{⋆★⋆} BG Armstrong, Frank C.

Frank Crawford Armstrong

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Born: November 22, 1835

Birthplace: Choctaw Agency Indian Territory

Father: Colonel Francis Wells Armstrong Unknown – 1835
(Buried: Fort Coffee Community Cemetery, Spiro, Oklahoma)​

Mother: Ann Monica Millard 1808 – 1889
(Buried: Baltimore Visitation Convent, Baltimore, Maryland)​

1st Wife: Maria Polk Walker 1843 – 1872 (April 27, 1863)
(Buried: Catholic Cemetery, Greene County, Missouri)​

2nd Wife: Charlotte Coad 1847 – 1910 (1875)
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Children:

Isabelle “Belle” Armstrong Barklie 1864 – 1937​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Know Walker Armstrong 1865 – 1867​

Education: Not Known

Occupation:

1855 – 1861: Served in United States Army rising to Captain​

Civil War Career:

1861: Led a Union Cavalry Company at First Battle of Bull Run​
1861: Resigned from the United States Army
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1862: Confederate Staff Officer during Battle of Pea Ridge​
1863: Colonel of 3rd Louisiana Infantry​
1863: Major of Missouri State Cavalry​
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga​
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign​
1864: Participated in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee​
1864: Led Forrest's Rear Guard during Battle of Nashville​
1865: Assigned to the Defenses of Selma, Alabama​
1865: Captured in efforts to defend the town of Selma, Alabama​

Occupation after War:
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Worked for United States Overland Mail Service​
1885 – 1889: United States Indian Inspector​
1893 – 1895: United States Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs​

Died: September 8, 1909

Place of Death: Bar Harbor, Maine

Cause of Death: Myocarditis (Inflammation of muscular walls of heart)

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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His bio says he saw no action at Bull Run, but the OR mentions him. He also said he joined right after that by crossing a river (forget which one) into CS territory. Different accounts vary.
 
His bio says he saw no action at Bull Run, but the OR mentions him. He also said he joined right after that by crossing a river (forget which one) into CS territory. Different accounts vary.
The book I'm reading uses both the words "fight" and "fought" when describing Armstrongs actions at Bull Run.
 
Confederate Generals: What They Were Doing in 1883
This is another good article I found in the Livingston Journal. The editor states it appeared in the Washington Herald. Date and source inserted in article.
NOTE: Due to the number of generals mentioned, I was unsure where to post this....


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Withdrawing from the U S service in 1861, Armstrong accompanied Col James McIntosh in the march of his force from Ark into the Indian country, & participated in the battle of Chustenahlah, in the Cherokee nation, Dec 26, 1861, in which the power of the Union chief Hopoeithleyohola was broken, serving as a volunteer aide on the stall of Col McIntosh. He next, with the rank of Lt, became AAG on the staff of Gen Ben McCulloch, his friend, Col D. H. Maury, being AG on the staff of Gen Van Dorn, commanding. In the famous battle of Elkhorn Tavern, he was with McCulloch until the latter was killed, & afterward, with Lomax & Bradfute & other fellow staff officers, went to the assistance of Gen Van Dorn, who warmly commended their services in his official report.

3/17 Van Dorn, in a communication to the war dept, strongly urged the promotion of these experienced officers, declaring that if he could have substituted some of them for some of his highest cdrs, he could have put the enemy to utter rout. After serving a time as AG of Steen's Missouri Bgde, Armstrong was elected Col of the 3rd La Infy. Van Dorn renewed his recommendation that he be promoted to brig-gen, & after the army had crossed to the east of the Miss, Gen Price, having the same appreciation of the ability of the gallant young officer, appointed Armstrong to the command of all the Cav of the army of the West, giving him, with the consent of Gen Bragg, the rank of acting Brig-Gen. His energy & ability were soon manifest in the organization & increased efficiency of his command.
 
I'm not really sure of the relation but his wife , Maria Polk Walker, was either the daughter of General Lucius Walker's brother Joseph or Gen. Walker sister.So depending on with biography you trust Armstrong was a nephew or brother-in-law to Walker.. This is the general Walker who was shot in a duel with Gen.Marmaduke.
 
Gen. Armstrong succeeded Col. Peter Starke in command of 28th Mississippi Cavalry. Starke was later promoted to brigadier on Nov. 4, 1864. A brigadier general taking over a colonel? But that's how a biography of him reads.
 
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