James G. Blunt
James Gillpatrick Blunt was a physician and abolitionist who rose to the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was defeated by Quantrills Raiders at the Battle of Baxter Springs in Kansas in 1863, but is considered to have served well as a division commander during Prices Raid in Missouri, which occurred in 1864.
Blunt was born in Trenton, Maine to John Blunt and Sally Gilpatrick Blunt Blunt lived and worked on his family farm until he was 14. He may have spent some time at the Ellsworth Military Academy in Ellsworth, Maine. He became a sailor on a merchant vessel when he was 15, and attained the rank of captain at 20.
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