Corse, John Murray
soldier, was born April 27, 1835, in Pittsburg, Pa. He attended West Point and served through the civil war. He was colonel of the sixth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry, and distinguished himself at Chickamauga. In 1863 he was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers. In 1864 he defended Altoona with success against a superior force of confederates, and commanded a division of Sherman's army in its march to Georgia and the Carolinas. In 1864 he received the brevet of major-general. In 1867-69 he was collector of internal revenue in Chicago, Ill.; and subsequently built several hundred miles of railroad in the neighborhood of Chicago. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster of Boston, Mass. He died April 27, 1893.