14 Facts About Mansfield Lovell

Mansfield Lovell was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Mansfield Lovell's father was Joseph Lovell, the eighth Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Mansfield Lovell's great grandfather, James Lovell, was an active member of the Whig organization in Boston before the American Revolution, and was a member of the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1782.

Mansfield Lovell was one of the prime movers in the scheme to supplant General George Washington as commander-in-chief by General Horatio Gates and an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.

Mansfield Lovell graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US artillery.

Mansfield Lovell then moved to New York City, where he engaged in business and served as deputy street commissioner.

Mansfield Lovell was appointed as a major general on October 7,1861, to replace Maj.

General Mansfield Lovell was roundly criticized for his failure to prevent the fall of the city even though he did not have sufficient men or materiel to repulse the Union forces.

Historian Peter Cozzens stated that if Mansfield Lovell had been more aggressive on the first day of battle, the Confederates might have won the battle.

Mansfield Lovell was later relieved of command as a consequence of his poor performance at New Orleans.

Mansfield Lovell farmed a rice plantation near Savannah, Georgia, immediately after the war, but a tidal wave destroyed his first crop, forcing him to return with his family to New York City.

Mansfield Lovell resumed his career as a civil engineer and surveyor.

Mansfield Lovell worked under the supervision of former Union general John Newton on a project to clear obstructions from the East River at Hell Gate.

Mansfield Lovell died in New York City and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.