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 McINTIRE

Mcintosh

McINTIRE, Rufus, representative, was born in York, Maine, Dec. 19, 1784. He taught school ; attended the South Berwick academy ; was graduated from Dartmouth in 1809, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1812. He was a captain in the Massachusetts militia, served on the frontier throughout the war of 1812, and in 1815 returned to the practice of his profession in York, Maine. He was a delegate to the Brunswick convention ; a representative in the state legislature at its first assembly ; county attorney, and a represent- ative from Maine in the 20th-23d congresses, 1827-35. He was appointed a boundary commis- sioner in 1826 ; served as land agent, 1839-41, and was U.S. marshal for Maine and surveyor of the port of Portsmouth for four years. He was an overseer of Bowdoin college, 1821-60. He died in Parsonsfield, Maine, April 28, 1866.

McINTOSH, James McKay, naval officer, was born in Mcintosh county, Ga., in 1792; son of Lachlan and (Stuart) Mcintosh ; grand- son of Col. William and Mary (MacKay) Mcin- tosh, and great-grandson of John Mohr and Mar- jory (Fraser) Mcintosh. He was appointed mid- shipman in the U.S. navy, Sept. 1, 1811, and served through the war of 1812, participating in the engagement between the Enterprise and the Boxer in December, 1813. He was promoted lieutenant, April 1, 1818 ; was attached to the ex- pedition to the West Indies against pirates in 1820, and was captured by Lafitte, and only es- caped being burned at the stake by the interven- tion of the pirates themselves when he refused to carry an order of the pirate chieftain to his com- mander. He was promoted commander, Feb. 28, 1838 ; captain, Sept. 5, 1849 ; commanded the U.S. frigate Congress^ of the Brazil squadron, 1851-52, and was transferred to the home squadron as flag officer in 1857. While serving with the home squadron in the Gulf of Mexico he prevented the British fleet from continuing to board and search U.S. vessels, and he received the thanks of con- gress for this service in 1858. He died in War- rington, Fla., Sept. 1, 1860.

McINTOSH, James McQueen, soldier, was born at Tampa, Fla., in 1828 ; son of Col. James Simmons Mcintosh (q. v.). He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy and brevetted 2d lieutenant, 1st infantry, July 1, 1849. He served on frontier duty at Fort Duncan, Texas, and in escorting Col. Albert Sidney Johnston's topographical party, 1849-52 ; was promoted 2d lieutenant in the 8th infantry. May 15, 1851 ; served at Fort Chadbourne, Fort Clark, Fort Bliss and in the escort of the commanding gen- eral of the department of Texas, 1852-55. He was transferred from Fort Bliss to Fort Leaven- worth, Kan., 1855 ; was promoted 1st lieutenant, 1st cavalry, March 5, 1855 ; served in the Sioux ex-

pedition and in quelling the Kansas disturbances, 1855-56, and on recruiting service, 1856-57. He was promoted captain of the 1st cavalry, Jan. 16, 1857 ; participated in the Cheyenne expedi- tion, and in the combat with the Indians at Sol- omon's Fork, July 29, 1857. He was sta- tioned at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1858, and ordered to Fort Ar- buckle, Ind. Ty., to which he marched by the way of Fort Kearny, Neb. He was ordered to Fort Cobb, Ind. Ty., in 1859, and participated in the Kiowa and Comanche expeditions in 1860. He was in garrison at Fort Jefferson, Mo., in 1860 ; on

frontier duty at Fort Smith, Ark., 1860-61, and 'on leave of absence in 1861. He resigned from the U.S. army. May 7, 1861, and joined the Confederate forces in Missouri as colonel of the 2d Arkansas mounted riflemen and was attached to McCuUoch's brigade at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Aug. 10, 1861. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general and commanded the cavalry brigade of McCulloch's division, made up of Arkansas and Texas troops, in the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862, and he fell with the commander of his division while leading in the assault on Osterhaus's division, supported by two batteries. He died on the battle-field of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern), March 7, 1862.

McINTOSH, James Simmons, soldier, was born in Liberty county, Ga., June 19, 1787 ; son of Gen. John (q. v.) and Sarah (Swinton) Mc- intosh. He was appointed from Georgia 2d lieu- tenant in a rifle regiment Nov. 13, 1812 ; was pro- moted 1st lieutenant, Dec. 21, 1813, and served in the Creek war, being seriously wounded at Black Rock in 1814. His regiment was disbanded June 15, 1815, and he was reinstated in the U.S. army Dec. 2, 1815. He was promoted captain March 8, 1817 ; was transferred to the ordnance depart- ment, Sept. 11, 1818, and to the 4th infantry June 1, 1821. He was promoted major and trans- ferred to the 7th infantry, Sept. 21, 1836, and lieutenant-colonel, and transferred to the 5th in- fantry, July 1, 1839. In the Mexican war he was in the battle of Palo Alto ; was severely wounded at Resaca de la Palma ; commanded a brigade in the valley of Mexico, and was mortally wounded at the attack on Molino del Rey while leading his men. He was brevetted major March 8. 1827, for ten years' faithful service in one grade, and