Brevet Brig. General Francis S. Fiske (USA)

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Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1846 and was in legal practice at the outbreak of the Civil War. On April 30, 1861, he enlisted and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. For merit and leadership of his regiment at the Battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862, he was brevetted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers on March 13, 1865. After the war he resumed his law practice and wrote articles for The New England Magazine until his death.

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Francis S. Fiske, a son of Phineas and Isabella Redington Fiske, was born in Keene, New Hampshire, on the ninth day of November, 1825. He entered Dartmouth College at the age of thirteen, and was graduated from that institution in 1843. Three years later, he took a degree at the Harvard Law School.

After practicing his profession for a few years in his native town, he traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. In 1857 and '58 he was a member of the New Hampshire legislature. Later, he was the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post, and about 1860 he published a volume on the great speculative schemes of the XVIIIth Century, entitled 'Law and the Mississippi Bubble.'.

At an early age he joined the militia of the state, serving as aid to the governor and as captain of the Keene Light Infantry. This was one of the most famous companies in the state. When under command of Mr. Fiske's father-in-law--General James Wilson--it won especial praise from President Andrew Jackson at a reception held in this honor at Concord, about 1824. This company always maintained its reputation, until it was disbanded with all the independent companies of the state. On the 16th day of April, 1851, after reading the message of President Lincoln calling for troops, Mr. Fiske wrote on the instant to the Governor of New Hampshire, offering his services to his state in any capacity, in defence of the Union. ...".

In 1865 Colonel Fiske was made brigadier-general by brevet.

For the past twenty-three years he has been an officer of the United States District Court in Boston.