History of Castleton-on-Hudson, (Rensselaer County) New York United States of America

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A Short Biography of Cleveland J. Campbell

Cleveland J. Campbell, soldier, was born in New York city in July, 1836. After his graduation from Union college he went abroad and took a course of study at the University of G?ttingen, returning at the beginning of the civil war. He joined the Union army, and fought bravely, rising from a private through the ranks of lieutenant, captain and lieutenant-colonel to that of colonel. He rendered distinguished services at the mine explosion at Petersburg, where he led his regiment into the fight, and was seriously wounded by a shell, four hundred of his men being killed or wounded by the explosion of the mine. He received the brevet rank of brigadier-general in March, 1865, and died in Castleton, N. Y., June 13, 1865.

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