The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Friday, June 21, 2019

Civil War People Buried at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery-- Part 1


From Find A Grave for Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum.  All are Union unless otherwise noted.

George Buchanan Armstrong--  Proposed sending mail over the railways for faster service.  In 1864 Postmaster General Montgomery Blair implemented this.

George S. Bangs--  Postal service, worked with George Buchanan Armstrong.  Helped raise  36th Illinois Infantry and served as colonel on staff of Governor Richard Yates.

John Lourie Beveridge--  brevet brig. gen.

George Royal Davis--  officer and later U.S. Congressman

Arthur Charles Ducat--  brevet brig. gen.

Charles Truman Hotchkiss--  brevet brig. gen.

Charles Henry Howard--  brevet brig. gen.

And, a Lot More Coming.  --Old Secesh



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