Jesse Merrill-- Part 3: Of Pennsylvania and U.S. Signal Corps

From Find A Grave.

MG JESSE MERRILL

Brother of Lewis Merrill

Birth:  28 March 1838 New Berlin, Pa.

Death:  14 January 1899  Milton, Pa.

Buried:  Milton Cemetery, Milton, Pa.

During the Civil War, he was commissioned  as First Lieutenant of Co. D, 36th Pa. on April 24, 1861.  Promoted to Captain and transferred to U.S. Signal Corps in 1863.  Mustered out in 1865.

He was a lawyer by profession.  In April 1871, he was appointed Major General of Pennsylvania National Guard.

I was wondering where they got the major general from.

--Old Secesh