Joseph B. Campbell

Joseph Boyd Campbell (1833 or 1836 – 28 August 1891), son of Henry Roe Campbell and Sidney Boyd, was an officer in the United States Army who served as the seventh commander of the Department of Alaska, from August 17, 1874, to June 14, 1876.

Boyd graduated from West Point in June 1861 and was commissioned as a 1st lieutenant.

After being wounded in the Battle of Antietam, he served as aide-de-camp to William F. Barry from 1862 until 1864.

[1] Boyd was sent on sick leave in May 1891 and died in Montreal a few months later.

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