The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barnes, James (soldier)

​BARNES, James, soldier, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1806. He was graduated at West Point in 1829; served as assistant instructor there 1829-'30; was promoted lieutenant of artillery and participated in the Black Hawk expedition. He was an assistant instructor at West Point, 1833-'6, resigned from the army in 1836, and became a civil engineer. He was commissioned colonel of volunteers in the Union army in 1861; brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and was severely wounded at Gettysburg. He commanded the defences of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., 1863-'64; later the district of St. Mary's and Point Lookout, and was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March, 1865. He was mustered out of the service in 1866. He died at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 12, 1869.

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