The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Civil War People Buried At Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery-- Part 3


A brevet brigadier general would be a colonel who was advanced a rank at the end of his service.

Orrin Lorentna Mann   Union brevet brig. general

John McArthur   Union brig. general

Buckner Stith Morris   Chicago Whig mayor 1838-1839.  He opposed the war against the Confederacy and was arrested in 1864 for attempting to free Confederate prisoners being held at Chicago's Camp Douglas.

Nelson Morris   Businessman  Established  the Nelson Morris Company in Chicago in 1859 and became rich selling cattle  to the Union armies.

Peter O'Brien  Medal of Honor recipient

LeGrand Winfield Perce  U.S. Congressman.  Union colonel

--Old Secesh




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