Born at Liberty, Indiana, January 20, 1835, he served as Private, 3rd Battalion, D.C. Infantry, April-July 1861; Captain, 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, August-December 1862; Paymaster, U.S. Volunteers, December 18, 1862 to April 8, 1867.
Appointed Major, Paymaster, U.S. Army, January 17, 1867; Lieutenant Colonel, Department of the Paymaster General, March 15, 1890; Colonel, Assistant Paymaster General, January 22, 1893; Brigadier General and Paymaster General, U.S. Army, March 27, 1895.
He received brevets to Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865 for faithful and meritorious service during the Civil War; Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action against Indians under Crazy Horse on the Powder River, March 17, 1876. He served throughout the Civil War and was Chief of Scouts under General George Crook in the Indian Wars. He took part in the Little Big Horn Campaign in 1876.
He made his home in retirement in Washington, D.C.
He died at Omaha, Nebraska, on January 23, 1900 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Marietta Conger Stanton (born at Mansfield, Ohio, March 13, 1844 – died at Washington, D.C., July 7, 1916), is buried with him.
STANTON, MARIETTE W/O T H
- DATE OF DEATH: 07/07/1916
- DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
- BURIED AT: SECTION W D SITE 138
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF T. H. STANTON – BRIG GEN P M G U S A RET
STANTON, T H
- BRIG/GEN USA
- VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
- DATE OF DEATH: 01/23/1900
- DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
- BURIED AT: SITE 138
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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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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