| Birth: | May 30, 1841 | | Death: | Jun. 1, 1878 | 
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Pennsylvania, he graduated from West Point in 1853, was commissioned a US Artillery officer and fought in the Seminole Indian Wars in Florida. At the start of the Civil War, he was Captain when appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant General on the staff of General John A. Dix. Promoted Major, on the staff with the II Corps of the Army of Virginia, he was severely wounded at Cedar Mountain in August 1862. After recovering, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in the adjutant-general's department at Washington D.C. serving on special duty for the remainer of the war. For valuable services in the field and in the adjutant-general's department, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Louis Henri Pelouze (____ - 1939)*
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Search Amazon for Louis Pelouze | | | Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 1207 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 21, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5988426 |
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