Joseph Warren Revere (general)

Joseph Warren Revere
Born(1812-05-17)May 17, 1812
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedApril 20, 1880(1880-04-20) (aged 67)
Hoboken, New Jersey, US
Place of burial
Holy Rood Catholic Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey
AllegianceUnited States of America
Mexico
Service / branchUnited States Navy
Mexican Army
United States Army
Union Army
Years of service1828–1850 (US Navy)
1850–1852 (Mexican Army)
1861–1863 (US Army)
Rank Lieutenant (USN)
Colonel (Mexico)
Brigadier General (USV)
Brevet Major General (USV)
UnitUSS Constitution
Commands7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
Excelsior Brigade
Battles / warsSecond Seminole War
Mexican–American War
Indian Rebellion of 1857[Notes 1]
Second Italian War of Independence[Notes 2]
American Civil War
AwardsOrder of Isabella the Catholic
Children
  • John Revere (November 26, 1844 - March 26, 1849)
  • Frances Jane Revere (March 26, 1849 - September 25, 1859)
  • Thomas Duncan Revere (November 22, 1853 - September 18, 1856)
  • Paul Revere (September 28, 1856 - 1901)
  • Augustus Lefebvre Revere (August 8, 1861 - 1910)
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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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