James Harrison Wilson
2 September 1837 – 23 February 1925
James Harrison Wilson was born in Shawneetown, Illinois. In 1860, he graduated from the United States Military Academy and became a brevet second lieutenant in the Topographical Engineers in the Department of Oregon at Fort Vancouver.
During the Civil War, Wilson served as a topographical engineer, and in 1863 he was promoted to become Ulysses Grant's brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864, he switched from engineering to the cavalry, was promoted to brevet major general, and commanded a division of cavalry before becoming chief of cavalry for the Military Division of the Mississippi under Sherman. He trained Sherman's cavalry, then led the raids through Alabama and Georgia. In 1865, he was promoted major general.
At the end of the war, Wilson served in the Corps of Engineers until 1870, when he retired from the Army. He worked as a railroad construction engineer and executive. In 1883, he moved to Wilmington, Delaware, and worked, traveled, and wrote.
In 1898, the Spanish-American war began, and Wilson returned to the Army. He served as a major general in Cuba and Puerto Rico, and was in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901. In 1902 he retired from the Army.
Bibliografía (41 obras)
Special report of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, U.S.V. commanding the Department of Matanzas and Santa Clara on the industrial, economic, and social conditions existing in the department at the date of American occupation, and at the present time
1899
Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, U.S. V. commanding the Department of Matanzas and Santa Clara for the calendar year of 1899
1899
Address at the twenty-seventh reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1897
1897
Remarks of Gen. James H. Wilson, in joint debate with Erastus Wiman, Esq. before the Board of Trade and the citizens of Wilmington, Delaware, on our relations with the Dominion of Canada, December 13, 1889
1890
