Verplanck Van Antwerp

Verplanck S. Van Antwerp (8 June 1807 – 2 December 1875) was a Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War and served as U.S. Land Office Receiver and Secretary to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Biography Van Antwerp was born 8 June 1807 in Coeymans, New York. In the 1830s and 1840s, he was a United States General Land Office Receiver and Secretary to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in Keokuk, Iowa. During the civil war, he served as a Major and aide-de-camp to Major General James G. Blunt from 29 January to 21 March 1862 and was aide-de-camp to John C. Frémont from 19 April 1862. He became assistant inspector-general of the Department of Kansas in May 1862 and became inspector-general of the Army of the Frontier in December. He was promoted to the brevet rank of brigadier-general on 13 February 1865 and mustered out of the army on 1 July 1866. On 28 July he re-enlisted as a captain and military storekeeper. He is buried in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard in Upper Marlborough.

Family

Van Antwerp married Jane Maria Yates (1815–1870), daughter of John Van Ness Yates, of Albany, and granddaughter of Robert Yates. They had 4 children: Catharine Van Antwerp, born c. March 1831, died c. 1863 Caroline Van Antwerp, born 16 January 1843, died 15 Jan 1925 Yates Van Antwerp, born c. 1847 Jesse F Van Antwerp, born c. January 1850