaining election that March for one more term. After leaving Congress for the second time in 1867, Marston remained active in politics. In 1870, Marston declined the Governorship of the Idaho Territory. In 1872, 1873, and 1876 to 1878, he was again a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to the U. S. Congress. In March 1889, Marston was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy and served until June, when a successor was elected. He died in Exeter, New Hampshire and is buried in the Exeter Cemetery. (Bio by Scott Jennings)
Leadership: 2
Tactics: 1
Initiative: 3
Command: 3
Cavalry:
Start date: 54 or 55
“Death” date: 96 (I’m not sure of just when he became sick and had to leave the Petersburg siege, but this date prevents him from being available for any 1865 campaigns)
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