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Nathan Kimball (November 22, 1822 – January 21, 1898) was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War. He was the first statewide commander of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans organization in Indiana.
- 1846–1847, 1861–1865
Nathan Kimball received his initial education at DePauw University from 1839 to 1841. After graduating, he began to study medicine, and started what would become a very successful practice. During the Mexican-American War, Kimball served as a captain of the 2nd Indiana Volunteers. During the Battle of Buena Vista, the 2nd Indiana fled in ...
Nathan Kimball. Colonel (USA) November 22, 1822 — January 21, 1898. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Kimball again volunteered his services to Indiana and raised a company of infantry. Governor Oliver Morton named him the Colonel of the 1,143-man 14th Indiana Infantry on June 7, 1861.
As he was leaving the battle, Shields ordered Colonel Nathan Kimball, commander of the First Brigade, to take command of the division. Kimball, also a veteran of the Mexican War, thus became the third commanding officer to lead the division in just three weeks. (The original commander, Brig. Gen. Frederick Lander, had died of illness on March 2 ...
Driving Confederate skirmishers before them, Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball’s brigade crossed the canal and reformed under the cover of the west bank, taking heavy losses from the enemy artillery. Kimball’s men then charged and reached the swale 100 yards from the stone wall before being ripped apart by rifle fire from Cobb’s infantry and ...
Attempting to tie down the Union forces in the Valley, under the overall command of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, Jackson received incorrect intelligence that a small detachment under Col. Nathan Kimball was vulnerable, but it was in fact a full infantry division more than twice the size of Jackson's force.
The 14 th Indiana, commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, held Fort Milroy (also known as Cheat Summit Fort) on the side of Cheat Mountain. Three other regiments remained at Camp Elkwater, Reynolds’ headquarters, in the Tygart River Valley. Lee’s plan was for a two-pronged, simultaneous attack on both forts.
