, ▁ 1 8 8 5 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Commander ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁Missouri ▁Vol unte er ▁Infantry ▁in ▁the ▁Union ▁Army ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁He ▁was ▁promoted ▁from ▁lieutenant ▁colon el ▁to ▁colon el , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁city ▁aud itor ▁of ▁St . ▁Louis . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁husband ▁of ▁Victoria ▁Wood h ull , ▁the ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁suff rag ist ▁and ▁activ ist ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁run ▁as ▁a ▁candidate ▁for ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Mar riage ▁to ▁Victoria ▁Wood h ull ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁Victoria ▁Cla fl in ▁Wood h ull ▁was ▁b illing ▁herself ▁as ▁a ▁" sp irit ual istic ▁phys ician " ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis , ▁Missouri . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁session ▁with ▁Blood , ▁she ▁predicted ▁their ▁marriage ▁and ▁he ▁prompt ly ▁proposed ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁married ▁to ▁his ▁first ▁wife , ▁Mary ▁Ann ▁Cla pp ▁Harr ington . ▁Wood h ull ▁was ▁also ▁married ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁once ▁both ▁divor ces ▁were ▁complete , ▁the ▁couple ▁left ▁St . ▁Louis ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁moving ▁through ▁Mid western ▁cities ▁before ▁reaching ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 7 . ▁Wood h ull , ▁in ▁den oun cing ▁the ▁cr us ades ▁that ▁had ▁provided ▁her ▁with ▁national ▁attention , ▁abandoned ▁Blood ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁to ▁try ▁to