Innis Newton Palmer Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Palmer of New York
Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1842 (38) Breveted Second Lieutenant, Mounted Rifles, 1 July 1846 Second Lieutenant, 20 July 1847 Regimental Adjutant, 1 May 1850 to 1 July 1854 Captain, 2nd U. . Cavalry, 3 March 1855 Major, 25 April 1861 5th U. S. Cavalry, 3 August 1861 Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers, 23 September 1861 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 15 Janury 1866 Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 23 September 1863 Colonel, 9 June 1868 Retired 29 March 1879 Breveted First Lieutenant, 20 August 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico Breveted Captain, 13 September 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec, Mexico Breveted Lieutenant Colonel, 21 July 1861 for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Bull Run, Virginia Breveted Colonel, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war Breveted Brigadier General, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious service in the field during the war Breveted Major General, United States Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for long and meritorious service Died 10 September 1900
The Washington Post January 17 1896 Death of Mrs. I. N. Palmer Mrs. Palmer, wife of General Innis N. Palmer,
of the army, died at her apartments, 1309 Seventeenth street, yesterday
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. Palmer had been seriously ill for more
than a week. Her physicians gave up hope of her recovery Sunday evening,
but she struggled bravely for life until the time mentioned. Mrs. Palmer's
three daughters, Mrs. Lemly, wife of Lieutenant Lemly,
of the artillery; Mrs. Swift, wife of Captain
Swift, of the cavalry, and Mrs. Denny, wife of Captain Denny, of the
Marine Corps, and her sister, Mrs. Jones, widow of the late General Roger
Jones, Inspector General of the Army, were at the deathbed. The funeral
services will be held at St. John's Saturday at 2 p. m. The interment
will be at Arlington.
PALMER, KATHERINE JONE W/O INNIS N
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