Person:Fletcher Webster (1)

[Note: at the date of posting, this wikipedia article shows the wrong birth date for him, and neither of the sources cited give the birthdate shown. After some digging it appears they misread a centotaph, that is incorrect anyways.]

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Daniel Fletcher Webster (July 25, 1813 – August 30, 1862), was an American diplomat and Union Army officer. The son of renowned politician Daniel Webster and Grace Fletcher Webster, Fletcher graduated from Boston Latin School circa 1829 and from Harvard College in 1833.

During his father's first term as Secretary of State, Fletcher served as Chief Clerk of the United States State Department which, at the time, was the second most powerful office in the State Department. As chief clerk, he delivered the news of President William Henry Harrison's death to the new president, John Tyler.

Fletcher Webster married Caroline S. White on November 11, 1836. They raised two sons, Daniel (April 1840 – 2 September 1865) and Ashburton (7 December 1847 – 7 February 1879), and four daughters but three died in childhood. His third daughter Caroline W. Webster (24 October 1845 – 16 August 1884) married James Geddes Day.

During the Civil War, Webster served as colonel of the 12th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The unit was known in the Army of the Potomac as "The Webster Regiment" in honor of their commander. While reinforcing Union forces attempting to repel Longstreet's counterattack, Webster was mortally wounded on Chinn Ridge in defense of Henry House Hill in the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 30, 1862.

A memorial boulder stands in Manassas National Battlefield Park in Colonel Webster's honor. A memorial to the Webster Regiment stands in Gettysburg National Park. He is also memorialized on the marble PRO PATRIA shield in the lobby of the Boston Latin School.

1. ↑ Passing mention, in Dunn, Jacob Piatt. Memorial and genealogical record of representative citizens of Indiana. (Indianapolis, Indiana: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1912)
   p. 20.

   "The second daughter of Elijah Fletcher was Grace, a most accomplished and attractive person, who became the first wife of the great American statesman and orator,Daniel Webser. Col. Fletcher Webster, who fell at the head of his regiment in the second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862, received at his christening the family name of his mother."

2. ↑ Ramini, Robert Vincent. Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time. (New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 1997)
   p. 110.

   "...his second child, Daniel Fletcher Webster, was born at half past eight o'clock in the morning, on July 23, 1813, approximately ten days after he left Washington. Fletcher, as the family called the boy, was the only child (of an eventual total of five) to survive the father."

3. ↑ Davis, William T. Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Boston: Boston History Company, 1895)
   Vol. 1, p. 380.
4. ↑ "Death of Col. Fletcher Webster", in The New York Times. (New York, New York)
   [1], 2 Sep 1862.
5. ↑ Fletcher, Edward Hatch. Fletcher family history : the descendants of Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass. (Boston: Printed for the author by Rand, Avery & Co., 1881)
   p. 141.

   Children of Daniel Webster and Grace Fletcher [#1787]: 2) Daniel Fletcher Webster, b. Portsmouth 23 Jul 1813, d. 30 Aug 1862, m. Caroline S. White of Boston.