★  Ketchum, William Scott

William Scott Ketchum

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Born: July 7, 1813

Birthplace: Norwalk, Connecticut

Father: Daniel Ketchum 1786 – 1828

Mother: Rebecca Hill 1780 – 1835

1st Wife: Ann Pinkerton McMullin 1817 – 1841
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

2nd Wife: Rebecca O. White 1815 – 1866
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Children:

Charles Leavenworth Ketchum 1841 – 1918​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Education:

1834: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (32nd in class)​

Occupation before War:

1834 – 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment​
1834 – 1836: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​
1836 – 1837: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment​
1836 – 1837: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​
1837 – 1838: Frontier Duty at Camp Sabine, Louisiana​
1837 – 1842: 1st Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment​
1838: Mustered Georgia Volunteers into the U.S. Army​
1838 – 1839: Adjutant of United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment​
1839 – 1842: Quartermaster for United States Army, 6th Infantry​
1839 – 1846: Captain and Assistant Quartermaster in U.S. Army​
1842: Bearer of United States Army Dispatches to Washington, D.C.​
1843 – 1845: Quartermaster Duty at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory​
1842 – 1860: Captain United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment​
1846 – 1848: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory​
1855: Served in the Sioux Expedition​
1857: Served in the Cheyenne Expedition​
1860 – 1861: Major, United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1864: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Acting Inspector General, Department of the Missouri​
1862: Acting Inspector General, Department of the Mississippi​
1862: Acting Inspector General, Department of the Missouri​
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1862: Organizer of Volunteers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania​
1862: Organizer of Volunteers in Springfield, Illinois​
1862 – 1866: Served on Special Duty for U.S. War Department​
1863: Brevetted Colonel for Meritorious Duty in Missouri​
1864 – 1869: Colonel United States Army, 11th Infantry Regiment​
1864: Special Tour of Inspection Duty in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa​
1864: Member of Board to Examine Management of Hospitals​
1864: Organizer of Volunteers in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​
1864: Special Tour to Harpers Ferry to Secure Paymasters and funds​
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for his service in the war​
1865: Member of Commission to Inspect Quartermaster Department​
1865: Brevetted Major General, U.S. Army, for his service in the War​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on April 30th

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1869: Colonel, United States Army, 11th Infantry Regiment​
1866: Special Duty for U.S. Treasury Dept. to Investigate and Audit​
1866 – 1870: Special Duty in U.S. Army Adjutant General’s Office​
1869: Unassigned Colonel in United States Army on March 15th
1870: Retired from United States Army on December 15th
1870 – 1871: Resident of Baltimore, Maryland​

Died: June 28, 1871

Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland

Cause of Death: Convulsion possibly Poisoning

Age at time of Death: 58 years old

Burial Place: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
 
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