Frank Crawford Armstrong
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
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:
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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