Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana (April 15, 1822 – July 15, 1905) was a career
U.S. Army
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officer who fought with distinction during the
Mexican–American War
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and served as a
general
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in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely, and later in life was involved with railroads and veteran soldier affairs in the U.S.
Early life
Dana was born at
Fort Sullivan, in
Eastport, Maine
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. He was a first cousin of
James J. Dana and later would be the father-in-law of
John C. Tidball. His father
Nathaniel G. Dana
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, also a
West Point
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graduate and officer serving in the 1st U.S. Artillery, was stationed at Fort Sullivan at the time, but his father died when Dana was eleven years old. Dana's paternal grandfather,
Luther Dana
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, was a naval officer in the
American Revolution
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, and his maternal grandfather,
Woodbury Langdon
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, served as a member of the
Continental Congress
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(with his brother
John Langdon
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), and later a
U.S. Senator
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and governor of
New Hampshire
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.
When he was sixteen, Dana entered the
U.S. Military Academy
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in 1838, and graduated from there four years later, standing 29th out of 56. He was commissioned a
second lieutenant
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Australia
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in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment on July 1, 1842.
[Eicher, p. 198.]
With the 7th Infantry, Dana was stationed in the garrison at Fort Pike,
Louisiana
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, from 1842 to 1843, then at Pass Christian,
Mississippi
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, in 1843, back at Ft. Pike from 1843 to 1845, and afterwards he was part of the Military Occupation of
Texas
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in 1845.
War with Mexico
During the Mexican–American War, Dana and the 7th participated in the defense of Fort Brown from May 3–9, 1846 and then fought at the
Battle of Monterrey
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on September 21–23. He was promoted to
first lieutenant
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The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a s ...
on February 16, 1847, and took part in the
Siege of Vera Cruz
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on March 9–29.
During the
Battle of Cerro Gordo
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on April 17 and 18, Dana was severely wounded in the hip while storming the
entrenchments on Telegraph Hill. A burial detail came across the injured Dana after he had been left on the field for about 36 hours; Dana had been left for dead where he fell.
For his actions at Cerro Gordo, Dana was commissioned a
brevet
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captain
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.
After recovering from the injury, Dana was on recruiting service from 1847 to 1848, on duty at
Boston, Mass. as Assistant
Quartermaster
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in 1848, and then various posts in
Minnesota
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and
Washington, D.C.
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from 1848 to 1855. During this time he superintended the construction of
Fort Ripley. He resigned from the army on March 1, 1855, relocating to
St. Paul, Minnesota
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, to become a banker.
In 1857 Dana began serving in the Minnesota State
Militia
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as a brigadier general until 1861.
Civil War service
Dana chose to follow the
Union cause in the fall of 1861, and entered the
Union Army
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as
Colonel
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of the
1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
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Regiment
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on October 2. He was then given
brigade
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Br ...
command in Brig. Gen.
Charles P. Stone's
Division
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of the
Army of the Potomac
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on October 20, an assignment lasting until March 23, 1862.
During this time Dana and his men took part in the Union fiasco at the
Battle of Ball's Bluff
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on October 21.
On February 6, 1862, Dana was appointed
brigadier general
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, February 3, 1862, and given command of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division in the Union
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,
a brigade consisting of volunteer soldiers from
New York
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,
, and
Michigan
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. Dana led this brigade throughout the
Peninsula Campaign in the spring and summer of 1862, participating in the
Siege of Yorktown
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in early April to early May, the
Battle of Seven Pines
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in late May and early June, the
Battle of White Oak Swamp
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on June 30, the
Battle of Glendale
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also on June 30, and the
Battle of Malvern Hill
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on July 1.
In early July, shortly after Malvern Hill, Dana became ill and was diagnosed with "remittant fever." He was sent to
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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, to recover and he remained there for six weeks. Dana was declared fit for duty near the beginning of the
Maryland Campaign and rejoined his command.
Antietam
Dana led his brigade notably during the
Battle of Antietam
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near
Sharpsburg, Maryland
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During the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Sharpsb ...
, on September 17, 1862, where he was severely wounded. At Antietam, Dana and his brigade (part of Brig. Gen.
John Sedgwick
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He was wounded three times at the Battle of Antietam while leading his division in an unsuccessful assault against C ...
's 2nd Division of Maj. Gen.
Edwin Vose Sumner
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's II Corps) forded the
Antietam Creek
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at about 7:30 a.m. and marched to the support of the right of the Union line. Sumner ordered Sedgwick's division to form three parallel lines of battle, with Dana's men making up the second line. Sumner led this division due west, desiring to push any remaining
Confederate
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forces through Sharpsburg and toward the
Potomac River
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. They entered what is now called the East Woods, across the Hagerstown Turnpike, and into the area known as the West Woods.
