Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (November 23, 1809 – April 24, 1891) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

After the start of the Civil War, he was commissioned as colonel of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment on July 22, 1861.

He met wife Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve, at Fort Winnebago, while both her father and Horatio were stationed there.

[1] Van Cleve served under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas at Mill Springs, and was later promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on March 21, 1862, in recognition for his services at that battle.

[2] Van Cleve died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 24, 1891,[3] and is buried there in Lakewood Cemetery.