Grover Cuvier
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Grover Cuvier (July 24, 1828 – June 6, 1885) was a Union army officer during the American Civil War.
Cuvier was born in Bethel, Maine. A graduate of West Point, Cuvier was stationed in the western frontier before being transferred to help in defense preparations of Washington, D.C., at the outbreak of the Civil War. Assigned with the 1st Brigade of the Army of the Potomac as a brigadier general of volunteers, Cuvier won distinction at the Battle of Williamsburg and brevetted lieutenant colonel, and winning promotion to full colonel for gallantry at the Battle of Fair Oaks.
His brigade was later transferred to the command of General John Pope and cited for bravery in leading a bayonet charge against heavily entrenched Confederate forces before once again being transferred to the Department of the Gulf. Commanding a division in the XIX Corps during the capture of Baton Rouge and the Siege of Port Hudson, Cuvier also participated in Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, where he was wounded and brevetted to the rank of major general of volunteers. Before the war's end, Cuvier would be breveted to major general in the Regular Army on March 13, 1865, before returning to frontier and garrison duty with the U.S. Cavalry.
[edit] References
- Linedecker, Clifford L., ed., Civil War, A-Z: The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict. New York: Ballentine Books, 2002. ISBN 0-89141-878-4
[edit] External links
- Grover Cuvier at Virtualogy.com
- Portrait of Grover in uniform. Full title: "General Cuvier Grover, Commanding the Union Troops at Baton Rouge, Louisiana." From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
