The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, June 24, 2019

Civil War People Buried at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery-- Part 2


Brevet means promoted at end of military career to the next higher rank.

John Charles Haines   Chicago mayor 1858-1860

James Robert Huguenin  Union brevet brig. general

Joseph Blackburn Jones  Union brevet brig. general

Josiah Holcomb Kellogg  Union officer

Edward Needles Kirk  Union brevet brig. general

Philip Knopf--  Private, Co. I, 147th Illinois.  U.S. Congressman

George Kretsinger--  Medal of Honor recipient

Herman Lieb   Union brevet  brig. general

A Whole Lot of Brevets.  --Old Secesh

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