Andrew Hickenlooper Andrew Hickenlooper ( August 10 , 1837 – May 12 , 1904 ) was an Ohio civil engineer , politician , industrialist , and most famously , an officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Biography . Hickenlooper was born in the village of Hudson , Ohio . He attended Woodward College and Xavier College . When he was nineteen , he entered the office of A . W . Gilbert , then the city surveyor of Cincinnati , and thoroughly mastered the duties of the position . Three years later , he became the city surveyor himself . After spending two years in this position , the Civil War broke out . He was married to Maria Lloyd Smith and had two children . Civil War Career . Although he was only twenty - four , he recruited what was known as Hickenlooper ' s Battery or the 5th Ohio Independent Battery , and joined Maj . Gen . John C . Fremont at Jefferson City , Missouri . In 1862 , his battery was made a part of the Army of the Tennessee and took a distinguished part in the Battle of Shiloh . Hickenlooper managed to save four of his six guns after the initial Confederate attack . He later defended the famous Hornet ' s Nest in support of Benjamin M . Prentiss ' s division . For gallantry at Shiloh , he became commandant of artillery in Thomas J . McKean ' s division and later chief of staff of the XVII Corps . During the Vicksburg Campaign , Brig . Gen . James McPherson wrote to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton that , as Hickenlooper ' s further promotion in the line of the artillery service was impossible , that he be given special consideration for promotion . Hickenlooper served through the Atlanta campaign as an engineer with distinguished honor and participated in Sherman ' s March to the Sea , and the advance through the Carolinas . He was endorsed for brigadier general by Generals William Sherman , Oliver O . Howard , and Ulysses S . Grant . On May 20 , 1865 , be became a brevet brigadier general . Civilian career . After the war , Hickenlooper was appointed United States marshal for the Southern district of Ohio . Then he served two terms as city civil engineer . While in this office , he was made assistant to W . W . Scarborough , then the president of the Cincinnati Gas Company , with the title of vice president . He served as vice president but for a short time , as he was then elected president of the company . He published two books , " Competition in the Manufacture and Delivery of Gas " ( 1881 ) , and " Incandescent Electric Lights for Street Illumination " ( 1886 ) . He became active in veterans affairs , particularly those of the Society of the Army of the Tenneessee , serving as its Corresponding Secretary , where he worked tirelessly for the erection of monuments to the memory of his friend and mentor , General James B . McPherson Political career . In 1879 , he was elected the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and declined a renomination in 1881 . He served one term as president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce . In 1902 , he published a book on the Battle of Shiloh . Death and legacy . Hickenlooper died in Cincinnati with a distinguished civil and military reputation . He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery , Cincinnati . On January 3 , 1912 , a statue in honor of Hickenlooper was erected in Vicksburg National Military Park .