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Sold Date: 02/22/2011
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Gilman Marston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marston served in the Union Army during the Civil War . He first saw combat as colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry during the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. His arm was shattered, but he refused an amputation. After he recovered, he fought in the Peninsula Campaign , Second Battle of Bull Run , and Battle of Fredericksburg .

He was promoted to brigadier general of U.S. volunteers, effective November 29, 1862. Prior to the Chancellorsville campaign , he was relieved from duty with the Army of the Potomac and assigned to the defenses of Washington where he returned to his seat in Congress. After Gettysburg , Marston was directed to establish a prison camp in Maryland, which later became known as Point Lookout . The area was designated the District of Saint Mary's under the overall command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler . In 1864, he commanded a brigade in Maj. Gen. W.F. "Baldy" Smith 's XVIII Corps during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign . He took part in a disastrous assault on Cold Harbor , where his brigade suffered heavy casualties. During the Union assaults on Petersburg , Gillman assumed command of the 1st Division in the XVIII Corps on the last day of battle. There after he commanded the Union troops on the north side of the James River with his headquarters located at Fort Pocahontas . Occasionally he returned to command of the 1st Division, including a brief stint during the Second Battle of Fair Oaks . Having been re-elected to Congress he resigned 1865, whereupon he received the thanks of the state of New Hampshire.