Joseph Eldridge Hamblin

Joseph Eldridge Hamblin
Born January 13, 1828
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Died July 3, 1870 (aged 4142)
Place of burial Woodside Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
Allegiance United States of America
Union
Service/branch United States Army
Union Army
Rank Brevet Major General
Battles/wars American Civil War

Joseph Eldridge Hamblin (January 13, 1828 July 3, 1870) was an American general during the Civil War, who led a regiment and then a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.

Biography

Hamblin, the son of Benjamin and Hannah (Sears) Hamblin, was born January 13, 1828 at Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was an insurance broker at the outbreak of the war. Long a member of the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, then the 7th Regiment of the New York militia, he enlisted in 1861 as adjutant in Duryea's Zouaves and served in Northern Virginia under Butler, McClellan, Meade, and Grant, and Sheridan in the 65th New York Infantry.

When Colonel Alexander Shaler became a general, Hamblin became regimental colonel in his place. He especially distinguished himself at the Battle of Cedar Creek, where he was wounded while leading a brigade of VI Corps. Hamblin was brevetted as a brigadier general and in 1865 promoted to full rank, with the brevet of major general for gallantry at Battle of Sailor's Creek.

After the war he was prominent in the New York National Guard and resumed work in the insurance business.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 


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