Montana Territory
Private
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2015
- Location
- Montana. Gettysburg College alumni.
First Lieutenant and brevet Lieutenant Colonel William Neil Dennison served in Batteries A and G of the 2nd United States Artillery - he was the son of Ohio Governor and Postmaster General of the United States William Dennison, Jr.
The son of another cabinet member also served as an artillery officer during the war. Colonel William Henry Seward, Jr., the youngest son of Secretary of State William H. Seward, was the commander of the 9th New York Heavy Artillery, fighting at North Anna and Cold Harbor in 1864.
https://www.revolvy.com/topic/William Neil Dennison&uid=1575
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5892332
The son of another cabinet member also served as an artillery officer during the war. Colonel William Henry Seward, Jr., the youngest son of Secretary of State William H. Seward, was the commander of the 9th New York Heavy Artillery, fighting at North Anna and Cold Harbor in 1864.
https://www.revolvy.com/topic/William Neil Dennison&uid=1575
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5892332