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JAMES LORRAINE GEDDES (1827-1887)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 548 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:LORRAINE See also:GEDDES (1827-1887)  , See also:American soldier and writer, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh, See also:Scotland, on the 19th of See also:March 1827 . In his boyhood he was taken to See also:Canada, but in 1843 he returned to Scotland; then studied at See also:Calcutta in the military See also:academy, entered the See also:army, and after distinguishing himself in the See also:Punjab See also:campaign, returned to Canada, whence in 1857 he removed to See also:Vinton, See also:Iowa . In the American See also:Civil See also:War he served in the Federal army first as See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel and after See also:February 1862 as colonel of See also:volunteers, taking See also:part in the fighting at See also:Shiloh, See also:Vicksburg and See also:Corinth . He was . captured at Shiloh and was imprisoned for a See also:time at See also:Madison, Ga., and in Libby See also:prison, See also:Richmond, Va., and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-See also:general of volunteers . He was See also:principal of the See also:College for the See also:Blind at Vinton after the war, and until his See also:death was connected with the Iowa College of See also:Agriculture at See also:Ames, being military instructor and See also:cashier in 1870-1882, acting See also:president in 1876-1877, librarian in 1877-1878, See also:vice-president and See also:professor of military See also:tactics. in 1880-1882, and treasurer in 1884-1887 . He died at Ames on the 21st of February 1887 .

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James Geddes had a most distinguished military in India and Canada, as well as in the American Civil War as an Iowa soldier. He entered the Civil War as Captain of the 8th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in Sept. 1861 after serving with a local Benton County, Iowa, militia. James Geddes's middle name is actually spelled Loraine and is a name used by many members of the Geddes family, and sometimes also shows up as Lorraine.
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