Gustavus Adolphus De Russy
Born: November 3, 1818
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Father: Rene Edward De Russy 1789 – 1865
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Mother: Harriet Elizabeth Taylor 1805 – 1834
Wife: Frances Clitz 1836 – 1901
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Children:
Rene Edward De Russy 1858 – 1860
(Buried: Fort Mackinac Post Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Michigan)
Emily Clitz De Russy Sickel 1862 – 1949
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Education:
1835 – 1838: Attended West Point Military Academy
1838: Dismissed from West Point due to alcohol usage
Occupation before War:
1847 – 1848: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Battles of Contreras, & Churubusco
Brevetted Captain for his service at Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico
1848 – 1857: 1st Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1848 – 1857: Quartermaster for U.S. Army, at Fort Monroe, Virginia
1857 – 1862: Captain, United States Army, 4th Artillery
Civil War Career:
1862: Served in the Virginia, Peninsula Campaign
1862: Praised for his conduct at Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia
1862: Commander of Artillery on left at Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Colonel of 4th New York Heavy Artillery
1863–1865: Commander Washington, D.C. Defenses, South of Potomac
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
Served a short period of time in the Union Army, Dept. of Alabama
1865: Breveted Brigadier General for his service in the War
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1879: Major in United States Army, Artillery
1879 – 1882: Lt. Colonel in United States Army, Artillery
1881 – 1891: Member of the Aztec Club of 1847
1882: Colonel in United States Army, Artillery
Served Sixteen years in Garrison duty until his retirement in 1882
Died: May 29, 1891
Place of Death: Detroit, Michigan
Cause of Death: Uremic coma and Bright’s Disease
Age at time of Death: 72 years old
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
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