GRANGER, Robert Seaman

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 24 1816, Zanesville OH

Died: April 25 1894, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1838, garrison duty, Seminole war, instructor at West Point, Mexican war.

War Service: April 1861 captured in Texas, exchanged a year later, Brig. Gen. of Kentucky volunteers, October 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, camp and garrison duties, resisted Wheeler, Forrest and Roddey

Post War: Army service, garrison duty, superintendent of General Recruiting Service, retired 1873