James Fingal Gregory of New York
Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, I July l861(16); Commissioned Second Lieutenant of Artillery, 23 June 1865
Transferred to the Corps of Engineers, 1 May1866
First Lieutenant, 1 May 1866
Captain, 13 January l874
Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to General Sheridan, 15 July 1881 to 30 October 1885
Major of Engineers, 12 October 1886
Died 31 July 1897
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery (Section 1)
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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