American Civil War Joseph Bennett Plummer (November 15, 1816[notes 1] – August 9, 1862) was a career United States Army officer, and rose to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War.

Later, Plummer commanded the 5th Division of Pope's army at New Madrid[1] and the Island Number Ten campaign.

Major Clark had served in the War of 1812 and subsequently worked as an Army paymaster in Washington, D.C., and Utica, New York.

He invited Temple Clark to join his staff in the Army of the Mississippi in the months before his death.

Satterlee Clark Plummer graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1865 and was a career U.S. Army officer like his father.