George Welsey Hancock Stouch of Pennsylvania
Served in the Army as Private, Corporal, Company B, 1st Batallion and Sergeant Major, 11th U. S. Infantry, 30 November 1861 to 8 June 1864
Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Infantry, 18 May 1864
First Lieutenant, 31 December 1864
Captain, 14 April 1884
Major, Chief, C. S. of Volunteers, 9 June 1898
Major, 20th U. S. Infantry, 30 August 1898
Retired 15 December 1898
Colonel George Wesley Hancock Stouch, a veteran of the battle of Gettysburg, who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
STOUCH, GEO W H
LT COL USA
- DATE OF DEATH: 01/01/1906
- BURIED AT: SITE LOT 1830
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
STOUCH, AUGUSTA C W/O GEO W H
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/27/1912
- BURIED AT: SECTION OFF S SITE 1830
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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