Maj. Horace Bumstead

Horace Bumstead

• Bumstead in 1907-see image in profile media

Born September 29, 1841 Boston, Massachusetts
Died October 14, 1919 (aged 78) Intervale, New Hampshire
Alma mater Yale University, New York University
Occupation(s) Professor, college president

Horace Bumstead (September 29, 1841 – October 14, 1919) was a Congregationalist minister and educator.[1] He used his career to fight for African American education and became the second president of Atlanta University (1888–1907). Bumstead was one of the first white men in the United States to fight for educational rights for African Americans. As a white man, he was condemned by many for taking on this role, but African Americans rallied behind his efforts and viewed him as a spokesman.[2]

Education

Horace Bumstead was born in Boston on September 29, 1841, the son of Josiah Freeman Bumstead, a Boston merchant, and Lucy Douglas Willis Bumstead.[3][4] He was an achieving scholar throughout his life. He began his studies at Boston Latin School, where he won the Benjamin Franklin silver medal, an award given to extraordinarily curious, innovative, and motivated individuals at the start of their careers, who deserve greater recognition, encouragement, and mentoring. He later attended Yale University, where he won the Phi Beta Kappa appointment, and later graduated in 1863 from the university. He graduated at the age of twenty-two, in the studies of military science.[1][2] Once the civil war was over he studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1870. His studies later led him to Germany for a year, where he would become a pastor in Minneapolis until 1875.[1] His final educational achievement was his Doctor of Divinity Degree from New York University in 1881.

Military

After graduating from Yale in 1863, the Civil War began in America. His military science degree led him to the immediate commission as a major of the 43rd United States Colored Infantry from April 1864 to December 1865, with whom he served at Richmond, Petersburg, and Brownsville.[1][2][5] The 43rd Regiment of the U.S. Colored Infantry troops was discharged at Philadelphia on November 30, 1865.[6]

Career

In 1875, Bumstead became part of the faculty of Atlanta University, joining his Yale classmate and the first president of the university, Edmund Asa Ware. Bumstead started his work at the school as a professor of natural science. After the sudden death of Ware in 1885, Bumstead was one of a number of professors who served as interim presidents until 1888, when Bumstead was named to as the university's second president.[1][5] After being granted this position, Bumstead began his fight for equal rights for African American education.[1]

He died in Intervale, New Hampshire on October 14, 1919.[3]

Family

Parents: Father Josiah Freeman Bumstead (1797–1868), a Boston merchant, and Mother Lucy Douglas Willis Bumstead (1806–1868)
Spouse:Anna Hoit Bumstead (1848–1931)
Children:Albert Hoit Bumstead (1875–1940), Ralph W. Bumstead (1881–1964), Richard Bumstead (1882–1883): Lucy Willis Bumstead (1824–1825), Julia Douglas Bumstead (1828–1830), Laura Willis Bumstead Tuckerman (1830–1886), Nathaniel Willis Bumstead (1834–1912), Frank Bumstead (1837–1845), Harry Bumstead (1844–1847)[7]

References

1. Towns, George A. (January 1, 1948). "Phylon Profile, XVI: Horace Bumstead, Atlanta University President (1888-1907)". Phylon. 9 (2): 109–114. doi:10.2307/272179. JSTOR 272179.The Southern Workman. Hampton Institute. January 1, 1919.
2. "Funeral Tomorrow of Rev Dr Bumstead". The Boston Globe. October 17, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. V. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 381. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Google Books. Inc,
4. The Crisis Publishing Company (January 1, 1920). The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. : |last= has generic name (help)
5. "Bumstead, Horace, 1841-1919". socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
6. "Rev Horace Bumstead (1841–1919) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

Horace Bumstead (1841–1919) was the son of Josiah Freeman Bumstead, a Boston merchant, and Lucy Douglas Willis Bumstead. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and Yale College (Class of 1863) and became a Congregationalist minister and educator.

