Adin Ballou Underwood

Adin Ballou Underwood (May 19, 1828 – January 24, 1888) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Adin Ballou Underwood
Born	(1828-05-19)May 19, 1828 Milford, Massachusetts
Died	January 24, 1888(1888-01-24) (aged 59) Boston, Massachusetts
Place of burial	Newton, Massachusetts
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service / branch	Union Army
Rank	Brigadier General Brevet Major General
Unit	2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Commands	33rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Battles / wars	American Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Wauhatchie
Alma mater	Brown University
Other work	Lawyer, Customs Surveyor

Biography

Underwood was born in Milford, Massachusetts, on May 19, 1828. He studied law at Brown University, attended Harvard Law School and spent a year in Prussia. When the civil war began he practiced law in Boston. He was commissioned as Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. In 1862 he joined the new 33rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as a Major and served in that unit; eventually becoming its Colonel in April 1863.

After the Gettysburg Campaign the XI Corps, of which the regiment was part of, transferred to the west.

On October 29, at the Battle of Wauhatchie, Underwood was shot in the thigh and crippled for life. He still was promoted to Brigadier General in November. The wound healed slowly and when he returned to duty in 1865 he was medically unfit for field service, instead doing court-martial duty. In August 1865 he was brevetted to Major General and mustered out of the U.S. Volunteers. Returning to Boston; he served as surveyor of the port and practiced law again. Underwood died there on January 24, 1888.

Works

• The Three Years' Service of the Thirty-third Mass. Infantry Regiment 1862-1865. 1880.

See also

• List of American Civil War generals (Union)

References

• Eicher, John H. and David J. (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• Welsh, Jack D. (2005). Medical Histories of Union Generals. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0873388534.
• Warner, Ezra J. (1964). Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.

External links

• Adin Ballou Underwood at Find a Grave