Albert Gallatin Brackett Colonel, United States Army |
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Gallatin Brackett of New York
Appointed from Indiana, Second Lieutenant, 4th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1 June 1847 First Lieutenant, 18 June 1847 Honorably mustered our, 16 July 1848 Captain, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 3 March 1855 5th U. S. Cavalry, 3 August 1861 Colonel, 9th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, 26 October 1861 Honorably mustered out of the Volunteer Service, 26 October 1864 Major, 1st U. S. Cavalry, 17 July 1862 Lieutenant Colonel, Calvary, 9 June 1868 Colonel, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 20 March 1879 Breveted Major, 28 June 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign in Arkansas Breveted Lieuenant Colonel, 1 September 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the Atlanta Campaign Breveted Colonel, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious services during the war Retired 18 February 1891 Died 25 June 1896 Albert Gallatin Brackett, soldier, born in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, 14 February, 1829. He removed to Indiana in 1846, and, during the war with Mexico, was First Lieutenant in the 4th Indiana volunteers, attached to Lane's brigade, being present at Huamantla, Puebla, and Atlixco. On 16 July, 1848, he was honorably discharged. On 3 March, 1855, he became captain in the 2nd United States Cavalry, and, after raising a company in Indiana and Illinois, served on the Texas frontier, distinguishing himself in actions against the Comanche Indians. He was the first United States officer that crossed into Mexico in pursuit of hostile Indians. When General Twiggs surrendered to the confederates in 1861, Captain Brackett escaped. He commanded the cavalry at Blackburn's Ford and the first battle of Bull Run, and in August, 1861, became Colonel of the 9th Illinois cavalry, serving with credit through the Arkansas campaign, and being severely wounded at Stewart's Plantation, where he saved a valuable train from falling into the hands of the Confederates. On 28 June, 1862, he was brevetted Major in the regular army for services in the Arkansas campaign, and on 17 July received his full commission as Major in the 1st U. S. Cavalry. In 1863 he was Chief of Cavalry in the department of the Missouri, and in 1864 Assistant Inspector General of Cavalry, in the Department of the Cumberland. He was engaged in the battles around Atlanta, was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel on 1 September, 1864, for his services there, and at the close of the war was brevetted Colonel. After that time he served principally against hostile Indians in Nevada, Wyoming, and Arizona. He received his full commission as Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, on 9 June, 1868, and on 20 March, 1879, when commanding the District of the Yellowstone, was made Colonel of the 3d cavalry. He was afterward assigned to the command of Fort Davis, Texas, and in March, 1886, was recommended by the congressional delegation of Indiana and Texas for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. He has published "General Lane's Brigade in Central Mexico" (Cincinnati, 1854); "History of the United States Cavalry" (New York, 1865); and has written many magazine and newspaper articles, especially in regard to military affairs and the development of the country. 24 June 1896: Colonel A. G. Brackett, retired, died at his
residence in Washington yesterday. Colonel Brackett was born in New
York and appointed to the Army from Indiana in 1855. During the late
war he was brevetted three times. He retired in 1891, when he was
Colonel of the Third Cavalry. The interment will be at Arlington
today, with military honors.
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