HALLONQUIST, James Henry - Lieutenant Colonel

HALLONQUIST, James Henry - Lieutenant Colonel

HALLONQUIST, James Henry - Lieutenant Colonel

Born in South Carolina. Did serve in 4th U.S. Light Artillery before the war. Brevet 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Artillery, 1 July 1858. 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 24 February 1859. Resigned US duty, 1 January 1861.

- Captain - First Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army - 12 April 1861
- Lieutenant - CS Army - 20 April 1861,Pensacola,Florida
- Major - 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion - 6 Dec 1861
- Major - Inspector of Artillery,Army Staff, Army of Mississippi - 1862
- Lt Colonel - Inspector of Artillery,Army Staff,Army of Tennessee - 1863
- Lt Colonel - Chief of Reserve Artillery,Army of Tennessee - 1864
- Lt Colonel - Chief of Reserve Artillery,CSA,Macon,Georgia - 1865

He had several commisions during WBTS, and was noted with honor in many battlereports. At Fort Sumter he was a Captain in First Artillery Battalion, SC with honor ( Fort Moultrie). At Shiloh he was Chief of Artillery (Major) in Ruggles' Div., 2nd Corps, Army of the Miss. At Missionary Ridge he did serve with Major-General Stewart`s Div,Breckinridge`s Corps, Army of Tennessee.( Lieutenant Colonel )

Fort Sumter - 12 April 1861
Pensacola - 20 April 1861 - Inspector & Mustering Officer,Florida
Mobile - 6 Dec 1861 - Battalion Commander,2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion
Shiloh - 6 April 1862
Kentucky Campaign - Fall 1862
Murfreesboro - 31 Dec 1862 - 2 Jan 1863
Tullahoma Campaign - 1863
Chickamauga - 1863
Chattanooga - 1863
Atlanta - 22 July - Sept 1864
Macon - Sept 1864 - Feb 1865

" During the bombardment, I observed specially the behavior of the troops at Fort Moultrie, and at Captains Butler's and Hallonquist's mortar batteries. At all these posts the energy and spirit displayed alike by officers and men could not be surpassed, I believe, by any troops in the world. "
Brig. Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant, in his Battlereport of Fort Sumter
- Commanding, South Carolina Army.

Hallonquist committed sucide in 1884. Rests in in Kaufman County,Texas (place unknown, no deathrecords exist)
The Colonel was born by Swedish immigrants