Adrian R. Root
| Adrian R. Root | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 6, 1832 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | June 4, 1899 (aged 67) Buffalo, New York |
| Buried at | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
Colonel Brevet Major General |
| Commands held |
94th New York Volunteer Infantry 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac Camp Parole |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Cedar Mountain Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg |
| Other work | Warehouse executive, newspaper editor |
Adrian Rowe Root (May 6, 1832 – June 4, 1899) was an American commission merchant, warehouse executive, newspaper editor and military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as colonel of the 94th New York Volunteer Infantry and commanded a brigade at the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, a parole camp at Annapolis, Maryland in 1864–1865 and a brigade from May 13, 1865 to June 23, 1865. He was appointed brevet brigadier general of volunteers at the end of the war and was confirmed brevet major general of volunteers on March 12, 1866.
Adrian Root was born in Buffalo, New York on May 6, 1832. Root was a commission merchant before the Civil War.
Root enlisted in the Union Army at the beginning of the war and, on May 20, 1861, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 21st New York Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "1st Buffalo Regiment" because it was the first regiment mustered into the Union Army from Buffalo, New York. The 21st New York Infantry Regiment served in northern Virginia but engaged in no major actions during Root's service with that regiment.
On May 2, 1862, Root was commissioned colonel of the 94th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Root fought with his regiment at the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862 and fought and was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 30, 1862. On November 15, 1865, he returned to duty to command the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps of the Army of the Potomac until May 11, 1863 when he resumed command of his regiment. As brigade commander, he commanded the brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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