Daniel Huston Colonel, United States Army |
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Huston of Maine
Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1843 (35) Brevet Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1848 Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, 30 June 1849 First Lieutenant, 31 December 1852 Captain, 8 December 1856 Colonel, 7th Missouri Cavalry, 21 February 1862 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 30 December 1864 Major, 11th U. S. Infantry, 1 August 1863 Transferred to the 23rd U. S. Infantry, 24 December 1868 Lieutenant Colonel, 6th U. S. Infantry, 22 February 1869 Colonel, 5th U. S. Infantry, 6 February 1882 Retired 22 June 1882 Breveted Major, 10 August 1861 for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri Breveted Lieutenant Colonel, 4 July 1863 for gallant and meritorious service during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi Breveted Colonel, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war Died 2 December 1884 His grandson, Daniel
Huston Torrey, Colonel, United States Army, is also buried in Arlington
National Cemetery.
HUSTON, DANIEL COL 7 MO CAV 5 US INF BURIED AT: SECTION S W SITE 1969 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY HUSTON, AMELIA P W/O DANIEL
HUSTON, GRACE D D/O DANIEL
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