Lewis Tappan Barney (March 18, 1844 – December 19, 1904) was an officer in the

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during the

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. Born in 1844 he became the youngest man

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to brigadier general and major general in the war.

Life and Service

Lewis Tappan Barney was born in the city of

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, New York on March 18, 1844 as child of New York lawyer

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and his wife Susannah A. Tappan. Growing up with his five siblings Barney became a hotel clerk and tried his luck as a viticulturist.Eicher, p. 117 In 1862, after the

raged for a year, Barney joined the

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(Company F) as a Private for 90-day service. In October he joined the 68th New York Infantry Regiment (Company G). At the time present the 68th Infantry was part of the

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and, in the brigade of Alexander Schimmelfennig, was posted in the Washington defenses. A month later Barney, who was listed in some rosters as ''John Barney'', was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant. In February 1864 Barney was promoted to captain and assigned to the staff of General

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. He functioned as an assistant-adjutant general to the forces stationed in

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. During summer he was offered the colonelcy of the 106th New York Infantry Regiment, but he declined. Instead he tried to raise the 180th New York Infantry. However the regiment failed to muster when it draw only enough men for a company; and in February 1865 the regiment was disorganized (its men being transferred to the 179th New York). On March 13, 1865, still only 20 years old, he was brevetted both Brigadier and Major General of the U.S. Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". After the war Barney settled in

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and married his wife, Mary S. Fowler, in 1875. He died in Inglewood on December 19, 1904; and is buried on Rosedale Cemetery,

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(now

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* Eicher, John H., and

David J. Eicher David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space. He has been editor-in-chief of ''Astronomy'' magazine since 2002. He is author, coauthor, or editor of 23 books on science and American ...

. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barney, Lewis Tappan 1844 births 1904 deaths Military personnel from Brooklyn Union Army officers People of New York (state) in the American Civil War

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