| Birth: | Aug. 13, 1800 | | Death: | Oct. 13, 1871 | 
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Long time officer in the United States Army, serving from his graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1819 to his retirement in 1863, seeing action during the Mexican War. When the Civil War began he was the Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd United States Regular Artillery. Deemed too old for field service, he was appointed commander of the Fort Warren Military Prison, located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. He was subsequently promoted to Colonel of the 1st United States Regular Artillery before his retirement. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "long, gallant and faithful services to his country". His son-in-law was Union Brevet Brigadier General Joseph Roberts. His son, Lieutenant Justin E. Dimick, fought in the Regular Army artillery branch during the Civil War, and was killed in action at the Battle of Chancellorsville. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Spouse:
Mary Constantia Waldron Dimick (1807 - 1864)*
Children:
Justin E. Dimick (____ - 1863)*
Elias Justin Dimick (1827 - 1835)*
Otis Dimick (1829 - 1829)*
Russell Dimick (1830 - 1831)*
Mary Constantia Dimick (1831 - 1831)*
Russell Dimick (1832 - 1897)*
Mary Ann Dimick Taylor (1835 - 1888)*
Catherine O. Dimick Mack (1837 - 1868)*
Adeline C. Dimick Roberts (1841 - 1907)*
George Rex Dimick (1842 - 1857)*
Olive Sheafe Dimick (1844 - 1844)*
Frances Emma Dimick Parry (1845 - 1914)*
Edward Cutts Dimick (1847 - 1866)*
Otis Sheafe Dimick (1848 - 1901)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Justin Dimick | | | Burial:
Proprietors Burying Ground
Portsmouth
Rockingham County
New Hampshire, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 264 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 28, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 19852 |
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