[192-114a] JOANNA WEST WAGENER, b Mar. 7, 1828; d May 2, 1895; dau David and Maria (West) Wagener [192-27]; m GEN. JOHN M. OLIVER, b Sept. 6, 1828; d Mar. 30, 1872; s Judge William and Eleanor (Young) Oliver. Major general by brevet; full Brigadier General in Civil War.
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John M. Oliver enlisted at the fall of Ft. Sumter; was made Ist Lieut., Co. A, 15th Michigan Infantry. After the Battle of Bull Run, he was made captain of Co. A. His promotion to the coloneley of same regiment soon followed, and he was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee. At the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, he was again promoted for ‘‘conspicuous gallantry on the field of battle.” The battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Sherman’s March to the Sea, and especially his bravery at Ft. McAllister which his brigade captured, brought him his promotion as major general, commanding the 2d Div., 15th Army Corps, General Sherman’s own division.
After the close of the war the Division was ordered to Little Rock, Ark., where after some months it was mustered out. General Oliver was then made assessor of Internal Revenue with headquarters at Little Rock, and later was supervisor of the postal railway service of the South, headquarters at New Orleans. His death at the age of 43 years occurred suddenly in Washington, D. C., while he was there on business for his department. It was during his southern activities that his friendship with General Sam Houston began, only ending with his death. Generals Grant, Sherman and McCook were his warm personal friends. [Mrs. Wm. Hewitt.]
Parents’ family: [192-27] David Wagener and Maria West
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