 1822 - 1897 (74 years)
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| Name |
Darius Nash COUCH [1] |
| Title |
MajGen. |
| Born |
23 Jul 1822 |
Southeast, Putnam Co, NY  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
12 Feb 1897 |
Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT |
| Buried |
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol Co, MA |
| Person ID |
I3189 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2013 |
| Family |
Mary Caroline CROCKER, b. 16 Mar 1826, Taunton, Bristol Co, MA , d. 29 Dec 1912, Taunton, Bristol Co, MA (Age 86 years) |
| Married |
31 Aug 1854 |
Taunton, Plymouth Co, MA |
| Notes |
| Information about Darius Nash Couch having a son named Robert apparently came from a mis-copying of a transcription of Appletons Cyclopædia of American Biographies, pages 753-754 (James Grant Wilson & John Fiske, 1887). The information about a son named Robert Jackson on those pages actually refers to Robert Jackson Coudin (Cowdin), whose son Robert did exist and died at the Battle of Cold Harbor. By all verifiable accounts and modern day testimony of his direct descendants, Darius never had a son named Robert. |  |
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| Documents |
 | 1880-CT Census, Norwalk, District 145, Fairfield Co, CT
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Maj. Gen. Darius Nash Couch & Mary Crocker with children |
| Family ID |
F21418 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Major General Darius Nash Couch, Union Army
Library of Congress: LC_DIG-cwpb-04655 |
 | Brigadier General Darius Nash Couch
Library of Congress: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03196 (cleaned up derivative) |
 | General Darius Nash Couch - Portrait
Woodcut Print by Unknown Artist circa 1896
Public Domain |
 | Gen. Darius Nash Couch, standing
Library of Congress: LC-DIG-cwpbh-01164 |
 | General Darius Nash Couch
Warrenton, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Generals, Ambrose E. Burnside, Winfield S. Hancock, Darius N. Couch, Edward Ferrero, Marsena R. Patrick, Orlando B. Willcox, John Cochrane, John Buford and others
Library of Congress: LC-DIG-cwpb-04384 |
| Histories
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 | THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Vol. I
From the settlement of the town in 1639 to 1818
by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck - New York, 1889
www.archive.org |
 | Marker at Fort Couch Memorializing Maj. Gen. Darius Nash Couch
Photo by Bill Pfingsten, January 24, 2006
HMdb.org |
 | Marker at Fort Couch - Rear View
Photo by Bill Pfingsten, January 24, 2006
HMdb.org |
 | Darius Nash Couch - Post War Political Poster 1866 "The Tearful Convention"
Political cartoon poster by Thomas Nast, mocking the National Union Convention of August 1866, showing Gen. Darius Couch of Massachusetts with Gov. James Orr of South Carolina; below, President Andrew Johnson cries as he reads about the convention.
Library of Congress: LC-USZ62-135802 |
 | "Headquarters and afterwards center of our line of battle" drawing by Alfred R. Waud 1863, re Darius Nash Couch
Library of Congress: LC-DIG-ppmsca-20882 |
 | Couch's Corps, Chancellorsville by Alfred R. Waud 1863
Couch's Corps forming line of battle in the fields at Chancellorsville to cover the retreat of the Eleventh Corps disgracefully running away
Library of Congress: LC-DIG-ppmsca-22527 |
 | Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus Couchii
Discovered by Darius Nash Couch
Public Domain |
 | Couch's Spadefoot Toad - Scaphiopus Couchii
Discovered by Darius Nash Couch
Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons License |
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| Notes |
 Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863", by Scott Leroy Mingus, Sr. – Much detail is given regarding defenses against Confederate incursions toward the Susquehanna River and Gettysburg, including information on the plans and actions of Maj. Gen. Darius Nash Couch.
[2]- Original Letter July 8, 1882 from Darius to Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Franklin with Darius' signature is for sale at HistoryForSale.com image: 177241.jpg (as of July 28, 2010)
- Discovered two species: Couch's Kingbird & Couch's Spadefoot Toad.
- Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.
Note:
(Source)
This is for all of you who are wondering if you are related to Darius Nash Couch.
Darius was b NY 1822 to Jonathan Couch and Betsey (Hall) Penney.
Jonathan was b CT 1777 to Thomas III and Sarah Nash.
Thomas III was b CT 1751 to Thomas II and Elizabeth Jesup.
Thomas II was b CT 1725 to Thomas I and Sarah (Allen) Keeler.
Thomas I was b CT 1695 to Simon II and Abigail Sturges.
Simon II was b CT ? to Simon I and Mary Andrews.
Darius and Mary Caroline had 2 children:
1. Leonard Crocker Couch b 1856.
2. Alice Leavenworth Couch b 1858
Last I heard, a woman in CT was writing a book on Darius Couch. She gave me some of this information.
Eleanor ( Date: October 07, 2000 - http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Darius::couch::1330.html )
Couch, Darius Nash , Major General, USA
1822-1897
Massachusetts
Before Antietam:
Pre-War Profession: Graduated USMA 1846 (13th of 59) with Army service in the Mexican and Seminole wars. Noted naturalist and later manufacturer. In June 1861 made Col. of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment. In May 1861 appointed BGen and commanded 1st Division of the IV Corps in Peninsula and Seven Days campaigns. Promoted to MGen in July 62.
In Antietam campaign:
In command of the 1st Division/ Fourth (IV) Corps, but was on something of a wild goose chase toward and back from Harpers Ferry all day on September 17th. His division was not engaged at Antietam.
After Antietam:
He commanded Second (II) Corps at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and then applied for relief of duty. He commanded Pennsylvania militia in the Gettysburg campaign, and led the 2nd Division/XXIII Corps during the Nashville and Carolinas campaigns.
After the War:
Post War Career: Politician.
Lt. Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) was on a leave of absence in 1853-54 to collect birds in Mexico for the Smithsonian when he found the oriole. It was later learned the bird had actually been discovered 17 years earlier by Bonaparte, however, the common name was retained. Couch did find a new toad and a kingbird which Spencer Baird named in his honor. Couch later distinguished himself in the Civil War, rising to the rank of General.
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| Sources |
- [S18818] The History of Fairfield, CT v.1 1700-1800, 373.
- [S18905] Flames Beyond Gettysburg, Scott L. Mingus, Sr., (Savas Beatie LLC, New York, NY), ISBN 978-1-611210-72-9.
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