James Madison Lancaster – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

James Madison Lancaster of Kentucky

• Appointed from Kentucky, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1857 (15)
• Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 17 June 1862
• First Lisutenant, 24 June 1864
• Regimental Adjutant, 26 March to 24 September 1867
• Captain, 20 March 1879
• Breveted Captain, 13 March 1865, for good conduct and gallant service in the war
• Major, 4th U. S. Artillery, 29 October 1896
• Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 10 August 1900
• Died 5 October 1900

LANCASTER, JAMES M

• LT COL 34D REG US ART
• DATE OF DEATH: 10/05/1900
• BURIED AT: SECTION ES  SITE 379
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

LANCASTER, OLEFFEY L W/O JAMES M

• DATE OF DEATH: 10/05/1900
• BURIED AT: SECTION W  SITE LOT 379
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF JM LANCASTER, LT COL, USA

Michael Robert Patterson

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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