Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, and a graduate of the US Military Academy, he served in the Seminole War, Mexican War, and Civil War. While serving in Texas in 1861, he was captured after the Lone Star state seceded. In 1862, after being exchanged, he went to Kentucky, where he was placed in charge of the state's militia and led them in skirmishes at Shepherdstown, Lebanon Junction, and Lawrenceburg before being promoted and placed in charge of a division and districts in Tennessee. In 1864, he organized the depot in Nashville before being assigned to the command of the North Alabama District. While there, he helped the Union Army drive General Joe Wheeler from Tennessee and helped defend against Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid as well as General Hood's attack on Decatur. He commanded in Northern Alabama in 1865 during the post-war occupation. In 1864, he received the brevet of brigadier general and after the war was brevetted major general. In 1871, he was promoted to colonel before retiring in 1873. He died in Washington, DC.
Granger was the son (and only child) of Ebenezer Granger and Eliza (Seaman) Granger, the latter the daughter of Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman and stepdaughter of her second husband, wealthy New York City physician and land speculator Jonas Stanbery, who had removed to Zanesville in 1814. Born on July 6, 1781, in Suffield (Hartfield County), Connecticut, Ebenezer Granger was a Counsellor at Law and the mentor of Jonas's son Henry Stanbery (1803 to 1881), who was appointed Ohio's first attorney general (1846 to 1851) and later U.S. Attorney General under President Andrew Johnson (1866 to 1868).
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, and a graduate of the US Military Academy, he served in the Seminole War, Mexican War, and Civil War. While serving in Texas in 1861, he was captured after the Lone Star state seceded. In 1862, after being exchanged, he went to Kentucky, where he was placed in charge of the state's militia and led them in skirmishes at Shepherdstown, Lebanon Junction, and Lawrenceburg before being promoted and placed in charge of a division and districts in Tennessee. In 1864, he organized the depot in Nashville before being assigned to the command of the North Alabama District. While there, he helped the Union Army drive General Joe Wheeler from Tennessee and helped defend against Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid as well as General Hood's attack on Decatur. He commanded in Northern Alabama in 1865 during the post-war occupation. In 1864, he received the brevet of brigadier general and after the war was brevetted major general. In 1871, he was promoted to colonel before retiring in 1873. He died in Washington, DC.
Granger was the son (and only child) of Ebenezer Granger and Eliza (Seaman) Granger, the latter the daughter of Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman and stepdaughter of her second husband, wealthy New York City physician and land speculator Jonas Stanbery, who had removed to Zanesville in 1814. Born on July 6, 1781, in Suffield (Hartfield County), Connecticut, Ebenezer Granger was a Counsellor at Law and the mentor of Jonas's son Henry Stanbery (1803 to 1881), who was appointed Ohio's first attorney general (1846 to 1851) and later U.S. Attorney General under President Andrew Johnson (1866 to 1868).
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