John White Kimball (1828-1910) was an American soldier and
politician
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who served as
Massachusetts Auditor. He was born in
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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, on February 27, 1828, to Alpheus Kimball, (1792–1859) and Harriet Stone, (1790–1888).
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical, Volume 4
/ref> Before the American Civil War
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, Kimball was a scythe manufacturer.
American Civil War service
Kimball served as lieutenant colonel
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of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and colonel
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of the 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out of the United States Volunteers
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on September 2, 1863. On December 3, 1867, President
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Andrew Johnson
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nominated Kimball for the award of the honorary grade of brevet
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brigadier general
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, United States Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, for gallant and distinguished services in the field during the war, The U.S. Senate
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confirmed the award on February 14, 1868.
Massachusetts state auditor
Kimball was Massachusetts State Auditor between 1891 and 1901. After the war, he was also United States Pension Agent, postmaster and a legislator.
Death
Kimball died on July 15, 1910, at Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
See also
* 1872 Massachusetts legislature
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*List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)
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*List of Massachusetts generals in the American Civil War
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Footnotes
References
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Further reading
* Bridgman, A. A. ''A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. VI'' (1897).
* Crane, Ellery Bicknell
''Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity''
Pages 11–12, (1907).
* Ford, Andrew Elmer
''The Story of the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War''
1861–1864 (1898).
* Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. ''Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-65'', p. 296 (1896).
Lt. Col. John W Kimball's Official Report of September 20, 1862, on the Battle of Antietam Creek
Biography
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1828 births
State auditors of Massachusetts
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Politicians from Fitchburg, Massachusetts
People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War
Union Army colonels
1910 deaths
19th-century American legislators
19th-century Massachusetts politicians