Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull

1843 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull
  Birth	17 Sep 1843
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I19237	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Maxwell Woodhull,   b. 2 Apr 1813   d. 19 Feb 1863 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Ellen Frances Poor,   b. 14 Jun 1820   d. 9 Sep 1895 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1842
  Family ID	F7816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XLIII. MAXWELL VAN ZANDT WOODHULL, (Brevet Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers), eighth generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the eldest son of Captain Maxwell Woodhull, U. S. N., and Ellen Francis Poor. He was born in Washington, D. C., September 17, 1843, and received his education in the same city, and at Miami University. Page 354 He entered the United States Army with the rank of Captain and Aide de Camp, December 22, 1862, and was promoted to be Major and Assistant Adjutant General, June 30, 1864, to Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General of the 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, February 17, 1865. Brevetted Colonel "for faithful and meritorious services during the campaign," and brevetted Brigadier General for faithful services during the war, March 13, 1865. He also served as Second Secretary of Legation at London, May, 1871, resigned June, 1872. He also served as Head of Division in the Consular Bureau. He is still living and unmarried. (See Genealogy, No. 801.)