Abbott, Joseph C
soldier, lawyer, journalist, United States senator, was born July 15, 1825, in Concord, N. H. He received an academic education; read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was editor and proprietor of the Manchester American for five years, and subsequently editor of the Boston Atlas. He was appointed adjutant general of the state of New Hampshire in 1855, and held the office until 1861, when he resigned. He raised a regiment of infantry in 1861; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier general for gallant services in the capture of Fort Fisher. After leaving the service he removed to North Carolina and entered into business; in 1867 was elected to the state constitutional convention; in 1868 was elected to the state legislature, and in 1868 was elected to the United States senate as a republican. He died Oct. 8, 1882, in Wilmington, N. C.