Garrick Mallery of Pennsylvania
Appointed from Pennsylvania, Captain, 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 4 June 1861
Lieutenant Colonel, 13th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, 17 February 1863
Honorably mustered out, 15 July 1864
Lieuteant Colonel, Veteran Reserve Corps, 1 July 1864
Breveted Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war
Honorably mustered out, 5 November 1866
Captain, 43rd U. S. Infantry, 28 July 1866
Unassigned, 8 April 1869
Assigned to the 1st U. S. Infantry, 15 December 1870
Retired 1 July 1879
Breveted Major, 2 March 1867, for gallant and meritorious service in a skirmish at Garnett’s Farm, Virginia
Breveted Lieutenant Colonel, 2 March 1867 for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Peach Orchard, Virginia
Died 24 October 1894
MALLERY, GARRICK
CAPT USA
- DATE OF DEATH: 10/24/1894
- BURIED AT: SITE 32-B
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
MALLERY, HELEN M W/O GARRICK
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/17/1918
- BURIED AT: SECTION NE SITE 32-F
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF GARRICK MALLERY, CAPT USA
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