Civil War Union Army Officer. An 1860 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he served during the Civil War first as a Captain in the 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 156th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He ended the war with brevets of Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Service.
After the war he served as Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry, and was promoted to Brigadier General in the Retired List.
He died in Buffalo, New York and was cremated there. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in Galena, Illinois.
After the war he served as Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry, and was promoted to Brigadier General in the Retired List.
He died in Buffalo, New York and was cremated there. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in Galena, Illinois.
Civil War Union Army Officer. An 1860 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he served during the Civil War first as a Captain in the 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 156th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He ended the war with brevets of Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Service.
After the war he served as Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry, and was promoted to Brigadier General in the Retired List.
He died in Buffalo, New York and was cremated there. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in Galena, Illinois.
After the war he served as Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry, and was promoted to Brigadier General in the Retired List.
He died in Buffalo, New York and was cremated there. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in Galena, Illinois.
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