Major General Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815-1862). New York millionaire who became a high profile officer in the Mexican-American War and Civil War; killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly (1862). ALS, 2pp, 8 x 5 in., dated Paris / 8½ o'clock Wednesday, no year but suspected to be ca 1854. The letter is addressed to My dear Chase, and pertains to the scandal surrounding Kearny's affair with Agnes Maxwell. The two met while Kearny was traveling through Paris in the early 1850s, but he was unable to marry Maxwell because his first wife would not grant him a divorce and Maxwell was engaged to a New York man. Eventually, Kearny and Maxwell moved to Bellegrove, New Jersey to escape the disapproval of New York society, and by 1858, Kearny's wife finally granted him a divorce. The two then moved to Paris where they were married. An unbelievable ALS in which Kearny references the sensational scandal over his affair with Maxwell. Kearny writes to Chase: ...it came with no remarks from Catherine Anderson, a former mistress whom I suspect of having some old (stolen) letters of Miss M - - -. There is some fearful mystery at the bottom of this. ?Kearny continues, How plainly it shows that the first publication having been stopped. The wise-puller determined that the excitement should be kept up...I now fear but it will be copied by Salignan's (French Magazine)...How can that be guarded against...can you do anything / saying, that indictments have been ordered out at home / only be guarded...Do that which is most discreet & let me know. Kearny began his military career under his uncle's command, serving most of the antebellum years in the West. He spent part of 1839-40 in Europe and North Africa, studying at the Royal cavalry school and serving as honorary aide-de-camp to the Duke of Orleans, part of the time attached to the First Chasseurs d'Afrique. He returned to the West, resigned his commission in 1846, but when the Mexican War erupted, he was reinstated. He distinguished himself at Contreras and Churubusco, sustaining a gunshot at the latter battle that cost him his left arm. He spent the remainder of the war on recruiting service in New York. Kearny went back to France a decade later, winning the cross of the Legion Honor for his gallantry with the 1st Chasseurs. When the Civil War erupted, he found himself without a command, so he formed the 1st New Jersey volunteer brigade. He eventually was given a commission by Lincoln and was assigned to Franklin's division in the Army of the Potomac. It was at the Battle of Chantilly where Kearny was shot in the back while trying to flee, the bullet severing his spine, killing him instantly.
Major General Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815-1862). New York millionaire who became a high profile officer in the Mexican-American War and Civil War; killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly (1862). ALS, 2pp, 8 x 5 in., dated Paris / 8½ o'clock Wednesday, no year but suspected to be ca 1854. The letter is addressed to My dear Chase, and pertains to the scandal surrounding Kearny's affair with Agnes Maxwell. The two met while Kearny was traveling through Paris in the early 1850s, but he was unable to marry Maxwell because his first wife would not grant him a divorce and Maxwell was engaged to a New York man. Eventually, Kearny and Maxwell moved to Bellegrove, New Jersey to escape the disapproval of New York society, and by 1858, Kearny's wife finally granted him a divorce. The two then moved to Paris where they were married. An unbelievable ALS in which Kearny references the sensational scandal over his affair with Maxwell. Kearny writes to Chase: ...it came with no remarks from Catherine Anderson, a former mistress whom I suspect of having some old (stolen) letters of Miss M - - -. There is some fearful mystery at the bottom of this. ?Kearny continues, How plainly it shows that the first publication having been stopped. The wise-puller determined that the excitement should be kept up...I now fear but it will be copied by Salignan's (French Magazine)...How can that be guarded against...can you do anything / saying, that indictments have been ordered out at home / only be guarded...Do that which is most discreet & let me know. Kearny began his military career under his uncle's command, serving most of the antebellum years in the West. He spent part of 1839-40 in Europe and North Africa, studying at the Royal cavalry school and serving as honorary aide-de-camp to the Duke of Orleans, part of the time attached to the First Chasseurs d'Afrique. He returned to the West, resigned his commission in 1846, but when the Mexican War erupted, he was reinstated. He distinguished himself at Contreras and Churubusco, sustaining a gunshot at the latter battle that cost him his left arm. He spent the remainder of the war on recruiting service in New York. Kearny went back to France a decade later, winning the cross of the Legion Honor for his gallantry with the 1st Chasseurs. When the Civil War erupted, he found himself without a command, so he formed the 1st New Jersey volunteer brigade. He eventually was given a commission by Lincoln and was assigned to Franklin's division in the Army of the Potomac. It was at the Battle of Chantilly where Kearny was shot in the back while trying to flee, the bullet severing his spine, killing him instantly.
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