Marching about fifty yards behind the leading Union brigade, Dana's command began to receive
artillery
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fire but continued forward. Shortly after entering the West Woods, Dana's brigade was struck hard on their left by Confederate troops, and became in danger of being completely surrounded and cut off. Maneuvering his soldiers in the difficult terrain, Dana led his men to the relative safety of the Miller Farm, despite receiving a serious wound to his left leg. When the pain in his leg became unbearable, Dana turned command of his brigade over to his senior regimental commander, Col.
Norman Hall, and was carried to a Union field hospital in nearby Keedysville for treatment. After spending two days at the field hospital, Dana was sent to
Washington, D.C.
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and later again to Philadelphia to recover. At Antietam, Dana's command lost about 900 men killed, wounded, or missing.
Dana was appointed to the rank of
major general
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on November 29, 1862 to rank from that date, but could not resume duty until the summer of 1863 due to his wound.
[Eicher, p. 703] Because his appointment was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate when first submitted by President Lincoln, the President resubmitted the nomination on March 6, 1863 and the Senate confirmed it on March 9, 1863.
During the
Gettysburg Campaign he commanded the Defenses of Philadelphia from June 26 to July 8. He next briefly led the 2nd division of Maj. Gen.
Darius N. Couch's Department of the Susquehanna from July 11–15.
[
That fall, Dana was given divisional and then corps command in the Department of the Gulf. He led the Department's second division from September 26, 1863, to January 3, 1864,][ during which he participated in the small action at Fordoche Bayou as well as the expedition from Brazos Santiago to ]Laredo, Texas
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, and was overall Union commander during the Battle of Stirling's Plantation. He commanded the XIII Corps from October 25, 1863, to January 9, 1864, and then led the first division from March 11 to April 3. Dana was then transferred to the Western Theater, and joined the Army of the Tennessee
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that fall. He was given command of the District of Vicksburg from August 19 to November 28, and then briefly led the XVI Corps from October 15 to November 7.[
]
Vicksburg command and the ''Sultana''
Dana returned to command in Vicksburg, Mississippi
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, until December 8, 1864, when he was ordered to head the Department of Mississippi, this last of his U.S. Army assignments lasting until May 14, 1865.[Eicher, p. 199.] He was also in overall command of the area where the steamboat ''Sultana'' exploded on the Mississippi River
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near Memphis, Tennessee
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on April 27. The paddlewheeler had been contracted by the U.S. Government to return home recently released Union prisoners of war, and when it docked in Vicksburg for repairs to leaky boilers it became grossly overcrowded with soldiers wanting to get home. An April 27, 2007, article in the ''Washington Times'' explained what Dana had been told about the ship before it departed Vicksburg:
At 2 a.m. on April 27, 1865, the repaired boilers exploded, which instantly killed most of the passengers and crew and threw others into the Mississippi; the survivors jumped into the chilly river to escape the flames. As the article states:
Dana and other authorities investigated the incident, but no one was ever brought to trial for it.
Lt. Gen. Grant, in a general order, released Maj. Gen. Dana from command of the Department of Mississippi, with orders to proceed to his residence for further orders. Maj. Gen. Warren succeeded Dana.
Postbellum
Dana resigned from the U.S. Army on May 27, 1865, and became a miner.[ In 1866 he was a general agent for the American-Russian Commercial Company of ]San Francisco
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, California
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. He worked for them until 1871, traveling in California, Alaska
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, and Washington, D.C.
In 1872 Dana began his lengthy connection with railroads. He served as superintendent of several railroads in Illinois
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, most notably of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad at Rock Island in 1878. He was then the commissioner in charge of Railroad Pools at St. Louis, Missouri
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from 1878 to 1881, and was president of the Montana and Union Railway Company in 1885.
Dana next served as chief of the Old War and Navy Division (U.S. Pension Department) in 1893, and was promoted to 1st Deputy Commissioner of Pensions by U.S. President
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Grover Cleveland
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in 1895. However, Dana was removed from this office by President William McKinley
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in 1897.
Due to a Special Act of the United States Congress
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in 1894, Dana was commissioned a captain the U.S. Army from August 2–11.[ He then placed on the retired list, enabling him to receive a pension. Dana lived out his final years in ]Washington, D.C.
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While visiting Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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, in the summer of 1905, he died of apoplexy
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and was buried in Portsmouth's Harmony Grove Cemetery.[New York Times, July 16, 1905.]
An account of his experiences in the Mexican War was published in ''Monterrey is Ours!'' in 1990.[
]
See also
* List of American Civil War generals (Union)
Union generals
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Notes
References
* Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, .
*
Antietam on the Web biography of Dana
civilwarreference.com biography of Dana
April 2007 ''Washington Times'' article about the sinking of the ''Sultana'' in 1865
Further reading
*
External links
*
Dana's report of Antietam.
www.hti.umich.edu
Pres. Lincoln's letter to Dana concerning "ownership and control over products transported under Treasury Regulations" on January 6, 1865.
*
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People from Eastport, Maine
Burials in New Hampshire