PITCHER, Thomas Gamble

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: October 23 1824, Rockport IN

Died: October 21 1895, Fort Bayard NM

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1845, Mexican War, commissary duty.

War Service: 1861 Capt. in 8th US Infantry, Cedar Mountain (w), November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, provost marshal duty in Vermont and Indiana.

Post War: Army service, superintendent of West Point, governor of a soldiers home, retired 1888.