James Anderson Buchanan Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Anderson Buchanan of Maryland
Appointed from Maryland, Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Infantry, 7 March 1867 First Lieutenant, 10 December 1873 Regimental Adjutant, 10 April 1886 to 25 July 1887 Captain, 10 June 1890 Transferred to the 11th U. S. Infantry, 23 July 1893 Major, 15th U. S. Infantry, 4 May 1899 Transferred to the 12th U. S. Infantry, 28 February 1901 Transferred to the 28th U. S. Infantry, 15 July 1900 Lieutenant Colonel, Puerto Rico Protection Regiment, 1 July 1901 Lieutenant Colonel, 5th U. S. Infantry, 14 April 1902 Transfereed to the 2nd U. S. Infantry, 24 December 1902 Tranferred to the 11th U. S. Infantry, 7 April 1903 Colonel, Puetro Rico Regiment, 21 July 1902 Born at Washington County, Maryland, December 11, 1843. He married Helen Warren Myers in 1885. He was appointed from Maryland, Second Lieutenant, 14th US Infantry, March 7, 1867, and was promoted through the grades to Colonel, 24th US Infantry, August 14, 1903, and to Brigadier Genral, United States Army, April 14, 1905. He retired at own request after 30 years of service, May 31, 1906. He served at principal western posts for more than 30 years, in Puerto Rico, 1898-1903, and later in the Philippines. He made his home at Upperville, Virginia, where he died May 18, 1926. He was buried with military honors in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. Buried near him are James
A. Buchanan IV and Francis J. Buchanan.
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