★ Marcy, Randolph B.

Randolph Barnes Marcy​

Born: April 9, 1812

Birthplace: Greenwich, Massachusetts

Father: Laban Marcy 1780 – 1860

Mother: Fanny Howe 1791 – 1857

Wife: Mary Amelia Mann 1814 – 1878

(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey)​

Children:

Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan 1835 – 1915​

(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey)​

Education:

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1832: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (29th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

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1832 – 1835: Brevet, 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 5th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1835 – 1837: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 5th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1837 – 1846: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 5th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1846 – 1859: Captain, United States Army, 5th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1858: Acting Inspector General, U.S. Army, Department of Utah​

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1859 – 1861: Major and Paymaster for United States Army​

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1859: Author of Prairie Traveler​

Civil War Career:

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1861 – 1862: Chief of Staff to Major General George B. McClellan​

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1861 – 1868: Colonel and Inspector General, United States Army​

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1861 – 1863: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers​

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1863 – 1865: Inspection duty of the Union Army, and U.S. Army​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General for his service in the Civil War​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the Civil War​

Occupation after War:

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1861 – 1868: Colonel and Inspector General, United States Army​

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1866: Author of Thirty Years of Army, Life On the Border​

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1866 – 1869: Inspector General, U.S. Army, Division of Missouri​

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1868 – 1881: Brigadier General and Inspector General of U.S. Army​

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1871: Author of Border Reminiscences​

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1881: President of United States Army, Regulation Board​

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1881: Retired from United States Army at his own request​

Died: November 22, 1887

Place of Death: Orange, New Jersey

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey

 

[Pollaco]

He was also McClellans father-in-law in addition to being his chief of staff.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend (Saturday Birthday Brig. General Randolph B. Marcy! Salutes remembering General Marcy on his birthday weekend.

 

[ErnieMac]

Fort Marcy Park in McLean VA is named for him. Fort Marcy was built in 1861 - 1862 as part of the Washington DC defenses.

 

[Pollaco]

It may have been his relationship (father-in-law) with McClellan that resulted in the Senate refusing to confirm him.His appointment and rejection came in September of 1862 after the unpopular McClellan was removed.

 

[Pollaco]

His September 23,1861 appointment to brigadier expired on July 17, 1862 and his September 13, 1862 appointment to brigadier expired on March 4,1863. These are the dates in Stewart Sifakis' biography of him. He was brevetted as a general in the volunteer army at the end of the war.But he finally was named as a brigadier in the regular army in 1878.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Fort Marcy Park in McLean VA is named for him. Fort Marcy was built in 1861 - 1862 as part of the Washington DC defenses.

...and Thamnophis marcianus...

Hissssss...or cheers rather,
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[ErnieMac]

...and Thamnophis marcianus...

Hissssss...or cheers rather,
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I had to look up that one.

 

[USS ALASKA]

I had to look up that one.

...me too...

Cheers,
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[Pollaco]

I haven't yet and still don't know what it means?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Anniversary Bump

Promotion

13 Sept 1862

Randolph Barnes Marcy was reappointed Brigadier-General USV 13 September 1862.

https://ia803402.us.archive.org/32/items/prairietravelerh00marcuoft/prairietravelerh00marcuoft.pdf

His achievements and well-written military reports had attracted attention in Washington, and he was recalled to work for the Department of State. Here he prepared his acclaimed guidebook to the western trails, The Prairie Traveler: A Handbook for Overland Expeditions, with Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific. Published by the U.S. Government in 1859, the Prairie Traveler quickly became an indispensable guide for the thousands of Americans wanting to reach California, Oregon, Utah, and other destinations. Based on his own extensive experience of "more than thirty years of service in the United States Army, a large portion of the time on the frontiers" and in the mountains, deserts, and prairies, the book provided authoritative advice about reconnaissance, fieldcraft, provisions and healthcare, that would save many lives on these perilous routes. It covered key topics like food and water supply and hunting and tracking, and provided specialist advice about the selection of horses, avoiding quicksand, interpreting smoke signals and sign language, and numerous other issues. It was a best-selling book for the remainder of the century. Andrew J. Birtle, author of U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine 1860-1941, has described the Prairie Traveler as "perhaps the single most important work on the conduct of frontier expeditions published under the aegis of the War Department."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_B._Marcy#Biography

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