Wager Swayne [SEP] conflict
Wager Swayne
Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834December 18, 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who eventually was appointed as the last major general of volunteers of the Union Army. Swayne received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth. He also was effectively the military governor of Alabama from March 2, 1867 to July 14, 1868 after the passage of the first Reconstruction Act by the U.S. Congress until Alabama was readmitted to the Union.
4 officers and 61 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 189 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders.
- Colonel Joseph L. Kirby Smith - mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Corinth; died October 12, 1862 (nephew of Edmund Kirby Smith)
- Colonel Wager Swayne - commanded the regiment following Kirby Smith's death.
Notable members.
- Colonel Wager Swayne - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Corinth (rank at the time was lieutenant colonel)
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