William Hemsley Emory
Birthplace: Poplar Grove Estate, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Father: Thomas Emory 1782 – 1842
(Buried: Poplar Grove Graveyard, Centreville, Maryland)
Mother: Anna Maria Hemsley 1787 – 1864
(Buried: Poplar Grove Graveyard, Centreville, Maryland)
Wife: Matilda Wilkins Bache 1819 – 1900
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
(Great Granddaughter of Inventor, Benjamin Franklin)
Married: May 29, 1838 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Children:
Lt. Colonel Campbell Dallas Emory 1839 – 1878
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Dr. Thomas Alexander Emory 1841 – 1908
(Buried: Saint Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)
Admiral William Hemsley Emory Jr. 1846 – 1917
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:1831: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (14th in class)
Occupation before War:1831: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 4th Artillery
1831 – 1836: 2nd Lt. United States Army 4th Artillery
1836: Resigned from United States Army on September 30th
1836 – 1838: Civilian Engineer
1838 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, Topographic Engineers
1846 – 1847: Chief Topographic Engineer Kearney's Staff
1846: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of San Pasqual, California
1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at San Gabriel and Plains of Mesa
1847: Declined to be Major in United States Army, 1st Dragoons
1848 – 1853: Astronomer for Boundary Line of California and Mexico
1851 – 1855: Captain United States Army, Topographic Engineers
1853: Commissioner and Astronomer to run boundary of Gadsden Purchase
1854 – 1857: Astronomer to run boundary between U.S. and Mexico
1855: Major of United States Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment
1855 – 1861: Major of United States Army 1st Cavalry Regiment
1857: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for boundary line between US and Mexico
1860: Member of Committee to revise Instruction at West Point
1861: Lt. Colonel of United States Army 1st Cavalry Regiment
1861: Resigned and reappointed to the United States Army
Civil War Career:1861 – 1863: Lt. Colonel United States Army 6th Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign
1862: Commander of Union Army Defenses at Yorktown, Virginia
1862: Organizer of Infantry Division in Baltimore, Maryland
1863: Served in the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana
1863: Served in the fighting at Fort Bisland, Louisiana
1863: Served in the Defenses of New Orleans, Louisiana
1863 – 1876: Colonel of United States Army 5th Cavalry Regiment
1863 – 1864: Served in the Red River Campaign
1864: Served in the Battle of Sabin Crossroads, Louisiana
1864: Served in the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
1864 – 1866: Commander of 19th Army Corps of Union Army
1864: Brevetted Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Battle of Fisher's Hill
1865: Brevetted Major General for Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia
1865 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1865 – 1866: Commander of Union Army Department of West Virginia
1866: Commander of United States Army 5th Cavalry Regiment
1866: Mustered out of Volunteer Service on January 15th
Occupation after War:1863 – 1876: Colonel of United States Army 5th Cavalry Regiment
1866 – 1868: Commander of Department of Washington
1866: Member of Examining Board for Promotion in U.S. Army
1867: Member of Examining Board for Retiring from U.S. Army
1868 – 1869: Member of U.S. Army Cavalry, Tactics Board
1869 – 1871: Commander of the District of the Republican
1871 – 1875: Commander of U.S. Army Department of the Gulf
1875 – 1876: President of United States Army Retiring Board
1876: Retired from United States Army on July 1st as Brigadier General
1879 – 1887: Veteran Member of Aztec Club of 1847
1879 – 1887: Companion of Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Died: December 1, 1887
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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