George Maney

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Brigadier-General
George Maney
George Maney.jpg
George Maney
Born August 24, 1826
Franklin, Tennessee
Died February 9, 1901 (aged 74)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
Allegiance United States of America
Confederate States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Confederate States Army
Years of service 1846 1848 (USA)
1861 1865 (CSA)
Rank Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg First Lieutenant (USA)
Confederate States of America General.png Brigadier General (CSA)
Unit 1st Tennessee Volunteers
3rd U.S. Dragoons
11th Tennessee Infantry
Commands held 1st Tennessee Infantry
Maney's Bde, Army of Mississippi
Cheatham's Div, Hardee's Corps
Battles/wars
Mexican-American War
American Civil War
Battle of Cheat Mountain
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stones River
Battle of Chickamauga
Chattanooga Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Carolinas Campaign
Other work Railroad executive, political adviser, U.S. Minister to Colombia
, U.S. Minister Resident/Consul General to Bolivia, U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay a
nd Paraguay.
George Earl Maney (August 24, 1826 February 9, 1901) was an American soldier, po
litician, railroad executive and diplomat. He was a general in the Confederate S
tates Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S. ambassador to Col
ombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Contents [hide]
1 Early life and education
2 Military and law
3 Marriage and family
4 Civil War
5 Postbellum career
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Early life and education[edit]
George Maney was born in Franklin, Tennessee, to Judge Thomas Maney and his wife
. His father was a prominent newspaper editor and circuit judge. Young Maney att
ended the Nashville Seminary before graduating from the University of Nashville
in 1845 at the age of 19.
Military and law[edit]
Maney served as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Regiment duri
ng the Mexican-American War (1846 1848). When his three-months term of enlistment
expired, he enrolled in the United States Army and served as a First Lieutenant
in the 3rd U.S. Dragoons, which participated in General Winfield Scott's march t
o Mexico City.[1]
When hostilities ceased, Maney returned home. He studied law, passed his bar exa
m in 1850, and established a law practice in Franklin. It became quite successfu
l. Maney subsequently entered politics and was elected to the Tennessee State Le
gislature.[2]
Marriage and family[edit]
Maney married Elizabeth T. "Betty" Crutcher of Nashville in 1853; they raised a
family of five children.
Civil War[edit]
Following the secession of Tennessee and the beginning of the American Civil War
, Maney joined the Rock City Guards, a Nashville militia.[3] He subsequently enl
isted in the Confederate States Army as a Captain in the 11th Tennessee Voluntee
r Infantry. On May 6, 1861, he was promoted to colonel of the 1st Tennessee. He
served in western Virginia, first under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Cheat Mou
ntain and later under Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Bath and Romney.[4]
Maney asked for a reassignment to his native Tennessee, which was threatened by
Union forces. As an officer in the Army of Tennessee, Maney participated in the
Battle of Shiloh and was promoted on April 16, 1862, to brigadier general. He le
d his brigade in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, and Murfreesboro. In No
vember 1863, he was wounded severely in his arm during the Chattanooga Campaign.
He was on medical leave for much of the rest of the year.
In 1864, Maney commanded a division in William J. Hardee's corps during the Atla
nta Campaign. He was captured in August and later released, but he did not retur
n to active field duty because of problems with his wounded arm. Hardee recommen
ded that Maney be promoted to major general, but the request was not fulfilled.
Maney surrendered following the Carolinas Campaign and was paroled on May 1, 186
5, at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Postbellum career[edit]
After the war, Maney returned to his Tennessee home. He became president of the
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad in 1868, serving in that executive post for nine
years. Unlike many of his former Confederate compatriots, he became an active Re
publican. He was elected to the state senate. During the carpetbagger era, Maney
held considerable influence over the Governor of Tennessee, Dewitt Clinton Sent
er. Maney helped restore the government to former Confederates once their civil
rights were restored.
Maney became active in a number of reconciliation efforts during Reconstruction,
working to improve relations between the former enemies. In early 1876, he was
a candidate for governor, but withdrew his name from the ballot. In December of
that year, his daughter Frances married a former Union officer in the 15th Massa
chusetts.
During the presidential administrations of James A. Garfield, Chester Arthur, an
d Benjamin Harrison, Maney was appointed as ambassador to various countries in S
outh America. He was the U.S. minister to Colombia (1881 1882), and then was the M
inister Resident/Consul General to Bolivia from November 4, 1882, until June 1,
1883. He returned home and was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions
of 1884 and 1888. He spent four years (1890 1894) as the U.S. ambassador to Urugu
ay and Paraguay.
General George Maney died in Washington, D.C., from a cerebral hemorrhage.[5] He
is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
See also[edit]
American Civil War portal
Biography portal
List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ S. Warner, pp. 130-135.
Jump up ^ Winborne, pp. 111-12.
Jump up ^ Warner, Seth (Summer 2006). "George Earl Maney: Soldier, Railroader, a
nd Diplomat". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 65 (2): 130 147. JSTOR 42627947. (re
gistration required (help)).
Jump up ^ E. Warner, p. 210.
Jump up ^ Welsh, p. 153.
References[edit]
Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanfor
d University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. I
SBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rou
ge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
Warner, Seth, "George Earl Maney: Soldier, Railroader, and Diplomat," Tennessee
Historical Quarterly, Vol. LXV (2006), 130-147.
Welsh, Jack D., Medical Histories of Confederate Generals. Kent, Ohio: Kent Stat
e University, 1995. ISBN 0-87338-649-3.
Winborne, Benjamin Brodie, The Colonial and State Political History of Hereford
County, N.C., Murfreesboro, North Carolina: Edwards & Broughton, 1906.
Further reading[edit]
Hewitt, Lawrence L. (edited by William C. Davis), "George Earl Maney," The Confe
derate General, Vol. 4. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1991.
Sanders, Stuart W., "Maney's Confederate Brigage at the Battle of Perryville", T
he History Press, Charleston, SC, 2014
External links[edit]
Photo gallery of Maney at the Wayback Machine (archived February 8, 2008)
American National Biography
"George Maney". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Ernest Dichman United States Minister Resident, Colombia
September 21, 1881 July 19, 1882 Succeeded by
William L. Scruggs
Preceded by
Charles Adams United States Minister Resident, Bolivia
November 4, 1882 June 1, 1883 Succeeded by
Richard Gibbs (diplomat)
Preceded by
John E. Bacon United States Minister Resident, Paraguay
May 19, 1890 June 30, 1894 Succeeded by
Granville Stuart
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United States Ambassadors to Uruguay Uruguay
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WorldCat Identities VIAF: 108036750
Categories: 1826 births1901 deathsPeople from Franklin, TennesseeConfederate Sta
tes Army generalsPeople of Tennessee in the American Civil WarAmerican military
personnel of the Mexican American War19th-century American railroad executivesAmba
ssadors of the United States to BoliviaAmbassadors of the United States to Colom
biaAmbassadors of the United States to ParaguayTennessee RepublicansMembers of t
he Tennessee General AssemblyTennessee State SenatorsAmbassadors of the United S
tates to Uruguay19th-century American diplomats
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