William Wallace Burns
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
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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