Stephen Perry Jocelyn – Brigadier General, United States Army

Stephen Perry Jocelyn of Vermont

Appointed from Vermont, Private, Company A, 6th Vermont Infantry, 22 August 1863 to 6 July 1864
First Lieutenant, 115th United States Colored Infantry, 1 August 1864
Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 10 February 1866
Second Lieutenant, 6th United States Infantry, 23 February 1866
First Lieutenant, 28 July 1866
Honorably mustered out, 1 January 1871
Second Lieutenant, 21st United States Infantry, 9 March 1871
First Lieutenant, 14 May 1873 to rank from 28 July 1866
Captain, 19 May 1874
Major, 19th United States Infantry, 27 June 1897
Lieutenant Colonel, 25th United States Infantry, 31 March 1899
Colonel, 14th United States Infantry, 28 February 1901
Breveted Major, 27 February 1890 for conspisious gallantry in action against Indians at the Clearwater, Idaho, 11 and 12 July 1877

JOCELYN, MARY CHAMBERLAIN W/O STEPHEN PERRY

• DATE OF DEATH: 10/18/1937
• DATE OF INTERMENT: 12/01/1937
• BURIED AT: SECTION WEST  SITE 144-C
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF SP JOCELYN – BRIGADIER GEN USA RET

JOCELYN, STEPHEN PERRY

• BG USA RETD
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 03/08/1920
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION WW  SITE 144C
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

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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