Civil War Union Army Officer. A stage actor before the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army after the war broke out, and was assigned as a clerk in the Quartermaster Corps at the War Department in Washington, DC. He rose to the rank of Colonel, and is credited with being the founder of the National Cemetery System.
Civil War Union Army Officer. A stage actor before the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army after the war broke out, and was assigned as a clerk in the Quartermaster Corps at the War Department in Washington, DC. He rose to the rank of Colonel, and is credited with being the founder of the National Cemetery System.
Bio by: Connie Nisinger
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