Charles C . Walcutt Charles Carroll Walcutt ( February 12 , 1838 – May 2 , 1898 ) was an American surveyor , soldier , and politician . He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War , in which he was wounded twice . After the war , Walcutt was warden of the Ohio State Penitentiary and also was active in civic affairs in Ohio , and his death was attributed to his wounds from the Civil War . Early life and career . Charles Carroll Walcutt was born in 1838 in the city of Columbus , located in Franklin County , Ohio . He was a son of John M . Walcutt , a chair maker , and Mariel Broderick , and had three sisters , one of whom was named Virginia . Walcutt ' s maternal grandmother was also a first cousin of Davy Crockett . Both his father ( War of 1812 ) and grandfather ( American Revolution ) had served the United States in combat . Walcutt received his initial education in the Columbus - area schools , and then in 1854 entered the Kentucky Military Institute in Lyndon , Kentucky . He graduated in June 1858 , indenting to become a civil engineer , and he was elected Franklin County ' s surveyor the following year . Walcutt married Phebe Neill in 1860 . She was born in Belfast , Ireland , and was a daughter of Hugh Neill , who had served as an officer in the British Army . The couple would have three children together , sons named J . Macy , Sherman , and Charles Carroll Jr . , who later would serve in the 8th U . S . Cavalry as regiment al quartermaster . Civil War service . When the American Civil War began in 1861 , Walcutt chose to follow his home state and the Union cause . On April 15 he organized a company of soldiers in Columbus , was appointed its captain on April 17 , and went into camp with them the next day . However , Ohio ' s quota had already been met and Walcutt ' s company was rejected for Federal use . That June he was appointed a major in the state forces and served on the staff of Brig . Gen . Charles W . Hill in what is now West Virginia . That fall Walcutt helped raise and train the 46th Ohio Infantry . He was appointed to the Union Army as a major in that regiment on October 1 , and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 30 , 1862 . Walcutt reported to Paducah , Kentucky , for duty that February , and in March he went with the army up the Tennessee River . The 46th Ohio saw its first combat on April 6 during the Battle of Shiloh . In this fight Walcutt was hit in his left shoulder , and the bullet would remain there for the rest of his life . Walcutt was promoted to colonel on October 16 , 1862 , and given command of the 46th Ohio . He led his regiment in the Vicksburg Campaign in Mississippi from December 1862 until July 1863 . During the campaign , Walcutt fought in the Union victory at the Battle of Jackson on May 14 . He then fought with distinction in the Battle of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga , Tennessee , on November 23 – 25 . When Brig . Gen . John M . Corse was seriously wounded , command of his brigade fell to Walcutt , who led it and held " against repeated charges by superior numbers . " After the fight his overall commander , Maj . Gen . William T . Sherman , praised Walcutt ' s efforts in his official report and recommended a promotion . In the report Sherman stated : The entire brigade re - enlisted on January 5 , 1864 , an action that highly pleased Walcutt . After leaving Chattanooga , he continued to lead the brigade and fought in the Atlanta Campaign that summer . Walcutt participated in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27 , and the Battle of Atlanta on July 22 . He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on July 30 . Walcutt ' s home town newspaper gave this version of his efforts around Atlanta in his obituary : Walcutt then participated in the March to the Sea in November and December 1864 . He again fought with distinction at the Battle of Griswoldville on November 22 , and was again wounded . His brigade of about 1 , 500 men moved to support Union cavalry and held a defensive position at Duncan ' s Farm against repeated attacks by ill - trained Confederate Georgia Militia . Combined Union losses in the fight were less than 100 , including Walcutt , while the Confederates lost about 51 killed , 472 wounded , and around 600 missing or captured . Walcutt was wounded early in the action , and command of the brigade fell to Col . Robert F . Catterson of the 97th Regiment Indiana Infantry . Sherman would again praise him in his report , and Maj . Gen . Oliver O . Howard said of him " there is not a braver or better officer . " He was hit in his right leg by a shell fragment , and would be out of action for months . On April 4 , 1865 , Walcutt was recovered enough to command the 1st division of the XIV Corps , leading it in the grand review in Washington , D . C . , until June 12 . After hostilities ended he led his command to Louisville , Kentucky , where it was mustered out of the volunteer service that August . For his actions at Griswoldville he was appointed to the rank of brevet major general . Walcutt served in the western department until he was mustered out of the Union Army on January 15 , 1866 . Postbellum career . After the war Walcutt went home , where he was warden of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus in 1866 . On July 28 he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 10th U . S . Cavalry , and proceeded to Fort Leavenworth , Kansas , to report for duty . He resigned on December 1 , 1866 , " unwilling to endure army life in time of peace . " Walcutt returned to Ohio and again worked as a warden until 1869 . Walcutt was also active in politics in Ohio , and was one of Ulysses S . Grant ' s electors in 1868 . In May he was appointed the U . S . Internal Revenue Service collector for the 7th district of Ohio by President Grant , which he held until July 1 , 1883 . In 1872 Walcutt was elected to the Columbus board of education , with seven years as its president , until April 1 , 1894 . Also in 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention held in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . In April 1883 he was elected mayor of Columbus , elected to a second term , and retired in April 1887 . His wife Phebe died the following year . In 1898 Walcutt was in Omaha , Nebraska , heading back to Ohio after visiting Mexico with his sister Virginia " for his health . " There his condition worsened , and he stayed in Omaha for about six weeks . Ten days before his death doctors amputated one of his limbs . His body was brought back to Ohio and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus .