George Henry Palmer Major, United States Army |
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Henry Palmer of New York.
Bugler, Troop G, 1st Illinois Cavalry, 24 April to 9 October 1861 First Lieutenant, 83rd Illinois Infantry, 21 August 1862 Captain, 4 February 1863 Honorably mustered out 26 June 1865 Second Lieutenant, 27th U. S. Infantry, 22 January 1867 Unsassigned, 14 June 1869 Assigned to 16th U. S. Infantry 15 December 1870 Captain, 20 March 1885 Major, 4th U. S. Infantry, 11 January 1899 Retired 27 February 1899 Awarded Medal of Honor, 10 March 1896, for most distinguished gallantry in action at the battle of Lexington, Missouri, 18, 19 and 20 September 1861, volunteering to fight in the trenches and also leading a charge which resulted in the recapture of a Union hospital together with the capture of rebels then occupying the same while serving as bugler, Company G, 1st Illinois Cavalry Volunteers. Died 7 April 1907 He earned the Medal of Honor while serving in the Civil War as a Musician with the 1st Illinois Volunteer Cavalry at Lexington, Missouri, on September 20, 1861. The Medal was actually presentled to him on March 10, 1896. Palmer remained in the Army, serving long and hard with the 4th United States Infantry. On his death in 1901 he was buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery. His son Bruce Palmer,
Brigadier General, United States Army, and his grandson, Bruce
Palmer, Jr., General, United States Army, also both buried in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Rank and organization: Musician, 1st Illinois Cavalry. Place and date. At Lexington, Missouri, 20 September 1861. Entered service at: Illinois. Birth: New York. Date of issue. 10 March 1896. Citation: Volunteered to fight in the trenches and also
led a charge which resulted in the recapture of a Union hospital, together
with Confederate sharpshooters then occupying the same.
PALMER, GEORGE H MAJOR 4TH US INF BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 2104 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY PALMER, ESTELLE HOBEN W/O GEORGE H
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