Presidents of the United States of America by Wayne Wheelwright

Author:Wayne Wheelwright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Abraham, Lincoln, Johnson, Ukysses S. Garnt, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, McKinley, President, USA
ISBN: 9781783336395
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2014
Published: 2014-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 14 th, 1822 and died on January 17 th, 1893.

Rutherford B. Hayes was the nineteenth President of the United States and served in office from March 4 th, 1877 - March 4 th, 1881.

Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio. Hayes father was a Vermont storekeeper who moved the Hayes family to Ohio but dies 10 weeks before the birth of Rutherford. Hayes’ mother Sophia took over the raising of the family and brought up Rutherford and his sister Fanny, the only two of the Hayes’ four children to live to adulthood.

Hayes studied Latin and Ancient Greek during his education and was scholastically talented. He graduated Kenyon College in Gambier in 1842 with highest honors and addressed the class as valedictorian. Hayes then went to Harvard Law School where he graduated with an LL. B and went on to be admitted to the Ohio bar in 1845 and opened his own law office in Lower Sandusky.

In 1850 Hayes moved to Cincinnati and opened a law office with a Chillicothe lawyer named John W. Herron. Later Hayes formed a new partnership with William K. Rogers and Richard M. Corwine. It was in Cincinnati where Hates would meet his future wife Lucy Webb, they were engaged in 1851 and married in December of 1852 at the home of Lucy’s mother.

As the Civil War came, Hayes was unsure of the idea of a war to restore the Union and suggested that the Union just let the Confederate States of America go. Hayes was ejected form his post in the city solicitor’s office as the Cincinnati voters turned against the Republican party after the secession. Hayes joined a volunteer company following the news that the Confederates had fired on Fort Sumter.

After a month of training Hayes set out for West Virginia as part of the Kanawha Division. They encountered Confederates at Carnifex Ferry and drove them back leading to Hayes being promoted to lieutenant colonel. Hayes led several successful raids and was called east to join the Army of the Potomac as they headed north to halt Robert E. Lee’s Army of North Virginia’s advance into Maryland. During the Battle of South Mountain, Hayes was shot through the left arm which also fractured his bone. He had one of his men tie a handkerchief around the wound to stop the bleeding before continuing to lead his men in the battle.

Hayes was promoted to colonel and given command of the first brigade of the Kanawha Division in October of 1861 where Hayes saw very little action until 1864 where Hayes division was assigned to George Crook’s Army of West Virginia where they successfully destroyed Confederate salt and lead mines. After his division being assigned to Major General David Hunter’s Army of the Shenandoah in 1864 he was part of the military movement that captured Lexington, Virginia from the Confederates. Hayes troops were surprised and defeated by an attack by Jubal Early and retreated to Maryland to reorganise.

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