Maj. Gen. Nathan Kimball
Born: November 22, 1822
Fredericksburg, Indiana
Died: January 21, 1898
Ogden, Utah
Feb 1847: Captain
June 7, 1861: Colonel
April 16, 1862: Promoted Brig. Gen
1865: Brevetted to Maj. Gen.
Maj. Gen. Nathan Kimball
September 22, 1845: Married Martha McPheeters
Mexican-American War; Raised a company from Livonia in the 2nd Indiana Infantry
February 22-23, 1847: Battle of Buena Vista
June 1847: Mustered out of the Army
1847: Defeated as a Whig candidate to the Indiana State Senate
1850: Wife dies
August 1850: Married Emilly McPheeters
1854: Joined the newly formed Republican Party
June 7, 1861: Governor Morton names him colonel of 14th Indiana Infantry
September 12-13, 1861: Battle of Cheat Mountain
March 23, 1862: Battle of Kernstown - Second day of fighting assumed command for a wounded Brig. Gen. James Shields
Gave Stonewall Jackson one of his only defeats during the war
April 5 - May 4, 1862: Siege of Yorktown
July 1862:; Led his regiment, 8th Ohio Infantry and 7th West Virginia Infantry. Absorbed the 4th Ohio Infantry and was stationed at Fort Monroe
September 1, 1862: Covered Gen. Pope's retreat from the 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Maryland Campaign: Command First Brigade of French's Third Division in the II Corps
September 17th, 1862: Battle of Antietam - Fought a series of assaults on the Sunken Road - Kimball's Brigade earned the nickname of Gibraltar Brigade
December 11-15, 1862: Battle of Fredricksburg -
Suffered painful thigh wound, which put him our of action till late Spring 1863
After his recovery, his was on of three divisions ordered to Mississippi to join the Siege on Vicksburg, but arrived too late to see any action
September 1863: Greater part of Kimball's division was ordered to Arkansas and became incorporated in the VII Corps
March 23 - May 3, 1864: Camden Expedition
April 1864: Relieved of duty in Department of Arkansas and ordered to report to Gen. Sherman and given command of the IV Corps
July 1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek
Called back to Indiana to help subdue the Knights of the Golden Circle
Late Fall 1864: Returned to active duty as Division Commander
November 30. 1864: Battle of Franklin
December 15-16, 1864: Battle of Nashville
February 1, 1865: Brevet Major General
August 24, 1865: Mustered out of the Army
1867: Elected as State Treasurer
1873: Won election to Indiana House of Representatives
1873: Pres Grant appoints him as Surveyors General in Utah Territory, a post he held until 1878
1879: Pres. Hayes appoints him as Postmaster of Ogden, Utah until his death
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 462
"Nathan Kimball." December 16, 2018. web. February 7, 2019
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1864. p267-268