Joseph J. Reynolds
| Joseph Jones Reynolds | |
|---|---|
J. J. Reynolds
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| Born |
January 4, 1822 Flemingsburg, Kentucky |
| Died | February 25, 1899 (aged 77) Washington, D.C. |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
United States Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1843–1857, 1861–1877 |
| Rank |
 Major General (USV)
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| Commands held |
XIX Corps VII Corps Army of Arkansas |
| Battles/wars |
American Civil War Indian Wars |
Joseph Jones Reynolds (January 4, 1822 – February 25, 1899) was an American engineer, educator, and military officer who fought in the American Civil War and the postbellum Indian Wars.
Reynolds was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He briefly attended Wabash College before he received an appointment in 1839 to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. After graduating tenth of thirty-nine cadets in the Class of 1843, Reynolds was brevetted as a second lieutenant and initially assigned to the 4th U.S. Artillery.
He successively served at Fort Monroe in Virginia, Carlisle Barracks in central Pennsylvania, and then in Zachary Taylor's occupation army in Texas in 1845 before returning to the academy as assistant professor in 1846. On December 3 of that same year, he married Mary Elizabeth Bainbridge.
He left West Point in 1857 and subsequently returned to frontier duty, this time in the Indian Territory. He resigned his army commission and taught engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, for a time.
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