Major George Hooker Treadwell, U.S.V.Among Albany's numerous population there is no one man more popular or
more widely known among them than George Hooker Treadwell. Generous in
heart, active by nature, and endowed with a spirit to help every public
enterprise, or give a hand of succor to a friend or comrade, Mr. Treadwell
is well in the fore of Albany merchants and in the esteem of the citizens.
In fire department and military matters his name is closely allied. Then,
too, he is a prominent Mason. Being initiated in Temple Lodge, he soon
took all the degrees in Free and Accepted Masonry, and then was received
in the Scottish Rite bodies, holding offices in each of the various orders
he went through; is .also an Odd Fellow, member of Clinton Lodge, No. 7.
During the old volunteer fire department days he served his time in the
fire department, being attached to Tivoli hose and hook-and-ladder truck
No. i. While he liked the life of a fireman, it did not suit his tastes so
well as that of a soldier. His record during the war demonstrated clearly
his peculiar fitness for a military life. In April, 1861, at the age of
twenty-four, Major Treadwell made his advent into the militia by joining
the Washington Continentals, Company B. Then he enlisted in the One
Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment New York State Volunteers (changed to the
Seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Artillery in December, 1862), August
2, 1862, and on the same day was appointed sergeant-major. His martial
appearance, being well proportioned, six feet and half an inch tall and as
straight as an arrow,-together with his quick insight into the
requirements of military life, quickly threw him in the line of promotion,
and on November 1, 1862, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and to
first lieutenant August io following. February 15, 1864, found him a
captain, and on March 13, 1865, he was brevetted major of the United
States Volunteers. Major Treadwell served as aide-de-camp on the staff of
Colonel Morris, commander of the Second Brigade, Haskins's Division, in
the defences of Washington north of the Potomac, from November 1, 1862, to
August, 1863, and as assistant adjutant-general from August, 1863, until
March, 1864, when he was assigned to command of Battery M, Seventh New
York Volunteer Artillery. He was also detailed as inspector of the Fourth
Brigade, First Division, Second Corps, June 4, 1864, and served thereon
until in August following. On reporting from sick leave at Annapolis,
Maryland, Major Treadwell was detailed as assistant provost-marshal, and
subsequently as adjutant at Camp Parole, Maryland, until honorably
discharged January 3, 1865. Major Treadwell was appointed captain and quartermaster of the Ninth Brigade, Third Division, National Guard, State of New York, May 9, 1867; major and inspector of the same brigade on June 10 following, and served until November, 1871, under the command of Brigadier-General D. M. Woodhall.
Major Treadwell is a native of Albany, having been born within its precincts on May 10, 1837. He is married. The firm of which he is a member and president and general manager-George C. Treadwell Company-is not only one of the oldest and most reputable of its kind in this country, but is known in Europe as well as in this country. The house was started in Albany in 1832 by George C. Treadwell, father of the subject of our sketch. The firm's business is as furriers, and it conducts a large branch house in New York City and Newark, New Jersey. Source: Officers of the Volunteer Army and Navy who served in the Civil War, published by L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1893, 419 pgs.
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