General William Hutt Nash

  General Notes:

GEN: Gen. WILLIAM H. Nash, his parents having removed from South Hadley in 1833. His education commenced early in life at the GEN: Gallia Academy, famous in that part of the state from that day to this; his education was completed with two years at Marietta GEN: College, Ohio. After leaving college he went to Cincinnati and became a clerk in one of the large wholesale and retail GEN: establishments in that city, where he remained until June, 1856, a period of more than three years. It was here that he GEN: received a thorough business education of a practical nature which stood him in good stead and was of great advantage to him GEN: in his subsequent career. In the fall of 1856 he entered business in his native town, continuing for about four years, when he GEN: disposed of the same. GEN: On June 1, 1861, General Nash entered the Union army, being assigned to duty in the department of West Virginia as military GEN: telegraph operator. In this capacity he served at the headquarters of Major Generals George B. McClellan and W. S. Rosecrans. GEN: He continued in service until November, 1862, when he was appointed Captain and Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers. GEN: Shortly after his appointment he was ordered to report to Gen. Rosecrans commanding the army of the Cumberland at GEN: Murfreesboro, Tenn. His service in the army of the Cumberland lasted more than a year, until April, 1864. During that time he GEN: served on the staffs of Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Crook; he served through the Tullahoma campaign and battle of Chickamauga. In GEN: April, 1864, he was transferred to the military department of West Virginia upon the request of Gen. Crook and was chief GEN: commissary on his staff during the famous Hunter's Lynchburg raid. He continued to serve as commissary of Volunteers until GEN: Dec. 15, 1865, when he accepted a commission in the same department and with the same rank in the regular army, vacating on GEN: the same day his appointment as a volunteer officer by his acceptance in the regular corps. GEN: After the Civil War, he served in his official capacity on the Rio Grande river of Texas; then a brief service in GEN: Washington(???)1868-9; then commissary at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1869, and part of 1870; then chief commissary of the district GEN: of New Mexico, with station at Santa Fe, from May, 1870, to November, 1873; then to Louisville, Ky.; then to Cheyenne, Wyo., GEN: in 1876, to September, 1880; then to Boston, Mass., until December, 1881; then to Washington, D. C., until December, 1884; GEN: then to New Orleans, La., until December, 1888; then to Fort Monroe, Va., until December, 1889; then to Vancouver Barracks, GEN: Wash., until April, 1897; then to St. Louis, Mo, until April, 1898; then to Washington city, where he was retired from active GEN: service because of age. Promotion at first, in his corps, was very slow, he having served as captain from Nov. 17, 1865, to GEN: July 14, 1890, when he was promoted to major. He received his commission as lieutenant-colonel on June 10, 1896, and as GEN: colonel on Mar. 4, 1898. On April 21, 1898, the president appointed Gen. Nash commissary general of subsistence with rank of GEN: brigadier general, United States army. At his own request, he retired May 2, 1898. GEN: Under the law governing the army, he would have been compelled to go upon the retired list upon reaching the age of 64 years; GEN: as this occurred June 22, 1898, he anticipated a few weeks, believing it to be for the best interests of the service and GEN: himself. After the retirement of Gen. Nash, he and his wife left Washington city, moving to Columbus, Ohio, his native state. GEN: Page

William married Sue S Forsythe on 1 Jan 1857. (Sue S Forsythe was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio and died on 10 Aug 1891 in Vancouver Barracks, Wash.)

William next married Mary Maxon Wilson.