George Lucas Hartsuff

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George Lucas Hartsuff (1830-74) was an American soldier, born at Tyre, N. Y. He graduated at West Point in 1852 and served on the frontier and in Florida, where, during a fight with the Seminole Indians, he received a wound which eventually caused his death. In March, 1861, he was appointed assistant adjutant general with the brevet rank of captain and was assigned to duty under Rosecrans in West Virginia. Later he was severely wounded at Antietam and immediately after the battle was made brevet colonel for gallant and meritorious services. On March 13, 1865, he was given the brevet rank of major general in the regular army and from April 3 to May of the same year was in command of City Point and Petersburg. He was mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24, 1865, and resigned from the regular army on June 29, 1871, because of disability resulting from wounds received in battle.