Langhorne Wister

Langhorne Wesley Wister (September 20, 1834 – March 19, 1891) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.

Wister was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 20, 1834. He later lived in Duncannon, Pennsylvania.

Langhorne Wister served as a captain in the 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, fighting at the Battle of Gaines's Mill, where he was wounded. In this role he also fought with distinction at the Battle of Fredericksburg.[1]

Later Wister recruited and served as colonel of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.[2] He fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville in I Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Wister assumed command of a brigade on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg after Colonel Roy Stone was wounded. Wister too was wounded and had to give up command. He, however, reported on the battle for the brigade.[3] Wister thereafter returned to Duncannon, Pennsylvania.

On July 9, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Wister for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866.[4]

Wister died of meningitis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 19, 1891.

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References

  1. ↑ Russ Dodge. "Langhorne Wister". Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Civil War home Wister
  4. ↑ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 760.
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