Felix A. Reeve Explained
Felix Alexander Reeve (September 4, 1836 – November 15, 1920) was a Tennessee Unionist who fought for the North in the American Civil War. An attorney, after the war he also served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.
Biography
Felix Alexander Reeve was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, on September 4, 1836. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and started to practice in 1861.[1]
During the Civil War Reeve remained loyal to the Union and raised the 8th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, which organized at Camp Dick Robinson and Camp Nelson in Kentucky from November 1862 to August 1863. He commanded with the rank of colonel. Reeve fought in several actions in Tennessee and Georgia before resigning his commission in 1864[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
After the war Reeve practiced law, first in Cocke County and later in Knoxville.[7]
In 1880 Reeve moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the United States Department of the Treasury. He served in several positions, and for most of his government career was Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury.[8]
From 1893 to 1897 Reeve served as Solicitor of the Treasury.[9] [10]
After serving as Solicitor, Reeve returned to the position of Assistant Solicitor.[11]
In 1908 Reeve played a role in the campaign for President when a 1906 letter from Grover Cleveland to Reeve, in which Cleveland disparaged Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan, was made public.[12] [13]
Reeve died in Washington, D.C., on November 15, 1920.[14] [15] He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 3, Site 1716.[16]
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=0fYLAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22reeve%2C+felix+alexander%22+tennessee&pg=PA595 Who's Who in America
- https://books.google.com/books?id=0U0uAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22felix+a+reeve%22+tennessee&pg=PA372 Record of the Thirty-fifth Annual Reunion
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ESkSAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22felix+a+reeve%22+solicitor+of+the+treasury&pg=PA242 Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
- https://books.google.com/books?id=g8xYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22felix+a+reeve%22+tennessee&pg=PA368 East Tennessee and the Civil War
- Tennesseans in the Civil War; A Military History of Confederate and Union Units With Available Rosters of Personnel, by Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, Part 1, 1864, page 392
- https://books.google.com/books?id=b-BBAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22felix+a+reeve%22+tennessee&pg=PA294 The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee
- https://books.google.com/books?id=vjRMAQAAIAAJ&q=District+of+Columbia:+Concise+Biographies+of+its+Prominent+and+Contemporary+Citizens%5D,+by+Henry+Brown+Floyd+Macfarland District of Columbia: Concise Biographies of its Prominent and Contemporary Citizens
- http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%20Disk3/Rome%20NY%20%20Roman%20Citizen/Rome%20NY%20Roman%20Citizen%201893%20-%201893%20Grayscale.pdf/Rome%20NY%20Roman%20Citizen%201893%20-%201893%20Grayscale%20-%200203.pdf Newspaper article, Nominations
- https://books.google.com/books?id=T_-yAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22felix+a+reeve%22+solicitor+of+the+treasury+1893+1897&pg=PA48 The Department of Justice: Its History and Functions
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/03/28/109696468.pdf Newspaper article, New Men Put in Office
- https://books.google.com/books?id=5hDZAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22felix+a.+reeve%22+assistant+solicitor+of+the+treasury&pg=PA148 The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Political Register for 1906
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/10/23/104764923.pdf Newspaper article, Bryan Scored by Cleveland
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/10/24/105013633.pdf Cleveland and Bryan: No Doubt About the Late President's Views on His Party's Candidate
- https://books.google.com/books?id=WfIQAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22felix+a+reeve%22+died+1920&pg=RA18-PA32 Official bulletin of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- Newspaper article, Rites for Col. F.A. Reeve, Washington Post, November 17, 1920
- http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator
