George Lucas Hartsuff (US General)
b. 1830-05-28 d. 1874-05-16
United States Army soldier. Tyre, New York native. Moved to Livingston County, Michigan in 1842. Attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, from 1848 to 1852. Served in the 4th United States Artillery Regiment in Texas and Florida. Chief of Staff for William S. Rosecrans in 1861 and 1862. Appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the United States Army on April 15, 1862. Served in the Army of the Potomac from 1862 to November 1863. Appointed major general of volunteers in the United States Army on November 19, 1862. Served in the Army of the James near Petersburg, Virginia, from March 13, 1865 to August 24, 1865.
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Bibliography
Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 212-13.
Citation
Hartsuff, George Lucas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197769 (November 12, 2026).
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