James Bintliff (November 1, 1824 – March 16, 1901) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Bintliff for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from the final date of the fighting at Petersburg, April 2, 1865.

[4] In 1842, accompanied by a younger brother and sister, he joined his father and mother and four other siblings in New York City.

[6] By 1857 he was identified as a newspaper editor when he became one of the founders of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, in which he had an interest for about two years.

[5] When Bintliff left the state for his Union Army service in the American Civil War, he sold a one-half interest in the Monroe Sentinel to E.E.

[5] On September 1, 1862, James Bintliff was commissioned as a captain in the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army.

[10] Detachments of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, which included Bintliff, were serving on garrison duty at Brentwood, Tennessee when they were attacked by a superior force led by Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

[2] At that time, President Lincoln appointed Bintliff as Commissioner on the Board of Enrollment for the Third Congressional District of Wisconsin.

[2][13] The IX Corps took a prominent part in the storming of Petersburg on April 2, 1865, which resulted in the evacuation of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, and the swift end of the war and dissolution of the Confederacy.

During the Third Battle of Petersburg, on April 2, 1865, Colonel Bintliff, in command of his regiment and two others, was ordered to take a fort of five guns, known as "Reeves' Salient," which he and his men accomplished.

[15] Bintliff's brother Gersham, served as a private in the 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, of which James was colonel.

[16] After he returned from the war, Bintliff sold his one-half interest in the Monroe Sentinel and considered moving to Missouri.

[19] Later in 1878, James Bintliff was a founder of the Darlington Literary Club which was established for the purpose of studying, presenting papers on and conversing about English literature.

[19] Two years later, Monahan had bought the interest of Edward Bintliff and was running the paper as sole proprietor.