History of Greensburg, (Green County) Kentucky United States of America

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Edward Henry Hobson, soldier, was born in Greensburg, Ky., July 11, 1825; son of Capt. William and Lucy Ann (Kertly) Hobson, and grandson of William and?(Pattison) Hobson, and of James and Judith (Lewis) Kertly. His parents and grandparents were Virginians, and his ancesters came from England and Wales, and landed at Jamestown, Va., where they participated in the early troubles witb the Indians. He was educated at the Greensburg and Danville, Ky., schools, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in his native place. As a lieutenant in the 2d Kentucky regiment he served in the Mexican war, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. He was a director in the Greensburg bank, 1853-61, and its president, 1857-61. Upon the breaking out of the civil war he joined the Union party in Kentucky and recruited the 13th regiment of Kentucky volunteers, drilling them at Camp Hobson and receiving his commission as colonel. He joined General Buell's army in February, 1862, and for his conduct at Shiloh, where he was wounded, he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, receiving his commission after he had gained greater honors at the siege of Corinth and at Perryville, where he commanded a brigade. The condition of his men at the close of that indecisive battle relieved the regiment from active service and he was ordered to Munfordville, Ky., to drill 10,000 new recruits. He was then placed in command of the southern division of Kentucky, with headquarters at Munfordville, and was chief commander of the force engaged in the pursuit of Morgan, nine hundred miles through Kentucky into Indiana and Ohio, having two brigades in addition to his own. He was wounded in an encounter with Morgan at Kellass's Bridge, Ky., and finally drove him back into the interior of the state. He also broke up the forces of Gen. Adam Johnson on the Cumberland and obtained control of southwest Kentucky. He was made commander of the cavalry corps by Burnside, but ill health prevented his taking active command and he established headquarters at Lexingten, Ky., from where he engaged in repelling raids. At the close of the war he resumed his banking business, and in 1880 was a delegate to and a vice-president of the Republican national convention, where he was one of the 304 supporters of the candidacy of General Grant for President for a third term. He became inerested in the railroad business and was elected president of the southern division of the Cumberland and Ohio railroad. He was the senior vice-commander-in-chief of the G.A.R. and a member of other army organizations. He died in Cleveland, O., Sept. 14, 1901.

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

History of Greensburg, (Green County) Kentucky

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