Brig. General Aaron S. Daggett (USA)

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Aaron Simon Daggett (June 14, 1837 – May 14, 1938) was the last surviving Union general of the American Civil War when he died at the age of 100.

Biography

Daggett was born in Greene, Maine, in 1837. He attended Bates College (then called the Maine State Seminary) in Lewiston, Maine, in 1860.

Daggett enlisted as a private in the 5th Maine Volunteers on April 1861, and became a second lieutenant in May 1861. He fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, and became a captain in August 1861. Daggett went on to fight at West Point, Gaines' Mill, Golding's Farm, White Oak Swamp, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Rappahannock Station, and Fredericksburg.

He became the major of the 5th Maine in January 1863 and fought at Second Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, and Cold Harbor where he was wounded. In March 1865, he was appointed a brevet colonel and then brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."

After the war, Daggett became a captain in the 16th U.S. Infantry in 1866. He had also been brevetted as a major in the Regular Army for gallant and meritorious services at Rappahannock Station and lieutenant colonel for services at the Wilderness. Daggett believed in the abolition of slavery and fought alongside African-American soldiers during the Civil War with the 5th Maine.

Aaron Daggett went on to fight in: the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War and in China, and the Philippines and received the Purple Heart and the Gold Star. Daggett was temporarily promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the volunteers during the Spanish American War and was present at the Battle of San Juan Hill. In 1900 he became a brigadier general of the regular Army before retiring to Auburn, Maine. Daggett died at the age of 100 at his home in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on May 14, 1938, making him the last surviving general of the Civil War.

Daggett's grandson was a prominent civil rights activist at the University of New Hampshire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S._Daggett

Aaron Simon Daggett (June 14, 1837 – May 14, 1938) was the last surviving Union general of the American Civil War when he died at the age of 100.

Biography

Daggett was born in Greene, Maine, in 1837 to Yankee parents, whose Puritan ancestors came to New England as part of the Puritan migration from England in 1630. Both of Daggett's grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War.

Daggett attended Bates College (then called the Maine State Seminary) in Lewiston, Maine, in 1860. He also attended the Monmouth Academy and Maine Wesleyan Academy.

Daggett enlisted as a private in the 5th Maine Volunteers on April 1861, and became a second lieutenant in May 1861. He fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, and became a captain in August 1861. Daggett went on to fight at West Point, Gaines' Mill, Golding's Farm, White Oak Swamp, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Rappahannock Station, and Fredericksburg.

He became the major of the 5th Maine in January 1863 and fought at Second Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, and Cold Harbor where he was wounded. In March 1865, he was appointed a brevet colonel and then brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."

Daggett believed in the abolition of slavery and fought alongside African-American soldiers during the Civil War with the 5th Maine. He was also a strong supporter of the temperance movement and gave public lectures on the topic. Daggett was a member of the Presbyterian church.

After the war, Daggett became a captain in the 16th U.S. Infantry in 1866. He had also been brevetted as a major in the Regular Army for gallant and meritorious services at Rappahannock Station and lieutenant colonel for services at the Wilderness.

Aaron Daggett went on to fight in: the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War and in China, and the Philippines and received the Purple Heart and the Gold Star. Daggett was temporarily promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the volunteers during the Spanish American War and was present at the Battle of San Juan Hill. In 1900 he became a brigadier general of the regular Army before retiring to Auburn, Maine. Daggett died at the age of 100 at his home in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on May 14, 1938, making him the last surviving general of the Civil War.

Daggett's grandson was a prominent civil rights activist at the University of New Hampshire.

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Aaron Simon Daggett

BIRTH 14 Jun 1837 Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

DEATH 14 May 1938 (aged 100) Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

BURIAL Old Valley Cemetery Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. When he died a month before his 101st birthday in 1938, he was the last surviving Union Army brevet general from the Civil War. Born in Greene, Maine, the youngest of nine children, he entered the Civil War when he enlisted in the 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry in April 1861. Initially an enlisted man, he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Company E on June 24, 1861. Two months later, after the regiment fought at the July 1861 First Battle of Bull Run, he was promoted Captain and company commander on August 15, 1861, and served in this duty until he was promoted to Major of the regiment on April 14, 1863. He would participate in May 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign, where he fought in the 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg, the July 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, the Fall 1863 Mine Run Campaign, and in the 1864 Overland Campaign, where he was wounded in action at the June 1, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor. Honorably mustered out after three years of service on July 24, 1864, he rejoined the Union war efforts the next year, being commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which was part of the “Veterans Corps” commanded by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for “gallant and meritorious services during the war”, and was honorably mustered out on May 10, 1866 after overseeing garrison duty in Washington, DC and New York City, New York. A month later he accepted a commission of Captain in the United States Regular Army, having been recommended by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, and assigned to the 16th United States Infantry. He would see service on the American frontier over the next thirty years, fighting in the wars with the Plains Indians, and rising to Lieutenant Colonel of the 25th United States Infantry in 1895. When the Spanish-American War began he and his command sent to Cuba, where he was present at the Battle of San Juan Hill. In September 1898 he was commissioned as a Brigadier General of Volunteers, serving to November 1898 in that duty before being mustered out. In March 1899 he was promoted to Colonel and assigned to commander the 14th United States Regular Infantry, which he led in China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. He was advanced to Brigadier General in February 1901, and retired the next month. He would live another thirty-seven years, and his passing in Roxbury, Massachusetts saw then end of an era, and left no more surviving Civil War general officers of either side.

Bio by: Russ Dodge

Family Members

Parents

Aaron Daggett 1787–1862

Dorcas C. Dearborn Daggett 1796–1869

Spouse Photo Rose Bradford Daggett 1840–1923

Siblings
Simon D. A. P. Daggett 1822–1840

Augusta A. Daggett 1827–1865

John C. Daggett 1833–1902

Mary E. Daggett 1835–1862

Half Siblings

Converse R. Daggett 1820–1902

Children

Helen Daggett Patterson unknown–1970