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词条 Arthur R. Curtis
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Civil War service

  3. Post-war life

  4. See also

  5. Notes

  6. References

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|name= Arthur Russell Curtis
|birth_date= July 15, 1842
|death_date= April 8, 1925
|birth_place= Boston, Massachusetts
|death_place= Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|placeofburial= Arlington Park Cemetery, Greenfield, Wisconsin
|placeofburial_label=
|image=Arthur R. Curtis.jpg
|image_size =175px
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flagicon|USA|1861}}Union
|branch= Union Army
|serviceyears=1861 – 1865
|rank= Lieutenant Colonel
|commands=20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
|battles=American Civil War
|awards= Brevet Brigadier General
|laterwork=
}}

Arthur Russell Curtis (July 15, 1842 – April 8, 1925) was a volunteer officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Early life and education

Arthur Russell Curtis was born July 15, 1842 at Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

Civil War service

Curtis started the war as a private in the 4th Battalion of Massachusetts Militia. He transferred to the 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was eventually promoted to lieutenant colonel and took command of the regiment.[2] On December 3, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Curtis for the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war,[3] and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on February 14, 1868.[4]

Post-war life

Curtis was a clerk, postmaster and world traveler after the war. Arthur Russell Curtis died April 8, 1925 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[5]

See also

{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
  • List of Massachusetts generals in the American Civil War
  • Massachusetts in the American Civil War

Notes

1. ^Hunt and Brown, 1990, p. 141
2. ^Hunt and Brown, 1990, p. 141
3. ^Hunt and Brown, 141
4. ^Eicher, 2001, p. 743
5. ^Hunt and Brown, 1990, p. 141

References

  • {{cite book |title=Massachusetts in the War, 1861–1865 |last=Bowen|first=James L.|year=1889 |place=Springfield, Massachusetts |publisher=Clark W. Bryan & Co |oclc=1986476 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0tLhkfW1wwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_slider_thumb#v=onepage&q=&f=false }}
  • {{cite book |title=Civil War High Commands |last1=Eicher |first1=John H.|author2=Eicher, David J.|authorlink=David J. Eicher|year=2001 |origyear= |place=Stanford |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0-8047-3641-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fs0Ajlnjl6AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=civil+War+high+commands&ei=tTehS_yzCIyaMrTdtdQH&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hunt|first1=Roger D.|first2=Jack R.|last2=Brown|title=Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue|place=Gaithersburg, MD|publisher=Olde Soldier Books, Inc.|year=1990|isbn=1-56013-002-4}}
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