UP'TON, EMORY (1839-81). An American soldier, born at Batavia, N. Y. He graduated at West Point in 1861; served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Tyler. and while so doing was wounded in the battle of Bull Run; fought in the Peninsular campaign and in the Maryland campaign; and was commissioned colonel of the 121st New York volunteers on October 23, 1862. Be was engaged in the Battle of Fredericks burg; commanded a brigade of the Sixth Corps at Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, and Mine Run, and in the Wilderness campaign and part of the Richmond campaign. At Spottsylvania in May, 1864, he was wounded while leading the as saulting column of twelve regiments of the Sixth Corps, and as a reward for his gallantry was bre vetted lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-fifth In fantry from 1866. He was wounded at Opequan in the Shenandoah campaign, and for gallant conduct at Winchester was brevetted major general of volunteers. He later commanded the
Fourth Cavalry Division in Gen. J. H. Wilson's operations in Georgia, and for his services in the assault on Selma was brevetted brigadier general in the Regular Army. After the war he served as lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-fifth Infantry from 1886 until 1880, when he became colonel of the Fourth Artillery. He was also en gaged in preparing a system of tactics for the service, and from 1870 until 1875 was commandant of cadets at the Military Academy at West Point. Not long after his promo tion to the rank of colonel his mind became af fected and he committed suicide. His published works include: A New System of Infantry Tac tics (1867; 2d ed. 1874) ; Tactics for Non Military Bodies (1870) ; and The Armies of Asia and Europe (1878). Consult Michie, Life and Letters of Major-General Emory Upton (New York, 1885).