Willian Findlay Drum Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army |
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Findlay Drum of New York
Appointed from Minnesota, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1850 to 29 May 1851 and from 1 July 1850 to 29 May 1851 Private, Company F, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1 June to 31 July 1861 Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Infantry, 5 August 1861 First Lieutenant, 9 October 1861 Captain, 1 May 1863 Lieutenant Colonel, 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, 1 April 1865 Colonel, 29 May 1865 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 21 August 1865 Major, 14th U. S. Infantry, 22 June 1882 Lieutenant Colonel, 12th U. S. Infantry, 8 December 1886 Breveted Major, 2 December 1864, for gallant and meritorious service in the campaign before Richmond, Virginia Brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, 9 April 1865, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Five Forks, Virginia Died 4 July 1892 NOTE: Relatives Richard Coulter Drum, Brigadier General, United States Army, and Simon Henry Drum, Captain, United States Army, are buried adjacent to him in Arlington National Cemetery. Also, buried with him is: DRUM, SIMON H
DRUM, WM F LT COL 12TH US INF DATE OF DEATH: 07/04/1892 BURIED AT: SECTION OFFRS SITE 1774 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DRUM, ROSA H WIDOW OF WM F
DRUM, ELIZABETH D/O WM F
DRUM, MARY D/O WM F
DRUM, RICHARD S/O WM F
DRUM, WM S/O WM F
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