History of Tampa, (Hillsborough County) Florida United States of America

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James McQueen McIntosh, soldier, was born at Tampa, Fla., in 1828; son of Col. James Simmons Mcintosh . He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy and brevetted 2d lieutenant, 1st infantry, July 1, 1849. He served on frontier duty at Fort Duncan, Texas, and in escorting Col. Albert Sidney Johnston's topographical party, 1849-52; was promoted 2d lieutenant in the 8th infantry, May 15, 1851; served at Fort Chadbourne, Fort Clark, Fort Bliss and in the escort of the commanding general of the department of Texas, 1852-55. He was transferred from Fort Bliss to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1855; was promoted 1st lieutenant, 1st cavalry, March 5, 1855; served in the Sioux expedition and in quelling the Kansas disturbances, 1855-56, and on recruiting service, 1856-57. He was promoted captain of the 1st cavalry, Jan. 16, 1857; participated in the Cheyenne expedition, and in the combat with the Indians at Solomon's Fork, July 29, 1857, He was stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1858, and ordered to Fort Arbuckle, Ind. Ty., to which he marched by the way of Fort Kearny, Neb. He was ordered to Fort Cobb, Ind. Ty., in 1859, and participated in the Kiowa and Comanche expeditions in 1860. He was in garrison at Fort Jefferson, Mo., in 1860; on frontier duty at Fort Smith, Ark., 1860-61, and on leave of absence in 1861. He resigned from the U.S. army, May 7, 1861, and joined the Confederate forces in Missouri as colonel of the 2d Arkansas mounted riflemen and was attached to McCulloch's brigade at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Aug. 10, 1861. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general and commanded the cavalry brigade of McCulloch's division, made up of Arkansas and Texas troops, in the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862, and he fell with the commander of his division while leading in the assault on Osterhaus's division, supported by two batteries. He died on the battlefield of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern), March 7, 1862.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

John Baillie McIntosh, soldier, was born at Tampa, Fla., June 6, 1829; son of Col. James Simmons McIntosh, U.S.A. . He attended school at Lawrenceville, N.J., and at Sing Sing, N.Y. He was warranted midshipman in the U.S. navy, April 27, 1848, and resigned, May 24, 1850. At the outbreak of the civil war he entered the U.S. army, was appointed 2d lieutenant, 2d cavalry, June 8, 1861, and transferred to the 5th cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. He served in the Shenandoah valley and in the defences of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862, and was promoted 1st lieutenant, 5th U.S. cavalry, June 27, 1862. He engaged in the operations of the Army of the Potomac on the peninsula, 1862, and was brevetted major Aug. 5, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of White Oak Swamp. He was also with McClellan at South Mountain and Antietam. He was given command of the 3d Pennsylvania cavalry, Nov. 15, 1862, and commanded the 2d brigade, 2d division, Stoneman's cavalry corps, in the Chancellorsville campaign. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, July 3, 1883, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, where he commanded the 1st brigade, 2d division, Pleasanton's cavalry corps. He was severely injured by a fall of his horse in September, 1863, and was promoted captain of the 5th U.S. cavalry, Dec. 7, 1863. In Grant's campaign against Richmond he commanded the 1st brigade, Wilson's 3d division, Sheridan's corps, which he led in Sheridan's raid at Trevilion station, May and June, 1864, including the battle of Ashland, June 1, 1864, for which he was brevetted colonel U.S.A. and made brigadier-general U.S.V. At the battle of Opequon, or Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, he lost his leg, and on his recovery was placed on court-martial duty. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers March 13, 1865, for gallantry and good management at Opequon; brigadier-general U.S.A. for gallantry at Winchester, and major-general U.S.A. for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war. He was mustered out of the volunteer service April 30, 1866, and promoted lieutenant-colonel and transferred to the 42d U.S. infantry, July 28, 1866. He was governor of the Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., 1868-69; served as a member of the retiring board of New York city, and was retired with the rank of brigadier-general July 30, 1870. He died in New Brunswick, N.J., June 29, 1888.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor