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Brigadier general; military engineer; wrote Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. in 1891 and developed the Cullum number system [56] 17 1866 1871 Thomas Gamble Pitcher: 1845 Brigadier general; veteran of Battle of Harper's Ferry, Mexican–American War, and the Civil War [57] 18 1871
Brig Gen [c] Lyle W. Castle (1922-2008) 30 October 1965 18 October 1968 2 years, 11 months 11 Brig Gen Frank W. Reilly [d] 18 October 1968 10 October 1970 1 year, 11 months 12 Brig Gen Samuel H. du Pont Jr. (1936-2021) [citation needed] 10 October 1970 14 October 1973 3 years 13 Brig Gen William M. Patterson: 14 October 1973 18 September 1975
This is a list of American Civil War brevet generals that served the Union Army.This list of brevet major generals or brevet brigadier generals currently contains a section which gives the names of officers who held lower actual or substantive grades (often referred to as ranks) in the Union Army, were not promoted to full actual or substantive grade generals during or immediately after the ...
Stewart L. McKenney (1917–2012), brigadier general, mayor of American Vienna Occupation; Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), brigadier general; Arlington National Cemetery was established by Meigs, who commanded the garrison at Arlington House and appropriated the grounds on June 15, 1864, for use as a military cemetery
Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was born in Albany, New York, on 17 August 1896, [2] the third son of four children of a pastor, Leslie Richard Groves Sr., and his wife Gwen née Griffith. [3] He was half Welsh and half English, with some French Huguenot ancestors who came to the United States in the 17th century. [ 4 ]
The commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard was killed in a hit-and-run crash, authorities said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. John Pogorek was securing a load on his trailer on the side of the ...
Lesley James McNair (25 May 1883 – 25 July 1944) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War I and World War II.He attained the rank of lieutenant general during his life; he was killed in action during World War II, and received a posthumous promotion to general.
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