★  De Russy, Gustavus A.

Gustavus Adolphus De Russy

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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
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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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