Peacetime and interim
Adolphus W. Greely
Major General · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, retired
27 March 1844 · Place not recorded
Public domain. George Grantham Bain Collection Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Louisiana
- Action
- Adolphus W. Greely, 27 March 1844
The citation
Official citation
For his life of splendid public service, begun on 27 March 1844, having enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on 26 July 1861, and by successive promotions was commissioned as major general 10 February 1906, and retired by operation of law on his 64th birthday.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.