Milo Smith Hascall Milo Smith Hascall ( August 5 , 1829 – August 30 , 1904 ) was an American soldier , banker , and real estate executive who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Early life and career . Milo S . Hascall was born in LeRoy in Genesee County , New York . In 1846 he moved to Goshen , Indiana , where he clerked in a store and taught school . Two years later , he was appointed as a cadet at the United States Military Academy , graduating in 1852 . He was assigned as a second lieutenant in the 2nd U . S . Artillery and was stationed in New England doing garrison duty in Newport Harbor , Rhode Island . After a years of service in the Regular Army , he resigned his commission . Hascall went back to Goshen , where he became a lawyer and filled various political offices . He also was a railroad contractor , district attorney , and the clerk of the county courts . He practiced law in Goshen , Indiana , from 1855 till 1861 , serving as prosecuting attorney of Elkhart and Lagrange counties from 1856 till 1858 , and school examiner and clerk of courts from 1859 till 1861 . Civil War service . At the outbreak of the Civil War , he enlisted as a private , but was soon appointed aide - de - camp to General Thomas A . Morris , with the rank of captain , and assisted in organizing six volunteer regiments . On June 12 , 1861 , he was made colonel of the 17th Indiana Infantry and took part in the successful West Virginia campaign under Major General George B . McClellan . In December 1861 , he was ordered to Louisville , Kentucky , and placed in command of a brigade consisting of the 17th Indiana , 6th Ohio , 43d Ohio , and 15th Indiana regiments , assigned to the division commanded by General William " Bull " Nelson . Later that month , he was given charge of a brigade in Thomas J . Wood ’ s division of Don Carlos Buell ’ s forces in the Army of the Ohio . His troops arrived at Shiloh the day after fighting ended , but did take part in the Siege of Corinth . Hascall was commissioned as a brigadier general of volunteers on April 25 , 1862 . Having been transferred to the Army of the Cumberland , he was put in command of a brigade which fought through the Kentucky Campaign . He continued to serve in Tennessee through March 1863 . During the Battle of Stones River ( December 31 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 ) , he assumed command of the 1st Division when General Wood was wounded . During the battle , Hascall led reinforcements to the Round Forest where he took charge of the defense of that place and decided it had to be held at all costs . After the battle he was sent to Indianapolis , Indiana , to take command of the District of Indiana , charged with returning deserters from Ohio , Illinois , and Indiana . He also suppressed dissident opinions in Indiana newspapers , including the " Plymouth Democrat . " He then was transferred to the Army of the Ohio and placed in command of the 3rd Division in the XXIII Corps . Later that year , he took part in the battles the defense of Knoxville ( November to December , 1863 ) . The next year Hascall commanded the 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps for the first part of the Atlanta Campaign . In May he assumed command of the 2nd Division after Henry M . Judah was relieved of command . Hascall led the division throughout the rest of Atlanta Campaign . Postbellum career . He resigned on October 27 , 1864 , and returned to Goshen , where he engaged in banking , but later entered the real - estate business in Chicago , Illinois . He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery , in Forest Park , Chicago .