serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1857 - 1864 , 1866-1873 new jersey new jersey militia germany 27 january 1896 somerville , new jersey united states of america 1851 union place of burial american civil war 29 october 1822 mount pleasant cemetery newark , new jersey 35px brevet major general theodore runyon cph.3a03195.jpg theodore runyon
 theodore runyon
theodore runyon

theodore runyon -lrb- october 29 , 1822 -- january 27 , 1896 -rrb- was a united states politician , diplomat , and american civil war brigadier general in the new jersey militia , serving with the union army at the battle of first bull run .
runyon was a lawyer before the civil war and mayor of newark , new jersey , a major general in command of the new jersey national guard until 1873 , first president of the manufacturers ' national bank of newark , chancellor of new jersey for 14 years and , between 1893 and 1896 , envoy and later ambassador to germany
