John Forman Mount of New York
- Appointed from New York, Private, Company B, New York State Militia, 4 May t0 4 August 1861
- Second Lieutenant, 113th New York Volunteer Infantry, 18 August 1862
- Transferred to the 7th New York Volunteer Artillery, 19 December 1862
- First Lieutenant, 23 December 1863
- Captain, 14 October 1864
- Major, 15 March 1865
- Honorably mustered out 1 August 1865
- Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 28 February 1866
- First Lieuteannt, 28 July 1866
- Captain, 3 December 1884
- Breveted Captain, 2 march 1867 for meritorious service during the war
- Retired 30 November 1888
- Died 7 July 1895
MOUNT, JOHN F
- CAPT 3RD US ART
- DATE OF DEATH: 07/07/1895
- BURIED AT: SITE 724
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
MOUNT, CELIA J W/O JOHN F
- DATE OF DEATH: 10/05/1895
- BURIED AT: SITE 724
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF JF MOUNT, CAPT 3RD U S ART
MOUNT, JOHN S/O JNO F
- DATE OF DEATH: 03/12/1894
- BURIED AT: SECTION W DIV SITE 724
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- CSON OF JF MOUNT, CAPT 3 US ART
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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