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James Bintliff (November 1, 1824 – March 16, 1901) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He briefly commanded brigades for three weeks near the end of 1864 and during most of the crucial month of April 1865. In 1866, he was nominated for appointment as and confirmed as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry during the Third Battle of Petersburg on the final day of the Siege of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Bintliff for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from the final date of the fighting at Petersburg, April 2, 1865. The United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. In civilian life, Bintliff was one of the founders of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was editor, publisher and proprietor of three newspapers, one before the Civil War and two after the war. He was a Wisconsin state government official for fourteen years from 1876 to 1891. ==Early life== Bintliff was born on November 1, 1824 in Salterhebble, West Yorkshire〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 131〕〔(Genealogy.com website )〕 to (Gershom ) and (Maria Hanson ) Bintliff.〔Butterfield, Consul Willshire. ('History of La Fayette County, Wisconsin' ). Chicago, Western Historical Society, 1881. . Retrieved February 21, 2012. p. 713.〕 James was the third of nine children and the oldest son. In 1839 at the age of 15, he was employed as a lawyer's clerk in Halifax, West Yorkshire and later as a book-keeper for the Halifax and Wakefield Canal Company.〔 In 1842, accompanied by a younger brother and sister, he joined his father and mother and four other siblings in New York City.〔 His parents had moved to New York a year earlier.〔 According to an early biographical sketch, he "engaged in a woollen factory in New York State."〔Tuttle, Charles Richard. ('An illustrated history of the state of Wisconsin: being a complete civil, political and military history of the state' ). Madison, Wis.: B. B. Russell & Co., 1875. . Retrieved February 21, 2012.〕 In 1847, he married Harriet Snook, the daughter of James Snook of Somerset, England, at Skaneateles, New York.〔Butterfield, 1881, p. 714.〕〔A 1909 directory of "about twenty-four thousand names of the most prominent householders of Chicago and suburbs within a radius of thirty miles, published in the most convenient form for the reference of our lady patrons" lists a Mrs. Harriet Bintliff as living in the neighborhood where James Bintliff died. Nothing more about Bintliff's wife, or the Harriet Bintliff in the directory whether or not she was his wife, has been found for this article. ('The Chicago blue book of selected names of Chicago and suburban towns …for the year ending 1910.' ) Chicago: Chicago Directory Company, 1909. pp. 17, 792. . Retrieved February 21, 2012.〕 James and Harriet Bintliff had four children, Edward Hawkins Bintliff, born November 15, 1849, Ida M. Bintliff, born 1855, James Wilkins Bintliff, born about 1858, and Helen Bintliff, born 1861. The birth years indicate that Edward was born in New York State and the other three children were born in Green County, Wisconsin.〔(genealogy.com website Harriet Bintliff (Nee Snook )〕 Bintliff was in business with his father until 1851.〔 In 1851, Bintliff moved to Green County, Wisconsin where he engaged in farming.〔 An abolitionist, Bintliff helped to found the Republican Party. After two years, he moved to Monroe, Wisconsin where he was a bookkeeper and cashier in a bank.〔 In 1856, he was elected Register of Deeds of Green County and served for two years.〔 By 1857 he was identified as a newspaper editor when he became one of the founders of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, in which he had an interest for about two years.〔Williamson, Harold Francis and Orange A. Smalley. ('Northwestern Mutual Life: a century of trusteeship.' ) Milwaukee, Wis: Executive Committee of the Company, 1908. Reprint 1976, Arno Press. ISBN 0-405-08062-X. Retrieved February 21, 2012. p. 334.〕 In 1859, Bintliff was admitted to the bar of Green County.〔 Bintliff purchased a one-half interest in the ''Monroe Sentinel'' in 1860 and the other half in 1861.〔 When Bintliff left the state for his Union Army service in the American Civil War, he sold a one-half interest in the ''Monroe Sentinel'' to E.E. Carr, who edited the paper for the duration of Bintliff's absence for war service.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Bintliff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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