Please also see cenotaph memorial at Brookland Cemetery, Pennsylvania for CPT Robert George Armstrong, interred at the National Cemetery, Presidio, San Francisco.
Robert George Armstrong enlisted as a private on August 5, 1861, and, in Company G, Pennsylvania 40th Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1861. He was commissioned an officer in t he Regular Army, 1st Infantry Regiment on January 22, 1864, mustered out on June 13, 1864 at Pittsburgh, PA, and promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on January 22, 1867. Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903.
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San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 93, September 1, 1893: "Death of Captain Armstrong. Captain Robert G. Armstrong of the First United States Infantry died at Angel Island, Cal., on Wednesday evening. Captain Armstrong was a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, and one of the officers longest in his regiment.
"Captain Armstrong had been stationed at Angel Island for the past five years, and was well and favorably known in San Francisco, where he bad many friends. He was a member of the Loyal Legion (a Kansas commandery), and a Knight Templar.
"He will be buried with military honors at the national cemetery at the Presidio. The tug Rescue will leave the Clay street wharf at noon for Angel Island to convey the funeral party to the Presidio."
Robert George Armstrong enlisted as a private on August 5, 1861, and, in Company G, Pennsylvania 40th Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1861. He was commissioned an officer in t he Regular Army, 1st Infantry Regiment on January 22, 1864, mustered out on June 13, 1864 at Pittsburgh, PA, and promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on January 22, 1867. Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903.
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San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 93, September 1, 1893: "Death of Captain Armstrong. Captain Robert G. Armstrong of the First United States Infantry died at Angel Island, Cal., on Wednesday evening. Captain Armstrong was a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, and one of the officers longest in his regiment.
"Captain Armstrong had been stationed at Angel Island for the past five years, and was well and favorably known in San Francisco, where he bad many friends. He was a member of the Loyal Legion (a Kansas commandery), and a Knight Templar.
"He will be buried with military honors at the national cemetery at the Presidio. The tug Rescue will leave the Clay street wharf at noon for Angel Island to convey the funeral party to the Presidio."
Please also see cenotaph memorial at Brookland Cemetery, Pennsylvania for CPT Robert George Armstrong, interred at the National Cemetery, Presidio, San Francisco.
Robert George Armstrong enlisted as a private on August 5, 1861, and, in Company G, Pennsylvania 40th Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1861. He was commissioned an officer in t he Regular Army, 1st Infantry Regiment on January 22, 1864, mustered out on June 13, 1864 at Pittsburgh, PA, and promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on January 22, 1867. Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903.
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San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 93, September 1, 1893: "Death of Captain Armstrong. Captain Robert G. Armstrong of the First United States Infantry died at Angel Island, Cal., on Wednesday evening. Captain Armstrong was a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, and one of the officers longest in his regiment.
"Captain Armstrong had been stationed at Angel Island for the past five years, and was well and favorably known in San Francisco, where he bad many friends. He was a member of the Loyal Legion (a Kansas commandery), and a Knight Templar.
"He will be buried with military honors at the national cemetery at the Presidio. The tug Rescue will leave the Clay street wharf at noon for Angel Island to convey the funeral party to the Presidio."
Robert George Armstrong enlisted as a private on August 5, 1861, and, in Company G, Pennsylvania 40th Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1861. He was commissioned an officer in t he Regular Army, 1st Infantry Regiment on January 22, 1864, mustered out on June 13, 1864 at Pittsburgh, PA, and promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on January 22, 1867. Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903.
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San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 93, September 1, 1893: "Death of Captain Armstrong. Captain Robert G. Armstrong of the First United States Infantry died at Angel Island, Cal., on Wednesday evening. Captain Armstrong was a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, and one of the officers longest in his regiment.
"Captain Armstrong had been stationed at Angel Island for the past five years, and was well and favorably known in San Francisco, where he bad many friends. He was a member of the Loyal Legion (a Kansas commandery), and a Knight Templar.
"He will be buried with military honors at the national cemetery at the Presidio. The tug Rescue will leave the Clay street wharf at noon for Angel Island to convey the funeral party to the Presidio."
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March 20, 1841
August 30, 1899
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