★ Getty, George W.

George Washington Getty​

Born: October 2, 1819

Birthplace: Washington, D.C.

Father: Robert Getty 1780 – 1842

Mother: Margaret Wilmot 1789 – 1873

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Wife: Elizabeth Graham Stevenson 1828 – 1913

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Children:

Anna Laub Getty McClure 1849 – 1926​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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Brig. General Robert Nelson Getty 1855 – 1941​

(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)​

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Maud Getty Walsh 1862 – 1951​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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George Graham Getty 1866 – 1945​

(Buried: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland)​

Education:

1840: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (15th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1840 – 1845: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1840: Served in Boarder disturbances at Detroit, Michigan​

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1840 – 1841: Served at Deabornville, Michigan​

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1841: Served at Fort Mackinac, Michigan​

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1841 – 1842: Frontier Duty at Fort Niagara, New York​

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1842 – 1844: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia​

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1844 – 1845: Garrison Duty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania​

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1845 – 1853: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1845 – 1846: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia​

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1846 – 1847: Recruiter for United States Army​

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1847: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia​

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1847: Served in the Battle of Contreras, Mexico​

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1847: Brevetted Captain for service at Contreras and Churubusco​

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1847: Served in the storming at Chapultepec, Mexico​

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1847: Served in the assault and capture at Mexico City, Mexico​

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1848: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia​

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1849: Garrison Duty at Fort Brooke, Florida​

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1849 – 1850: Served in the Seminole War, Florida​

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1850: Garrison Duty at Key West, Florida​

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1850 – 1851: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York​

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1851 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Johnston, North Carolina​

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1852 – 1853: Garrison Duty at Fort Brady, Michigan​

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1853: Garrison Duty at Fort Niagara, New York​

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1853 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1853 – 1856: Garrison Duty at Fort Hamilton, New York​

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1856 – 1857: Served in the Seminole War, Florida​

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1857 – 1858: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​

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1858 – 1859: Frontier Duty at Platte Bridge, Nebraska​

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1859: Frontier Duty at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory​

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1859 – 1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Captain, United States Army, 5th​ Artillery​

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1861: Commander of Artillery Battalion at Cincinnati, Ohio​

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1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel and Aide-de-camp​

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1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign​

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1862: Served in the Battle of South Mountain​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland​

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1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1863: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry, Siege of Suffolk, Virginia​

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1863: Commander of soldiers constructing intrenched line​

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1863 – 1866: Major of United States Army, 5th​ Artillery​

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1863: Commander of Expedition from White House, to South Anna​

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1864: Acting Inspector General, Army of the Potomac​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia​

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1864: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of the Wilderness​

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1864: Served in the march from White House, to the James River​

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1864: Served in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1864: Served in Expedition to Ream's Station and Weldon Railroad​

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1864: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.​

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1864: In pursuit of General Early in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

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1864: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry Winchester, & Fishers Hill​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Served in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General for capture of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1865: Served in the Battle of Saylor's Creek, Virginia​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the war​

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1865: Commander of 1st​ Division of Provisional Army Corps​

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1865 – 1866: Union Army Commander, District of Baltimore, Maryland​

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1866 – 1869: Colonel of United States Army, 37th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1866: Union Army Commander, District of the Rio Grande​

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1866: Union Army Commander, District of Texas​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 1st​​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1869: Colonel of United States Army, 37th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1867 – 1871: U.S. Army Commander, District of New Mexico​

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1869 – 1871: Colonel of United States Army, 3rd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1871 – 1872: At regiment headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina​

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1871 – 1882: Colonel of United States Army, 3rd​ Artillery​

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1872 – 1877: Commander of regiment headquarters, Fort Hamilton​

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1874: Member of United States Army, Court of inquiry​

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1877 – 1883: Commander of Post and Artillery School​

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1878 – 1879: Member of court of inquiry for Fitz John Porter​

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1881 – 1882: President of Board to Examine Heavy Ordnance​

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1882 – 1883: Colonel of United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1883: Retired from United States Army on October 2nd​​

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1883 – 1901: Owner of Farm near Forest Glen, Maryland​

Died: October 1, 1901

Place of Death: Forest Glen, Maryland

Cause of Death: Senility and enlarged prostate

Age at time of Death: 81 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

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Hooker's chief of artillery in the fall of 1861 and Burnside's chief artillerist at Antietam, He was named a brigadier on September 25, 1862.

 

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After the war He was one of the commissioners who reversed the findings in thr Fitz-John Porter case.

 

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Happy Birthday (October 2nd) Brig. General George W. Getty! Salutes remembering General Getty on his birthday weekend.

 

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Getty became acting commander of the VI Corps when Gen. James Ricketts was disabled by a chest wound at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

 

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Getty became acting commander of the VI Corps when Gen. James Ricketts was disabled by a chest wound at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

Interesting bunch of events at Cedar Creek. The actual commander of the VI Corps,Gen. Horatio Wright, temporarily commanded the Army in Sheridan's absence. Gen. James Ricketts took Wrights place as head of the VI Corps and was then wounded. Then command temporarily fell to Getty.