MEIGS, Montgomery Cunningham

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 3 1816, Augusta GA

Died: January 2 1892, District of Columbia

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1836, engineering duty.

War Service: May 1861 Col. of 11th US Infantry, May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers and Quartermaster General.

Post War: Army service, retired 1882.