Edward McKeever Hudson Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army |
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McKeever Hudson of Connecticut
Appointed from Connecticut, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1845 (22) Breveted Second Lieutenant, 3rd United States Artillery, 1 July 1849 Second Lieutenant, 4th United States Artillery, 12 September 1850 First Lieutenant, 30 April 1855 Captain, 14th United States Infantry, 14 May 1861 Lieutenant Colonel and Aide-de-Camp, 28 September 1861 Honorably mustered out as Aide-de-Camp, 31 March 1863 Major, 15th United States Infantry, 4 November 1865 Unassigned 15 March 1869 Retired December 1870 Breveted Major, 1 August 1864 for gallant service in the Battle of the Wilderness and during the campaign before Richmond, Virginia, and Lieutenant Colonel, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service during the war. Died 20 July 1892 Colonel Hudson was buried in Section
1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Emily, who died on 13
October 1878, is buried with him.
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