Civil War Union Army Officer. A lineal descendant of Mayflower pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, he was born in Newberry, South Carolina. After serving in the United States Army from 1849 to 1851, he resided in Illinois, and was a grain merchant. When the Civil War began he supported the Union and in 1863 helped recruit a unit of men who would mustered in as Company G of the 13th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry regiment, of which he was commissioned Captain and commander on January 20, 1864. He would go on to serve through the end of the war, and found himself in command of the regiment when Colonel Albert Erskine was mustered out in January 1865. George M. Alden was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on April 11, 1865, and was appointed Colonel on August 8, 1865, but was honorably mustered out of service on August 31, 1865 before the promotion could become official. Post-war he became a successful commission merchant in McLeansboro and Cairo, Illinois before removing to Lancaster, Texas, where he passed away in 1905.
Civil War Union Army Officer. A lineal descendant of Mayflower pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, he was born in Newberry, South Carolina. After serving in the United States Army from 1849 to 1851, he resided in Illinois, and was a grain merchant. When the Civil War began he supported the Union and in 1863 helped recruit a unit of men who would mustered in as Company G of the 13th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry regiment, of which he was commissioned Captain and commander on January 20, 1864. He would go on to serve through the end of the war, and found himself in command of the regiment when Colonel Albert Erskine was mustered out in January 1865. George M. Alden was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on April 11, 1865, and was appointed Colonel on August 8, 1865, but was honorably mustered out of service on August 31, 1865 before the promotion could become official. Post-war he became a successful commission merchant in McLeansboro and Cairo, Illinois before removing to Lancaster, Texas, where he passed away in 1905.
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