Francis Skinner Fiske

Francis Skinner Fiske b. 1825 in New Hampshire. 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. He went to Europe 1849 and passing on to Asia, was imprisoned by the Arabs in 1850. he came home in the summer of 1850 after sailing around the globe. 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.