Barstow moved to Janesville , Wisconsin , where he opened a bank and promoted various railroad construction schemes . He remained in politics following the election scandal , serving as a Wisconsin delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1860 . After the start of the Civil War , however , he joined the Union war effort and under the authority of the War Department in 1861 , he organized the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry regiment at Camp Barstow , near Janesville . He commanded the regiment as a colonel and was appointed Provost Marshal General of Kansas , operating out of Fort Leavenworth . Due to failing health , however , Barstow was reassigned in the summer of 1863 to preside over courts-martial in St. Louis , Missouri , and he never rejoined his regiment . He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on March 13 , 1865 , nine months before his death in Leavenworth , Kansas
Democratic National Conventions in 1860
1860 Democratic National Conventions
William A. Barstow