William Leidy Alexander Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Appointed from Iowa, First Lieutenant, 30th Iowa Volunter Infantry, 23 September 1862 Captain, 1 October 1863 Honorably Mustered Out, 27 July 1865 Captain, CS, 4 October 1889 Major, CS, 10 June 1896 Lieutenant Colonel, SC, Assigned 22 July to 7 october 1898 and with the rank of Colonel, 7 October 1898 to 2 March 1899 Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Commissary General, 13 December 1900 General Alexander died in 1915 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Elsie B. Alexander, who died on 13 September 1932, is buried with him. Photo By: M. R. Patterson, October 2007
Posted: 9 August 2003 Updated: 6 September 2005 Updated: 16 October 2007 |
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