569:
38:
456:
Late
December, Sullivan received General Grant's General Order #11, December 17, 1862, ordering the expulsion of all Jews in his military district. Sullivan refused to execute the order according to Rabbi Isaac Mayer. "He thought he was an officer of the army and not of a church." Four days later,
441:. In the autumn of that same year, Sullivan was given command of the District of Jackson, Tennessee, and its widely scattered garrisons of Union troops. There, his men were often pitted against the raiders of
790:
820:
526:
on July 16. Sullivan was never again given a significant command. He resigned from the army on May 11, 1865, and tellingly was not among the scores of Union generals who received
775:
340:. In April 1854, he resigned from the Navy and returned home to Indiana, where he studied law, passed his bar exam, and opened a private practice.
546:
in 1878. Despite his previous training and experience as an attorney, he instead worked at a variety of menial clerical jobs in both states.
554:
95:
825:
780:
582:
371:. Following the expiration of his term of enlistment, Sullivan mustered out of the army. However, he soon received an appointment from
795:
418:
356:
368:
815:
810:
438:
785:
364:
289:, in Madison, Indiana stands as one of the oldest in the community, a perfect example of Federal-style architecture.
724:
705:
414:
267:
222:
151:
697:
450:
483:. In September, he was reassigned to the Department of West Virginia to serve under his father-in-law, Maj. Gen.
286:
336:
and spent the next six years primarily at sea, serving aboard four different vessels, including duty during the
383:
171:
465:
161:
770:
500:
183:
716:
492:
325:
504:
111:
665:
641:
574:
207:
515:
434:
395:
337:
314:
217:
193:
442:
422:
391:
379:
360:
202:
176:
318:
457:
Sullivan was forced to comply. Abraham
Lincoln revoked Grant's General Order January 4, 1863.
410:
310:
306:
37:
805:
800:
475:
for his army. Following the surrender of
Vickburg on July 4, Sullivan took the position of
426:
232:
8:
550:
488:
387:
372:
329:
242:
80:
484:
480:
461:
275:
263:
237:
227:
197:
127:
123:
720:
701:
539:
527:
472:
446:
302:
20:
496:
468:
375:
298:
60:
508:
406:
386:, a three-years' regiment. Sullivan returned to western Virginia in the army of
737:
476:
430:
260:
212:
743:
764:
553:, in the fall of 1890 not long after his sixtieth birthday. He is buried in
417:
to date from April 28, 1862. Later in the spring, he was transferred to the
747:
523:
519:
543:
333:
271:
147:
84:
278:. He was among a handful of former Navy officers who later served as
352:
349:
279:
402:
256:
64:
522:, for his lack of initiative and was replaced by Brig. Gen.
313:
for the new state capital. He was the younger brother of
791:
United States Navy personnel of the
Mexican–American War
821:
Burials at
Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California)
530:
promotions to higher rank at the close of hostilities.
348:
Sullivan helped recruit and organize a three-months'
564:
42:
Photograph of
Brigadier General Jeremiah C. Sullivan
332:, and graduated in 1848. He was commissioned as a
762:
622:, Jonathan Sarna, Schoken Press 2012, pg. 19–20.
491:, Sullivan was tasked with protecting the vital
694:Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders
429:. Sullivan again saw combat in the battles of
499:. In mid-October 1863, he led a column from
401:In the spring of 1862, Sullivan commanded a
255:(October 1, 1830 – October 21, 1890) was an
16:Union United States Army general (1830–1890)
776:People of Indiana in the American Civil War
583:List of American Civil War generals (Union)
301:. He was the son of Virginia-born attorney
19:For the Indiana Supreme Court justice, see
36:
542:, after the war, and then headed west to
518:, Sullivan drew the ire of his superior,
421:and assigned command of a brigade in the
464:, Sullivan served on the field staff of
292:
317:, New York attorney and founder of the
763:
363:and led his troops into combat at the
620:When General Grant Expelled the Jews
533:
713:Medical Histories of Union Generals
511:, driving the enemy up the valley.
