Joseph Warren Revere | |
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| Born | May 17, 1812 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | April 20, 1880 (aged 67) Hoboken, New Jersey, US |
| Place of burial | Holy Rood Catholic Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey |
| Allegiance | United States of America Mexico |
| Service/ | United States Navy Mexican Army United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1828–1850 (US Navy) 1850–1852 (Mexican Army) 1861–1863 (US Army) |
| Rank | &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USN_lt_rank_insignia.jpg){kind=icon} Lieutenant (USN)&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Corl_ejer.png){kind=small} &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mexico-branch-colour_Artillery(burgundy).gif){kind=small} Colonel (Mexico)&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg){kind=icon} Brigadier General (USV)&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Union_Army_major_general_rank_insignia.svg){kind=icon} Brevet Major General (USV) |
| Unit | USS Constitution |
| Commands held | 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Excelsior Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Second Seminole War Mexican–American War Indian Rebellion of 1857[Notes 1] Second Italian War of Independence[Notes 2] American Civil War |
| Awards | Order of Isabella the Catholic |
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Joseph Warren Revere (May 17, 1812 – April 20, 1880) was a career United States Navy and Army officer. He was the grandson of American Revolutionary War figure Paul Revere.
He was an amateur artist and autobiographer, publishing two novels: A Tour of Duty in California (1849) and Keel and Saddle (1872). Both novels include memoirs of his experience traveling in the military. He was involved in the African Slave Trade Patrol, the Second Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War.
He was heavily involved in the 1845-1846 Conquest of California, wherein American troops invaded Alta California. Afterwards, he created a plantation in Rancho San Geronimo (near San Francisco, California), which used forced labor of Coast Miwok workers.[1]
During the American Civil War, Revere was a Union brigadier general who was court-martialed after the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville. Revere challenged the court-martial and published multiple pamphlets in attempts to clear his reputation. In 1862, during the Civil War, Revere converted to Catholicism.
He completed several tours of duty, during which he travelled to Mexico, Cuba, Liberia, France, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, and Italy.[2]
His 1854 Gothic Revival mansion is historically preserved for educational tours at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm in Morristown, New Jersey.
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