| 词条 | William McCleave |
| 释义 |
| honorific_prefix = | name = William A. McCleave | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | nickname = | birth_date = 1825 | birth_place = Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1904|02|03|1825||}} | death_place = Berkeley, California | placeofburial = San Francisco National Cemetery | placeofburial_label = | allegiance = United States Union | branch = United States Army Union Army | serviceyears = 1850–1879 | rank = Major Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel | unit = 1st U.S. Dragoons U.S. Camel Corps 8th U.S. Cavalry | commands = 1st California Cavalry Regiment | battles = Indian Wars American Civil War | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | spouse = | relations = | laterwork = real estate agent }} William A. McCleave (1825 – February 3, 1904) was an Irish-born American soldier and officer in the U.S. Army who served in the Indian Wars and the American Civil War. BiographyWilliam McCleave was born in northern Ireland in 1825. Losing his wife and child in the Great Famine; he immigrated to the United States in 1850. He went to California and enlisted in the 1st U.S. Regiment of Dragoons. He served in Company K under Captain James H. Carleton. Within the next decade he reached the reank of First Sergeant. In he 1861 served as camel herder for the United States Camel Corps and delivered 31 camels from Fort Tejon to Los Angeles.[1] After the American Civil War began McCleave was named Colonel and ordered to recruit a cavalry regiment in California. However only a battalion of five companies could be organized at that time and he was made a Captain in what would eventually become the 1st California Cavalry Regiment instead. He commanded Company A and established Camp Carleton before moving out to Arizona. There, on March 06, 1862, he was captured by Sherod Hunter and his Arizona Rangers. He was exchanged for two lieutenants four months later. He was promoted to major in January 1863 and spent the rest of the war fighting Indians in New Mexico. When in ended he was a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and commanded Fort Sumner.[1] McCleave was mustered out on October 19th, 1866; commanding the regiment at that time. Having already accepted a commission in the Regular Army; he therefore became a Second Lieutenant in the 8th U.S. Cavalry. He retired in 1879 as a Captain. He had married Marry Crooke in 1872, eventually fathering six children, and after his retirement they settled in Berkeley, California. There he dealt real estate and commanded the Veterans Home of California Yountville. The freemason died on February 3, 1904. He was outlived by his widow, one daughter and his four sons (three of whom would serve in the army as well).[1] References1. ^1 2 William McCleave, Civil War hero, established a military dynasty from berkeleyheritage.com accessed April 10, 2017 External links
11 : 1825 births|1904 deaths|19th-century Irish people|Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)|Irish soldiers in the United States Army|People of California in the American Civil War|Union Army officers|United States Army officers|American military personnel of the Indian Wars|Burials at San Francisco National Cemetery|People from Berkeley, California |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。