James Barnet Fry
Born: February 22, 1827
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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