Brig. Gen. CORLISS Augustus Whittemore[1]

Male 1837 - 1908  (71 years)


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  • Name CORLISS Augustus Whittemore 
    Prefix Brig. Gen. 
    Birth 25 Mar 1837  North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation officer of the U.S. Army  [4
    Residence North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    _UID 1C3746D64F05D7118A07DBBD3D4EAF77859C 
    Death 4 Sep 1908  Denver, Denver, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • ".... Augustus Whittemore Corliss who distinguished himself more than any other Yarmouth man in the War of the Rebellion entered the United States Army in 1861 as a volunteer and was soon made adjutant and afterward lieutenant of the First Rhode Island Cavalry. Later when the Army of the Potomac was mobilized he was made major of the Second Rhode Island Cavalry."

      " He fought in the Potomac Campaign and made an enviable record. He was at the battle of Winchester with Sheridan and on that general's retreat to Harper's Ferry had charge of the blowing up of the forts, bridges and ware-houses along the line. At the battle of Maryland Heights he had a command, and when separated from the army, he bravely fought his way through the rebel lines and running across Longstreet's wagon train consisting of a hundred and three wagons, captured it. He also assisted in the capture of Port Hudson. At the close of the war he chose to enter the regular service and was commissioned first lieutenant of the Fifteenth Infantry from which he was promoted in 1873 to a captaincy in the Eighth Infantry."

      " His subsequent career was so interesting that, although it is not a part of the present chapter, we turn aside to tell it. A greater part of his active career Corliss was stationed in the West and took part in many engagements with the Indians. He was in command of a company during the Sioux expedition in 1874, having charge of the Spotted Trail Agency until July of that year. He was in command of the Bannock Indian Campaign from June to September, [1878] and from September to December, 1881, was engaged in subduing the Apaches in Arizona. In 1897 he was promoted to major of the Seventeenth Cavalry and in this capacity served in the Cuban Campaign of the Spanish War, being wounded in the shoulder at El Carney when Roosevelt's Rough Riders made their famous charge on the first of July, 1898. He spent about two years in Cienfuegos, Cuba, during the reconstruction period and was then governor of Binario in the Philippines. In 1901 he was made lieutenant-colonel, and afterwards colonel of the Second Infantry, and in March of that year was sent to China to aid in putting down the Boxer Rebellion. Three years later he was made, by special act of Congress, a brigadier-general on the retired list in recognition of his distinguished services. After his retirement he lived in Denver, Colorado, where he died on the fourth of September, 1908...."
    Person ID I10906  Old North Yarmouth, Maine
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2007 

    Father CORLISS Robert Elwell,   b. 31 Mar 1799, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine] Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother FIELD Asenath,   b. 2 Apr 1799, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine] Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1847, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1820  North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
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    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 TWITCHELL Eliza Lurena,   b. 29 Mar 1837   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1861  [4
    Children 
     1. CORLISS Louisa Whitney,   b. 15 Oct 1861   d. 28 Feb 1870 (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F2416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2020 

    Family 2 ALVAREZ Mary Elizabeth,   b. 14 Apr 1849, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 9 Apr 1867  [4
    Children 
     1. CORLISS Julius Hesse,   b. 7 Oct 1869   d. 7 Oct 1869 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F2417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Mar 1837 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Sep 1908 - Denver, Denver, Colorado Link to Google Earth
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    Lieut. A.W. Corliss
    Lieut. A.W. Corliss
    Major A.W. Corliss
    Major A.W. Corliss
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  • Sources 
    1. [S267] Book-North Yarmouth-Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine, pp.256-257.

    2. [S6] Book-North Yarmouth-Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine, p.289, ME 974.1 CO.

    3. [S7] Book-VR North Yarmouth, ME, p.22 [2:71].

    4. [S6] Book-North Yarmouth-Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine, p.291, ME 974.1 CO.

    5. [S6] Book-North Yarmouth-Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine, p.288, ME 974.1 CO.

    6. [S7] Book-VR North Yarmouth, ME, p.226.