★  Burns, William W.

William Wallace Burns

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Born: September 3, 1825

Birthplace: Coshocton, Ohio

Father: U.S. Congressman Joseph Burns 1800 – 1875
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio)​

Mother: Rebecca Lewis

Wife: Priscilla R. Burns 1834 – 1911
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Children:

Belle Burns Magruder 1860 – 1941​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Education:

1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (28th in class)​

Occupation before War:

1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment​
1847 – 1850: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment​
1848: Recruiter for United States Army​
1848: Garrison Duty at East Pascagoula, Mississippi​
1849 – 1850: Frontier Duty at Fort Smith, Arkansas​
1850 – 1858: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment​
1850 – 1851: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory​
1851: Served in the march to Phantom Hill, Texas​
1851 – 1854: Served in March to Clear Fork of the Brazos River​
1856 – 1858: Quartermaster for United States Army, 5th Infantry​
1857 – 1858: Commissary and Quartermaster Duty, Utah Campaign​
1858 – 1861: Captain and Commissary of Subsistence for U.S. Army​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1874: Major and Commissary of Subsistence for U.S. Army​
1861: Chief Commissary of Subsistence in Western Virginia​
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1861 – 1862: Served on Court Martial Duty for the Union Army​
1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia​
1862: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Savage Station​
1862: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Glendale, Virginia​
1862 – 1863: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers​
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
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1863: Resigned as Major General on March 20th
1863 – 1865: Commissary of Subsistence Department of Northwest​
1864 – 1865: President of Examining Board for Commissaries​
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for his service in the war​

Occupation after War:

1861 – 1874: Major and Commissary of Subsistence, for U.S. Army​
1865 – 1866: Chief Commissary, Department of South Carolina​
1865 – 1866: Supervising Commissary, Department of Georgia – Florida​
1866: Supervising Commissary, Department of the Carolinas​
1866 – 1867: Supervising Commissary, Department of the South​
1868: Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina​
1868: Supervising Commissary for Second Military District​
1868 – 1873: Purchasing Commissary in New York City, New York​
1870 – 1873: Chief of Commissariat, Department of the East​
1873 – 1879: Chief of Commissariat, Division of the Pacific​
1874 – 1884: Lt. Colonel and Assistant Commissary General​
1880 – 1884: Depot and Purchasing Commissary, in Baltimore Md.​
1884 – 1889: Chief Commissary, Division of the Atlantic, Dept. of East​
1884 – 1889: Colonel, and Assistant Commissary General, for U.S. Army​
1889: Retired from United States Army on September 3rd

Died: April 12, 1892

Place of Death: Beaufort, South Carolina

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
 
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Here's a tidbit of history.Burns led the Philadelphia Brigade at Fair Oaks in 1862. His men assisted a battery that had gotten stuck on a rickety wooden bridge over a flooded river by moving the cannon off the bridge and across the muddy river. This allowed the cannon to come into play. This very battery is the one that wounded Joseph Johnston who was replaced by Robert E. Lee.
 
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