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John Eaton Tourtellotte
Early Life
[edit]Civil War
[edit]Battle of Allatoona Pass
[edit]Union forces had an important supply base at Allatoona Pass, a man-made pass for the Western and Atlantic Railroad in the Allatoona Mountains in Bartow County, Georgia.[1] Tourtellotte was in command of the post and the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment by October 1864.[2][3] Confederate General John Bell Hood had ordered Lieutenant General Alexander P. Stewart to begin a series of attacks on the railroad in early October. Stewart had captured roughtly 600 prisoners and destroyed around 8 miles (13 km) of the railway in a series of hit and run attacks by October 4. He was then ordered by Hood to dispatch a division aimed at destroying the Allatoona Pass and a bridge over the nearby Etowah River, which he did under Major General Samuel G. French. A total of 3,276 men were sent to capture Tourtellotte's post, which was thought by the Confederates to be manned by Tourtellotte's garrison of a few hundred troops. However, Tourtellotte had recently been reinforced by several thousand troops led by Brigadier General John M. Corse and it was manned by 2,025 soldiers.[1][3]
Superintendent
[edit]The Goshute were historically a nomadic people who lived on the Great Basin, southwest of the Great Salt Lake and particularly in the Great Salt Lake Desert.[4] By the early 1860s, the people had been driven off of portions of their lands by white settlers, particularly Mormons. In 1863, the United States government signed a treaty with the Goshute, bringing an end to ongoing hostilities between the tribe and settlers. Even before that treaty was announced by President Abraham Lincoln, the federal government established the Unintah Reservation in 1864, a reservation which was intended to hold many tribes in the region. The Goshute refused removal to the reservation, in part because they had a "fear of other Indian groups." Efforts to relocate the tribe continued throughout the late 1860s.[5] In 1869, Tourtellotte proposed a separate reservation for the Goshute. Early the following year he proposed giving them a "quarter section" of land in the face of white encroachment, until a decision could be reached.[6]
Ely Parker, then Commissioner of Indian Affairs, responded to Tourtellotte's proposal for a separate reservation by telling him to use the Unintah Reservation. Tourtellotte responded by emphasizing the tribe's refusal to do so and its lack of cultural connection to the Ute people, who were on that reservation. He instead proposed grouping the Goshute with the Shoshone. Tortellotte was removed from his role before an agreement was made.[6] The Goshute people stayed on their land into the 1920s in the face of increasing white encroachment on their land.[7]
Legacy
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Scaife 1998, pp. 389–390.
- ^ Scaife 1998, p. 390.
- ^ a b Bennett 2016, p. 27.
- ^ Cuch 2003, p. 73.
- ^ Cuch 2003, pp. 73–74, 83–108.
- ^ a b Cuch 2003, p. 108.
- ^ Cuch 2003, pp. 110–111.
- ^ Tidball, Eugene C. (2002). No Disgrace to My Country: The Life of John C. Tidball. Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87338-722-4.
- ^ Hart, Samuel (1917). Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-memorial; Representative Citizens. American Historical Society, incorporated.
- ^ Madsen, Brigham D. (1980). The Northern Shoshoni. Caxton Press. ISBN 978-0-87004-266-9.
Bibliography
[edit]- Cuch, Forrest S., ed. (2003-10-01). History Of Utah's American Indians. Utah State University Press. p. 108. doi:10.2307/j.ctt46nwms. ISBN 978-0-87421-383-6.
- Scaife, William R. (1998). "Hood's March to Tennesseee". In Kennedy, Frances H. (ed.). The Civil War Battlefield Guide (2nd ed.). Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-74012-5.
- Bennett, Stewart (2016). ""The Storm Broke in All Its Fury":The Struggle for Allatoona Pass". In Woodworth, Steven E.; Grear, Charles D.; Bennett, Stewart L.; Bledsoe, Andrew S.; Gaines, John J.; Lundberg, John R. (eds.). The Tennessee Campaign of 1864 (in Englis). Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-3453-7.
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[edit]John Eaton Tourtellotte (July 3, 1833 – July 22, 1891) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War. He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 13, 1865.[1]
Tourtellotte was born on July 3, 1833, in either Windham, Connecticut, or Thompson, Connecticut. He attended Brown University and studied law at New York state's Albany Law School. After pursuing his education, he moved to Mankato, Minnesota. When the Civil War began, he served as a private and a captain in the 4th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On September 1, 1862, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On October 5, 1864, he was promoted to colonel. During the war, he participated in the Siege of Vicksburg. In the Battle of Allatoona in Georgia, he commanded 2,000 Union troops to victory over 7,000 Confederates. On October 5, 1864, during the battle, he was wounded in the hip, but commanded from an ambulance instead of leaving the battlefield.[2] The battle's victory inspired the song "Hold the Fort" by Philip Bliss.[3] He recovered to participate in Sherman's March to the Sea and the Battle of Bentonville.[4]
After the war, Tourtellotte entered the army again. He was assigned to be Detailed Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Utah with the 26th US Infantry. After serving, he was transferred to General Custer army, but didn't make it—he was called back to Washington D.C. by William Tecumseh Sherman. Tourtellotte served as Sherman's aide-de-camp from January 1, 1871, until February 8, 1884. He finally retired from the army on March 20, 1885.[5]
Though he moved to Washington D.C., Tourtellotte continued to visit and boost the city of Mankato. He donated $8,800 to build the first hospital in Mankato, and he continued to practice law in the city, as well as nearby Lake Crystal, Minnesota.[2]
Death
[edit]Tourtellotte died on July 22, 1891, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[6]
Tourtellotte Park and Pool
[edit]The Tourtellotte helped build was torn down in 1903. Four decades later in the same location, the city developed and formed the 13-acre Tourtellotte Park.[7] The park was built as a WPA project, and it included a bathhouse and Olympic-sized outdoor pool, which was also named after the colonel. Tourtellotte Pool and the bathhouse fell into disrepair in the 1980s, but were saved by donations from local residents. [5][2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ The Photographic History of the Civil War: Three Volumes in One. New York: Random House Value Publishing, Inc. 1983. p. 314. 0-517-20155-0.
- ^ a b c "MINNESOTA ARCHITECUTRE-HISTORY INVENTORY FORM—Tourtellotte Park" (PDF). Mankato, Minnesota: City of Mankato. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Hold the Fort! - Christian Hymn inspired by Civil War Battle". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Samuel Hart, ed. (1917). Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-Memorial Representative Citizens, Volume 4. Boston: The American Historical Society. p. 38.
- ^ a b Afolayan, Gideon (2 June 2019). "Tourtellotte Pool". Mankato, Minnesota: Blue Earth County. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "John Eaton Tourtellotte: Brigadier General, United States Army". Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ Krohn, Tim (9 April 2011). "Tourtellotte helped 'Hold the Fort'". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Eddie891/J E tourtellotte at Find a Grave (buried at Arlington National Cemetery)
- Eddie891/J E tourtellotte at Find a Grave (2nd gravestone at Tourtellotte Cemetery in Thompson, Connecticut)
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