Asher Clayton Taylor of New York
- Appointed from Wisconsin, Corporal and Sergeant and Sergeant Major, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 25 April 1861 to 28 October 1864
- First Lieutenant, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 29 October 1864
- Regimental Adjutant, 1 april to 18 July 1865
- Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 18 July 1865
- Second Lieutenant, 15th United States Infantry, 16 October 1867
- First Lieutenant, 25 August 1868
- Unassigned, 12 August 1869
- Assigned to the 2nd United States Artillery, 31 December 1870
- Captain, 20 January 1879
- Major, 4th United States Artillery, 18 June 1900
- Artillery corps, 2 February 1901
- Lieutenant Colonel, 21 February 1902
General Taylor was born in 1842, died in 1922 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Mary Jane Branigan, 1845-1931, is buried with him.
TAYLOR, ASHER C
- BRIG/GEN USA RETD
- DATE OF DEATH: 01/20/1922
- BURIED AT: SECTION WW SITE 761
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
TAYLOR, AMRY JANE W/O ASHER C
- DATE OF DEATH: 01/20/1922
- BURIED AT: SECTION W SITE 751
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF AC TAYLOR, BRIG GEN USA RET
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