James Wood (April 4, 1820 – February 25, 1892) was an American lawyer, Union Army General and Senator from

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Life

Wood was born in Alstead, New Hampshire. The family removed to

in 1824, and eventually settled in Lima, in Livingston County, in 1829. He attended the district schools and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and graduated from Union College in 1842. Then he studied law with John Young, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and commenced practiced in Geneseo in partnership with Young who was elected Governor of New York in 1846. Wood was District Attorney of Livingston County from 1854 to 1856. He had long been active in the militia, and was appointed a brigadier general in 1855. During the American Civil War he became colonel of the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry, and commanded it at the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain,

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, Resaca, Dallas, Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea and Bentonville. He was brevetted a major general of volunteers. Afterwards, he resumed the practice of law at Geneseo. He was a member of the

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(30th D.) from 1870 to 1873, sitting in the 93rd, 94th,

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and 96th New York State Legislatures. Wood died in Dansville, New York. He was buried at the Temple Hill Cemetery in Geneseo.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 444 and 541)
''Life Sketches of Executive Officers, and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, Vol. III''
by H. H. Boone & Theodore P. Cook (1870; pg. 137ff)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, James 1820 births 1892 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Alstead, New Hampshire Union College (New York) alumni People from Lima, New York Union Army generals 19th-century American politicians