Abraham Charles Myers
Born: May 14, 1811
Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina
Father: Abram Myers 1775 – 1851
Mother: Isabella Myers 1790 – 1876
Wife: Marion Isabelle Twiggs 1838 – 1893
(Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Children:
Elizabeth Twiggs “Lilly” Myers Chalmers Fendall 1856 – 1910
(Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
William Heyward Myers Sr. 1856 – 1923
General John Twiggs Myers 1871 – 1952
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
1835: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (32nd in class)
Occupation before War:
1833 – 1835: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1833 – 1835: Garrison Duty at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1835 – 1837: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1836 – 1838: Served in the Seminole War in Florida
1837 – 1839: 1st Lt. United States Army 4th Infantry Regiment
1838 – 1840: Recruiting Duty for United States Army
1839 – 1846: Captain on Staff of Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. Army
1840 – 1841: Quartermaster Duty in Saint Augustine, Florida
1841 – 1842: Quartermaster Duty in The Florida Seminole War
1842 – 1845: Quartermaster Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1845 – 1846: Quartermaster Duty Military Occupation of Texas
1846 – 1848: Quartermaster Duty during the Mexican War
1846 – 1847: Brevet Major for duty at Battle of Palo Alto
1847: Captain of United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1847: Rank was vacated on February 16, 1847
1847 – 1861: Brevet Lt. Colonel Quartermaster Staff, U.S. Army
1848 – 1849: Quartermaster Duty in Charleston, South Carolina & Savannah, Georgia
1849 – 1851: Chief Quartermaster for the Department of Florida
1851 – 1854: Chief Quartermaster for the Department of New Orleans
1854 – 1857: Chief Quartermaster for the Department of Texas
1857 – 1858: Chief Quartermaster for the Department of New York City
1858 – 1861: Chief Quartermaster in New Orleans Louisiana
1861: Resigned from United States Army on January 28, 1861
Civil War Career:
1861: Quartermaster General for the State of Louisiana
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel & Quartermaster General of CSA Army
1862 – 1863: Colonel & Quartermaster General of CSA Army
1863: Resigned from the Confederate Army on August 10, 1863
Occupation after War:
Lived in Georgia, Europe, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Died: June 20, 1889
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia
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