Daniel Hall Boughton of Minnesota
Appointed from Iowa, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1877 (9)
Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 11 June 1881
First Lieutenant, 27 January 1885
Captain, 5 April 1896
Commanded Fort Myer, Virginia, as a Captain, 1899-1900
Taught at the Army Command & General Staff School, As a Major, 1904
BOUGHTON, DANIEL H
8TH U.S. CAVALRY
DATE OF DEATH: 08/24/1914
BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1664-SS
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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