Trivia 1-8-20 - Isn't it Ironic

[Trivia Master]

Who was the Union officer who was, ironically, born in the year the US Constitution was ratified and whose last command position was at Fort Constitution?

credit: @hughes

 

[DBF]

William Gates (1788-1868) served at Fort Constitution - New Castle, New Hampshire retiring in 1867 after serving 66 years in the military.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25717025/william-gates

 

[stuart1861]

Brevet Brigadier General William Gates

 

[captaindrew]

William Gates

 

[FarawayFriend]

Wiliam Gates (6 April 1788 – 7 October 1868)
"He remained at Fort Constitution until his full retirement in 1867 after 66 years of military service."

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Gates_(soldier)&oldid=933435195

 

[connecticut yankee]

"Bill Gates, No not that one!"

William Gates


He retired in 1867 after 66 years of military service. After the Civil War, Gates was breveted as a brigadier general for "Long and Faithful Service in the Army" to rank from March 13, 1865.

 

[kholland]

William Gates

 

[Wallyfish]

William Gates

Bill Gates meets Alanis Morrissette Source

 

[Michigander]

1. William Gates
Source

 

[Brenal]

William Gates.

 

[streetwiseprof]

William Gates.

 

[sarladaise]

William Gates (April 6, 1788 - Oct. 7, 1868)

 

[Ole Miss]

Joseph G. Totten
Regards
David

 

[General Casey]

William Gates

 

[JOHN42768]

William Gates (6 April 1788 – 7 October 1868)
source:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gates_(soldier)

 

[hoosier]

Though I can find no information about the date of his birth, I found a source indicating that Josiah Hadley was commander at Fort Constitution at the start of the Civil War. Since I can't find any indication that anybody else took command later in the war, I will go with Hadley as my answer.

 

[ErnieMac]

William Gates, Colonel 3rd Artillery and Bvt. Brigadier General.

William Gates • Cullum's Register • 11

A biographical entry, part of a large site on West Point. Parent site on American history includes 6200 webpages, 92 books, 38,000 pages of print.

penelope.uchicago.edu

BG William Gates (1788-1868) - Find a Grave...

Soldier. He was a son of Lemuel Gates, an officer in the American army during the Revolution. He was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1806, and served in the artillery in garrison, 1806-12. He was promoted captain in 1813 and was acting adjutant of light artillery and aide to Gen. Peter...

www.findagrave.com

 

[WJC]

[QUOTEW. ="Trivia Master, post: 2175152, member: 6319"]
Who was the Union officer who was, ironically, born in the year the US Constitution was ratified and whose last command position was at Fort Constitution?

credit: @hughes
[/QUOTE]
William Gates (1788-1868). Gates commanded Fort Constitution from 1865-1867.
<Thomas Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy in the War of 1861-65. (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1895), Vol. 2, p. 180. >

 

[warbird43]

BG Joseph Gilbert Totten ( Born August 23, 1788) ; Died April 22, 1864 at age 75).

 

[lelliott19]

William Gates (6 April 1788 – 7 October 1868)
In March 1864, he was reassigned to Fort Constitution, near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he remained until his full retirement in 1867. Source