George Silver Luttrell Ward of Pennsylvania
Appointed from Pennsylvania, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, 17 May 1863
First Lieuenant, 5 October 1864
Captain, 31 October 1864
Honorably mustered out on 7 August 1865
Second Lieutenant, 13th U. S. Infantry, 11 May 1866
Transferred to 31st U.S. Infantry, 21 September 1866
Transferred to 22nd U. S. Infantry, 15 May 1869
First Lieutenant, 1 July 1872
Captain, 24 April 1883
Retired 18 April 1891
Died 21 April 1901
WARD, G S L
CAPT U S A RET
- DATE OF DEATH: 04/21/1901
- BURIED AT: SITE 102-A
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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