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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Another Union General Buried At Sycamore's Elmwood Cemetery: Frederick William Partridge

From Find-A-Grave.

FREDERICK WILLIAM PARTRIDGE

August 19, 1824 to June 22, 1899.

Civil War brevet brigadier general.  Lt.-Col. of the 13th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.  Enlisted in the 13th Illinois from Sandwich, Illinois, as a corporal.

Breveted March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga and Ringold Gap."

After the war he served as U.S. Consul in Bangkok, Siam from 1869-1876.

Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois.

Plot:  Block 2, Lot 66.

Born in Norwich, Vermont.  Died in Sycamore.

--Old Secesh

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