Schuyler Hamilton

Schuyler Hamilton (July 22, 1822 - March 18, 1903) was an American soldier, a grandson of Alexander Hamilton.

Life
He was born in New York City, the son of John Church Hamilton (1792–1882). He graduated from West Point in 1841, served with great gallantry in the Mexican War, and was brevetted first lieutenant in 1846 and captain in 1847. From the latter year until 1854 he was aide-de-camp to Gen. Winfield Scott. He then resigned from the army, but upon the outbreak of the Civil War volunteered as a private in the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard. He was rapidly promoted, becoming a colonel in April 1861, a brigadier general of volunteers in November 1861, and a major general of volunteers in September 1862. He was actively engaged in the operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10, in the Mississippi River, and in the campaigns in Tennessee and Mississippi. He played a role in the Second Battle of Corinth in which he led a division of the Army of the Mississippi. His command was on the Union right flank on the second day of the battle, October 4, 1862. Sickness compelled him to resign in 1863. He was hydrographic engineer, in the Department of Docks, New York City in 1871-73, and superintendent of yards in 1873-75, and subsequently, owing to ill health, lived in retirement. He wrote A History of our National Flag (1852).

Assemblyman Robert Ray Hamilton (1851–1890) was his son. He was also brother-in-law of Henry Wager Halleck (and after his death, of George Washington Cullum) through his sister Elizabeth Hamilton.