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Milo S. Hascall
1829–1904
A Union general, lawyer, banker, and real-estate executive, he led troops in some of the Civil War's hardest campaigns and later built a successful civilian career in Chicago. His life moves from frontier Indiana to West Point, the battlefield, and the business world.
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Personal recollections and experiences concerning the Battle of Stone River
by Milo S. Hascall
About the author
Born in Le Roy, New York, in 1829, he moved to Indiana as a boy and later entered West Point. He graduated in 1852, served in the regular army for a short time, then left military service to practice law and build a career in business.
When the Civil War began, he returned to uniform and became an important Union officer from Indiana. He commanded the 17th Indiana Infantry and later rose to brigadier general, taking part in major fighting in the western theater, including Stones River, Chickamauga, and the Atlanta Campaign.
After the war, he settled into civilian work as a banker and real-estate executive, especially in Chicago. He died in 1904, remembered as a figure whose career joined military service, public life, and the fast-changing world of nineteenth-century American business.