Lucius Fairchild
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Lucius Fairchild was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and represented the United States as Minister to Spain under presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield. He served as a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War and lost an arm at Gettysburg.
Fairchild c. 1864, after promotion to brigadier general and the amputation of his arm
General Lucius Fairchild, John Singer Sargent, 1887
Fairchild's grave at Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and was one of the first U.S. National Cemeteries established in Wisconsin.
Soldiers Lot in Forest Hill Cemetery
Architectural historian Gary Tipler traverses a panther effigy mound in Forest Hill Cemetery, 2008