Turner Gustavus Morehead Turner Gustavus Morehead ( 1814 – 1892 ) officer in the Mexican American War and American Civil War and Brigadier General in the Union Army . Early life . Turner Gustavus Morehead , was born at Baltimore , Maryland , on March 18 , 1814 , was educated and grew to young manhood in that city , but shortly after arriving of age , removed to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He soon joined the militia unit , the " Artillery Corps Washington Grays " in May , 1835 . His unit was one called up to end the Buckshot War . At the beginning of the Mexican American War the Greys voted not to volunteer for service , and Morehead resigned and offered his services to the state . Mexican American War . In November 1846 , he was enrolled in Philadelphia as a Captain . in command of Company G , First Pennsylvania Regiment , known as the " Jefferson Guards " . He took an active part through to the end of the war in Scott ' s Mexico City Campaign , principally the engagements of the Siege of Veracruz , National Bridge , Cerro Gordo , Castle Perote , Huamantla , and the Siege of Puebla . Discharged July 29 , 1848 , Morehead returned to Philadelphia , but soon began his participation in the " Philadelphia Blues " Battalion . Civil War . As Colonel commanding the Philadelphia Blues when the American Civil War broke out , Morehead immediately offered the services of his Battalion to the Governor of Pennsylvania . It was accepted and he was ordered to expand the Battalion into a full regiment which was mustered into three months of service on April 17 , 1861 , as the 22nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers with Turner G . Morehead remaining as Colonel . The 22nd Regiment quickly proceeded to Baltimore , where it served , partly as Provost Guard . Colonel Morehead assumed command of the city when its Police Commissioners were arrested by General Banks , five companies of the 22nd were detailed for duty in the central part of the city for ten days , anticipating trouble from the large secessionist faction in the city . Other detachments of the regiment seized large quantities of arms and ammunition secreted in the city in the possession of suspected secessionists . One company was also detailed to guard a magazine in the city until the close of its term of service . At the end of its term of service , the Regiment returned to Philadelphia , and was mustered out on August 7 , 1861 . Almost immediately , Colonel Morehead was authorized to recruit another Regiment , this one for a full three years ' service , and on August 21 , 1861 , only two weeks after being mustered out , he was again mustered in as Colonel of what afterwards became the 106th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers , but at that time was known as the Fifth California Regiment , of Edward Dickinson Baker ' s California Brigade . Morehead brought with him numbers of soldiers of the disbanded 22nd Regiment . Morehead shared all the dangers of the men in his 106th Pennsylvania Infantry which went on to serve throughout the whole war . First at Battle of Ball ' s Bluff , then in the Peninsula Campaign fought at Fair Oaks , Savage Station , Battle of Glendale or Charles City Cross Roads , Malvern Hill and at Antietam and Fredericksburg . Although never wounded , Morehead was injured when his horse was shot from under him at Antietam : Morehead was detailed frequently to the command of different brigades of the 2nd Corps , yet he only received his promotion to Brigadier General on March 15 , 1865 , after he resigned and was mustered out on April 5 , 1864 , returning home on account of disabilities caused by disease . Later life . After the War General Morehead engaged in the wholesale shoe business until appointed Weigher of the Port of Philadelphia , a position he held for many years . He early entered the Grand Army of the Republic , and became commander of E . D . Baker Post No . 8 of Philadelphia , also a member of the Union Veteran Legion and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion . In 1882 , he moved to Asbury Park , N . J . , where he resided until his death on May 28 , 1892 , in the 78th year of his age . Family . General Morehead was married to Louisa A . Kidd , and had three children born to them , two sons and one daughter . One son and the daughter survived him . His son , Gustavus K . , followed in the footsteps of his father , and early entered the National Guard in 1875 . Like his father he rose to the command of the same company " The Artillery Corps Washington Grays " , by then renamed Company G , First Regiment , National Guards of Pennsylvania .