★  Fry, James Barnet

James Barnet Fry

Born: February 22, 1827
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Birthplace: Carrollton, Illinois

Father: Jacob G. Fry 1799 – 1881

Mother: Emily “Emma” Turney 1811 – 1881

Wife: Caroline Long 1824 – 1897
(Buried: Saint James the less Episcopal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Children:

Julia A. Fry 1853 –​
Emma C. Fry 1860 – 1917​

Education:

1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (14th in class)​

Occupation before War:

1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery​
1847: Assistant Artillery Instructor at West Point Military Academy​
1847 – 1851: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery​
1851 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery​
1853 – 1859: Assistant Artillery Instructor at West Point​
1860: Recorder of the Board to revise Program of Instruction​
1860 – 1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​

Civil War Career:

1861: Light Artillery Commander in Washington, D.C.​
1861: Brevet Captain Assistant Adjutant General U.S. Army​
1861: Chief of Staff to Brig. General Irvin McDowell​
1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​
1861: Captain United States Army Assistant Adjutant General​
1861 – 1862: Chief of Staff to Major General Don Carlos Buell​
1861 – 1864: Colonel and Aide-de-camp​
1862: Chief of Staff to the Union Army of the Ohio​
1862: Major Assistant Adjutant General​
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​
1862: Served in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky​
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General​
1862 – 1863: Assistant in charge of Appointment Branch​
1863 – 1864: Colonel and Provost Marshal of United States​
1863 – 1866: Provost Marshal General of United States Army​
1864: Brigadier General and Provost Marshal​
1865: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry in two Battles​
1865: Brevetted Major General for Service during the War​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1869: Adjutant General U.S. Army, Division of the Pacific​
1869 – 1871: Adjutant General U.S. Army, Division of the South​
1871 – 1873: Adjutant General U.S. Army, Division of the Missouri​
1873 – 1881: Adjutant General U.S. Army, Division of the Atlantic​
1875 – 1881: Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army​
1878 – 1881: Adjutant General U.S. Army, Department of the East​
1878: Hospitalized with dyspepsia at the Post Hospital​
1881: Retired from United States Army after 30 years of Service​
1883 – 1894: Member of the Aztec Club of 1847​
Veteran Companion of New York Commissary of the Loyal Legion​

Died:
July 11, 1894

Place of Death: Newport, Rhode Island

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Saint James the Less Episcopal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
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Fry became the Army's first Provost Marshal General in 1863. According to the book "Who's Who in the Civil War" under his direction the bureau arrested 76,526 deserters. When the position was eliminated in 1866 Fry reverted to his grade in the Adjutant General's department.
 
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