John Rutter Brooke
Born: July 21, 1838
Birthplace: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Father: Major William Brooke 1792 – 1872
(Buried: Edgewood Cemetery, Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Martha Rutter 1804 – 1878
(Buried: Edgewood Cemetery, Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
1st Wife: Hannah Louise “Louisa” Roberts 1842 – 1867
(Buried: Edgewood Cemetery, Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
2nd Wife: Mary Laurinda Stearns 1849 – 1921
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Children:
Colonel William Brooke 1864 – 1943
(Buried: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
Louis Robert Brooke 1867 – 1920
(Buried: Edgewood Cemetery, Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1864: Colonel of 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign
1862: Temporary Brigade Commander at Battle of Antietam
1862: Brigade Commander in Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Brigade Commander in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Wounded on the left ankle at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: September he requested thirty days for disability certificate
1864: Brigade Commander in the Overland Campaign in Virginia
1864: Brigade Commander at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
1864: Brevetted Major General for Service at Cold Harbor
1864: Served on Court Martial duty in the Union Army
1865: Division Commander in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia
1867: Brevetted Brig. General for his role at Spotsylvania Court House
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1879: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 37th Infantry Regiment
1879 – 1888: Colonel United States Army, 13th Infantry Regiment
1888 – 1897: Brigadier General, United States Army
1888 – 1895: U.S. Army, Commander of Department of the Platte
1897 – 1902: Major General, United States Army
1897 – 1899: Commander of 1st Army Corps, Spanish – American War
1898: Military Governor of Puerto Rico
1899: Military Governor of Cuba
1902: Retired from United States Army
1902 – 1926: Retired General Living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1905 – 1907: Commander – in – chief of Military Order of Loyal Legion
Died: September 5, 1926
Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 88 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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