William Jefferson Volkmar Colonel, United States Army |
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Jefferson Volkmar of Pennsylvania
Appointed Sergeant, Company D, 33rd Pennsylvania Infantry, 19 June 1863 Honorably discharged 4 August 1863 Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1864 (31) Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, 15 June 1868 First Lieutenant, 19 March 1870 Captain, 2 April 1879 Lieutenant Colone, Aide-de-Camp to Lieuenant General Sheridan, 6 June 1881 to 28 March 1885 Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General, 27 March 1885 Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General, 6 November 1893 Colonel, Assistant Adjustant Genreal, 26 November 1898 Retired 28 April 1900 Died 4 March 1901 COLONEL WILLIAM J. VOLKMAR PASADENA, California, March 5, 1901 - Colonel William J. Volkmar, Assistant Adjutant General, United States Army, retired, died in this city yesterday. The remains will be interred at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Colonel Volkmar was appointed Adjutant General by President Cleveland in 1885 and had served consecutively with the Departments of Los Angeles, St. Louis and Denver. He was retired for disability last June. Colonel Volkmar was graduated from the Military
Academy in 1868, having before his appointment served a short time as a
Sergeant in the Civil War.
VOLKMAR, SUE D W/O WILLIAM J
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