Civil War Union Army Officer. He was mustered in as a Private in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry on May 2, 1861, and served until he was mustered out on August 2, 1861.
On September 23, 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, and was assigned to the staff of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside. He was promoted to Captain on March 11, 1863, served through the end of the war, and resigned his commission on July 3, 1865.
He was brevetted Major, US Volunteers on August 1, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in East Tennessee and at the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee" and Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services at Fort Steedman and in the assault before Fort Sedgwick, Virginia".
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Rebecca Groesbeck 26 Jan 1871
On September 23, 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, and was assigned to the staff of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside. He was promoted to Captain on March 11, 1863, served through the end of the war, and resigned his commission on July 3, 1865.
He was brevetted Major, US Volunteers on August 1, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in East Tennessee and at the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee" and Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services at Fort Steedman and in the assault before Fort Sedgwick, Virginia".
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Rebecca Groesbeck 26 Jan 1871
Civil War Union Army Officer. He was mustered in as a Private in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry on May 2, 1861, and served until he was mustered out on August 2, 1861.
On September 23, 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, and was assigned to the staff of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside. He was promoted to Captain on March 11, 1863, served through the end of the war, and resigned his commission on July 3, 1865.
He was brevetted Major, US Volunteers on August 1, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in East Tennessee and at the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee" and Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services at Fort Steedman and in the assault before Fort Sedgwick, Virginia".
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Rebecca Groesbeck 26 Jan 1871
On September 23, 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, and was assigned to the staff of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside. He was promoted to Captain on March 11, 1863, served through the end of the war, and resigned his commission on July 3, 1865.
He was brevetted Major, US Volunteers on August 1, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in East Tennessee and at the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee" and Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services at Fort Steedman and in the assault before Fort Sedgwick, Virginia".
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Rebecca Groesbeck 26 Jan 1871
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