13:
826:Military personnel from California
781:United States Naval Academy alumni
14:
837:
731:
305:, who served as a justice of the
297:Jeremiah C. Sullivan was born in
287:The Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House
796:Lawyers from Oakland, California
698:Louisiana State University Press
567:
658:
634:
625:
613:
604:
595:
409:and led it into action at the
324:Sullivan was appointed to the
223:Battle of Parker's Cross Roads
180:District of Jackson, Tennessee
172:13th Indiana Infantry Regiment
1:
816:19th-century American lawyers
686:
549:Jeremiah C. Sullivan died in
451:Battle of Parker's Crossroads
162:6th Indiana Infantry Regiment
811:People from Madison, Indiana
343:
7:
786:United States Navy officers
717:Kent State University Press
560:
503:that thwarted an attack on
493:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
326:United States Naval Academy
175:2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,
10:
842:
670:American Battlefield Trust
646:American Battlefield Trust
505:Charlestown, West Virginia
18:
575:American Civil War portal
413:. He was commissioned as
411:First Battle of Kernstown
282:generals during the war.
208:First Battle of Kernstown
189:
167:
157:
143:
133:
117:
105:
90:
70:
47:
35:
28:
588:
516:Valley Campaigns of 1864
507:, by Confederates under
315:Algernon Sydney Sullivan
253:Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan
30:Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan
423:Army of the Mississippi
405:of infantry during the
398:in the summer of 1861.
319:Sullivan & Cromwell
203:Battle of Rich Mountain
177:Army of the Mississippi
744:"Jeremiah C. Sullivan"
666:"Jeremiah C. Sullivan"
642:"Jeremiah C. Sullivan"
555:Mountain View Cemetery
453:, December 31, 1862..
359:. He was elected as a
357:6th Indiana Volunteers
184:Army of the Shenandoah
96:Mountain View Cemetery
738:Biography of Sullivan
487:. Given command of a
307:Indiana Supreme Court
293:Early life and career
134:Years of service
427:William S. Rosecrans
338:Mexican–American War
309:and coined the name
233:Battle of New Market
194:Mexican–American War
771:Union Army generals
551:Oakland, California
388:George B. McClellan
330:Annapolis, Maryland
285:His family's home,
243:Battle of Lynchburg
100:Oakland, California
538:Sullivan moved to
485:Benjamin F. Kelley
481:James B. McPherson
462:Vicksburg Campaign
365:Battle of Philippi
276:American Civil War
264:United States Navy
238:Battle of Piedmont
228:Vicksburg Campaign
198:American Civil War
128:United States Army
124:United States Navy
692:Warner, Ezra J.,
540:Oakland, Maryland
534:Postbellum career
473:inspector general
447:Nathan B. Forrest
415:brigadier general
303:Jeremiah Sullivan
268:brigadier general
250:
249:
218:Battle of Corinth
152:Brigadier General
21:Jeremiah Sullivan
833:
757:
755:
754:
711:Welsh, Jack D.,
680:
679:
677:
676:
662:
656:
655:
653:
652:
638:
632:
629:
623:
617:
611:
608:
602:
599:
577:
572:
571:
570:
497:Western Maryland
469:Ulysses S. Grant
460:During the 1863
449:, including the
425:, serving under
376:Oliver P. Morton
369:western Virginia
299:Madison, Indiana
139:1861–1865 (Army)
137:1848–1854 (Navy)
119:
77:
74:October 21, 1890
57:
55:
40:
26:
25:
841:
840:
836:
835:
834:
832:
831:
830:
761:
760:
752:
750:
742:
734:
696:, Baton Rouge:
689:
684:
683:
674:
672:
664:
663:
659:
650:
648:
640:
639:
635:
631:Warner, p. 488.
630:
626:
618:
614:
610:Warner, p. 487.