During the Civil War, Bumstead was commissioned as a Major for the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops where he served from April 1864 to December 1865. He later joined the faculty of Atlanta University and served as their second president from 1888–1907.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18852892

• Residence: 1910 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Race: White
• Ethnicity: American
  • Reference: 1910 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: May 18 2017, 0:24:54 UTC

    ---

    
    

Yale Class of 1863

Major, 43rd Regt. U.S. Colored Troops, April 1864 to Dec. 1865. Friend and educator of the Negro. "He fought to redeem them from slavery, he wrought to unfold in them the image of God." Congregational Minister

Second President of Atlanta University 1888-1907; Acting President 1886-87; Joined faculty in 1875 (Natural Science & Latin)

43rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment

Active March 12, 1864 - November 30, 1865
The 43rd United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.

Service

The 43rd U.S. Colored Infantry was organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning March 12, 1864 for three-year service under the command of Colonel Stephen Bates Yeoman.

The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXV Corps, to January 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXV Corps and Department of Texas, to October 1865.

At the Battle of the Crater, the 43rd not only captured a Confederate battle flag, but also re-captured a US flag "National Colors" previously captured from another Union regiment as well.[1]

The 43rd U.S. Colored Infantry mustered out of service October 20, 1865 and was discharged at Philadelphia on November 30, 1865.

Detailed service

FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT INFANTRY USCT

Commanding Officer: Colonel Stephen B. Yeoman
Organized at Camp William Penn, this regiment was stationed at Annapolis April 18th, 1864. It was attached to the Ninth Corps from September to November, 1864, being then transferred to the Twenty-fifth Corps, and participated in the active campaigns incident to the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, being often engaged. After the conclusion of hostilities in Virginia, the regiment was dispatched to Texas. It was mustered out October 20th, and discharged at Philadelphia, November 30th, 1865.

Total Losses

• Killed or died of wounds Officers… 3
• Killed or died of wounds men… 38
• Died of disease men… 188

Battles and Services

• Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River before Petersburg
• Operations against Richmond
• Weldon Railroad
• Poplar Grove Church
• Hoydton Plank Road
• Hatcher’s Run, Before Richmond through the winter
• Hatcher’s Run
• Fall of Petersburg, pursuit of Lee
• Appomattox Court House
• Duty at Petersburg and City Point
• Duty on the Rio Grande River to end of enlistment

Moved to Annapolis, Md., April 18. Campaign from the Rapidan River to the James River, Va., May-June 1864. Guarded supply trains of the Army of the Potomac through the Wilderness and to Petersburg. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Grove Church September 29-30 and October 1. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. On the Bermuda Hundred front and before Richmond until March 1865. Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Petersburg and City Point until May 30. Moved to Texas May 30-June 10. Duty on the Rio Grande opposite Matamoros, Mexico, until October.

Commanders

Colonel Stephen Bates Yeoman - promoted to brevet brigadier general of volunteers on March 15, 1865
Captain Jesse Wilkinson - commanded at the Battle of the Crater

Bibliography

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
• Hall, Henry Seymour. Personal Experience of a Staff Officer at Mine Run and Albemarle County Raid, and as Commander of the 43rd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, Through the Wilderness Campaign, and at the Mine Before Petersburg, Virginia: From November 7, 1863, to July 30, 1864: A Paper Prepared and Read Before the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, October 3, 1894 (Leavenworth, KS: s.n.), 1894.

Mickley, Jeremiah Marion. The Forty-Third Regiment United States Colored Troops (Gettysburg, PA: J. E. Wible, Printer), 1866.
Attribution
Public Domain This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

References

1. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, volume 5, page 1082. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, 1871. https://books.google.com/books?id=nHn_qCyDQykC&dq=%22History%20of%2...
2. 43rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleU...

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 14 2023, 23:19:12 UTC
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 15 2023, 11:24:41 UTC
• Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Bumstead