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Montgomery Meigs
Birth: 5-3-1816
Death: 1-2-1892
Biography
Was the quartermaster general of the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a brilliant Army engineer and also designed Arlington Cemetery. For more, see Russell Frank Weigley, Quartermaster General of the Union Army: a biography of M. C. Meigs, (1959, Columbia University Press).
Letter References
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1, 1863
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 24, 1861
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Was the quartermaster general of the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a brilliant Army engineer and also designed Arlington Cemetery. For more, see Russell Frank Weigley, Quartermaster General of the Union Army: a biography of M. C. Meigs, (1959, Columbia University Press).
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