History of Chevy Chase, (Montgomery County) Maryland United States of America

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Innis Newton Palmer, soldier, was born in Buffalo, N.Y., March 30, 1824; son of Innis Bromley and Susan (Candee) Palmer; grandson of Job and Hannah (Bromley) Palmer of Danby, Vt., and a descendant of Lieut. William Palmer, of the Fortune, 1621. He was graduated at the U.S. Military academy, brevet 2d lieutenant in the Mounted Rifles, July 1, 1846; served in the Mexican war, being wounded at Chapultepec; was promoted 2d lieutenant, July 20, 1847; brevetted 1st lieutenant, Aug. 20, 1847, for Contreras and Churubusco, and captain, Sept. 13, 1847, for Chapultepec. He took part in the assault and capture of the City of Mexico, Sept. 13-14, 1847; was in garrison, and on recruiting and frontier duty, 1847-51. He also served as adjutant of the Mounted Rifles, 1850-51; was promoted 1st lieutenant, Jan. 27, 1853; captain, March 3, 1855, and transferred to the 2d cavalry, and major, April 25, 1861, and transferred to the 5th cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. He served in the defence of Washington, D.C., April to July, 1861; commanded the battalion of U.S. cavalry in the Manassas campaign of July, 186l, and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallantry at Bull Run. He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers. Sept. 23, 1861, and commanded the 3d brigade, 3d division, 4th corps, at Yorktown and Williamsburg, Va.; 3d brigade, 2d division, 4th corps, at Seven Pines, and the 3d brigade, 1st division, 4th corps, in the Seven Bays' battles. He was engaged in organizing and forwarding to the field New Jersey and Delaware volunteers; in superintending camps of drafted men at Philadelphia, Pa., 1862, and in commanding the first division of the 18th army corps in North Carolina, January to July, 1863; the department of North Carolina, February to March, 1863; the district of Pamlico, the 18th army corps and the defences of Newborn, N.C., March, 1863, to April, 1864, and the districts of North Carolina, and Beaufort, N.C., successively, April, 1864, to June, 1865. At Beaufort he joined in General Sherman's movements and in the action at Kinston, N.C. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and transferred to the 2d cavalry, Sept. 23, 1863; brevetted colonel and brigadier-general in the regular army, and major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866; commanded the 2d cavalry at Fort Ellsworth, Kan., 1866; a regiment at Fort Laramie, Dak., 1867-68, and was a member of the board on a system of Cavalry tactics from July, 1868, to April, 1869. He was promoted colonel, June 9, 1868, and commanded a regiment at Omaha Barracks, Neb., and at Fort Sanders, Wyo., interspersed with special board service, 1869-76. He was on sick leave of absence, 1876-79, and was retired from active service upon his own application, March 26, 1879. He died at Chevy Chase, Md., Sept. 10, 1900.

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

History of Chevy Chase, (Montgomery County) Maryland

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