Joseph Dickinson – Brigadier General, United States Army

Joseph Dickinson of Pennsylvania

• Appointed from Pennsylvania, First Lieuenant, Adjutant, 26th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1 June 1861
• Captain, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, 22 August 1861
• Major, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, 22 August 1862
• Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General, Unassigned, 10 November 1862 to 1 November 1863
• Breveted Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service at the battles of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Antietam, Maryland
• Breveted Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant and good conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Breveted Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Resigned 26 January 1864

DICKINSON, JOSEPH

• BRIG/GEN US VOLS
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 04/26/1904
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION EASTN  SITE 1024
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

DICKINSON, SALLY WID OF DICKINSON, JOS

• DATE OF DEATH: 09/05/1921
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION EASTE  SITE LOT 1024
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF JOS DICKINSON, BVT BRIG GEN USV WW

Michael Robert Patterson

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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