609:
605:
600:
596:
591:
573:
568:
566:
563:
536:
509:John D. Imboden
419:Western Theater
407:Valley Campaign
346:
295:
266:officer, and a
196:
181:
179:
174:
150:
138:
126:
110:
101:
99:
91:Place of burial
79:
75:
59:
58:October 1, 1830
53:
51:
43:
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
839:
829:
828:
823:
818:
813:
808:
803:
798:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
759:
758:
740:
733:
732:External links
730:
729:
728:
715:, Kent, Ohio:
709:
688:
685:
682:
681:
657:
633:
624:
612:
603:
601:Welsh, p. 326.
593:
592:
590:
587:
586:
585:
579:
578:
562:
559:
535:
532:
479:for Maj. Gen.
477:Chief of Staff
471:as the acting
396:Cheat Mountain
390:and fought at
345:
342:
311:"Indianapolis"
294:
291:
248:
247:
246:
245:
240:
235:
230:
225:
220:
215:
213:Battle of Iuka
210:
205:
191:
187:
186:
182:2nd Division,
169:
165:
164:
159:
155:
154:
145:
141:
140:
135:
131:
130:
121:
115:
114:
107:
103:
102:
94:
92:
88:
87:
78:(aged 60)
72:
68:
67:
49:
45:
44:
41:
33:
32:
29:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
838:
827:
824:
822:
819:
817:
814:
812:
809:
807:
804:
802:
799:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
768:
766:
749:
745:
741:
739:
736:
735:
726:
725:0-87338-853-4
722:
718:
714:
710:
707:
706:0-8071-0822-7
703:
699:
695:
691:
690:
671:
667:
661:
647:
643:
637:
628:
621:
616:
607:
598:
594:
584:
581:
580:
576:
565:
558:
556:
552:
547:
545:
541:
531:
529:
525:
521:
517:
512:
510:
506:
502:
501:Harpers Ferry
498:
494:
490:
486:
482:
478:
474:
470:
467:
463:
458:
454:
452:
448:
444:
440:
436:
432:
428:
424:
420:
416:
412:
408:
404:
399:
397:
393:
392:Rich Mountain
389:
385:
381:
377:
374:
370:
366:
362:
358:
354:
351:
341:
339:
335:
331:
327:
322:
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
300:
290:
288:
283:
281:
277:
273:
269:
265:
262:
258:
254:
244:
241:
239:
236:
234:
231:
229:
226:
224:
221:
219:
216:
214:
211:
209:
206:
204:
201:
200:
199:
195:
192:
188:
185:
178:
173:
170:
166:
163:
160:
156:
153:
149:
146:
142:
136:
132:
129:
125:
122:
116:
113:
109:United States
108:
104:
97:
93:
89:
86:
82:
73:
69:
66:
62:
50:
46:
39:
34:
27:
22:
751:. Retrieved
748:Find a Grave
712:
693:
673:. Retrieved
669:
660:
649:. Retrieved
645:
636:
627:
619:
615:
606:
597:
557:in Oakland.
548:
537:
524:George Crook
520:David Hunter
513:
459:
455:
400:
384:13th Indiana
347:
323:
296:
284:
252:
251:
190:Battles/wars
76:(1890-10-21)
806:1890 deaths
801:1830 births
514:During the
443:Confederate
439:Mississippi
274:during the
765:Categories
753:2008-02-12
687:References
675:2024-01-11
651:2024-01-11
544:California
334:midshipman
321:law firm.
272:Union Army
261:antebellum
148:Midshipman
106:Allegiance
85:California
54:1830-10-01
466:Maj. Gen.
344:Civil War
719:, 1996.
700:, 1964,
561:See also
489:division
445:general
373:Governor
353:regiment
350:infantry
280:infantry
259:lawyer,
168:Commands
118:Service/
435:Corinth
403:brigade
382:of the
380:colonel
378:as the
361:captain
270:in the
257:Indiana
81:Oakland
65:Indiana
61:Madison
723:
704:
528:brevet
355:, the
120:branch
589:Notes
112:Union
721:ISBN
702:ISBN
433:and
431:Iuka
394:and
158:Unit
144:Rank
71:Died
48:Born
495:in
437:in
367:in
328:in
767::
746:.
668:.
644:.
83:,
63:,
756:.
727:.
708:.
678:.
654:.
98:,
56:)
52:(
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
