Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull [SEP] conflict
Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull
Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull (September 17, 1843 – July 15, 1921) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Woodhull was born in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 1843. He was the son of United States Navy officer Maxwell Woodhull who commanded the "USS Cimarron" and died from an accidental gun discharge during the Civil War. He was a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) and Columbian Law School. He was a lawyer before and after the Civil War
(1792–1866), Mayor of New York
- Jesse Woodhull (1735–1795), New York politician
- Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull (1843–1921), American Union brevet brigadier general
- Nathaniel Woodhull (1722–1776), New York militia general
- Victoria Woodhull (1838–1927), American suffragette