SULLY, Alfred

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 22 1820, Philadelphia PA

Died: April 27 1879, Fort Vancouver WA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1841, Seminole war, Mexican war, frontier duty.

War Service: 1861 served in Washington defenses, March 1862 Col. of 1st Minnesota, Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded the Dist. of Dakota, fought Indians in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Post War: Army service in the infantry, served on the Indian frontier.