Brevet Brigadier General Andrew Hickenlooper photograph   Save
Campus Martius Museum Photographs
Description: Carte-de-visite of Civil War Brevet Brigadier General Andrew Hickenlooper (1837-1904), who later served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. The photograph features a bust view of a young, Federal officer with a mustache and thin goatee. The rank on his shoulder boards features one star, indicating Brigadier General. Andrew Hickenlooper was born in Hudson, Ohio on August 10, 1837, to parents Andrew and Abigail Hickenlooper. He enlisted in the Civil War as a Captain on August 31, 1861, and was later promoted to Brigadier General and Lieutenant Colonel. Hickenlooper served through the Atlanta campaign as an engineer with distinguished honor and participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, and the advance through the Carolinas. After the war, Hickenlooper was appointed United States marshal for the Southern district of Ohio and served two terms as city civil engineer. In 1879, he was elected the 15th lieutenant governor of Ohio under Governor Charles Foster. He was married to Maria Lloyd Smith and lived at 838 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. He died on May 12, 1904, and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. Cincinnati, Ohio at Gravesite: 53-167-2. On January 3, 1912, a statue in honor of Hickenlooper was erected in Vicksburg National Military Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f30_18
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio