John Milton Brannan Military person

John Milton Brannan (July 1, 1819 – December 16, 1892) was a career American Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War, in command of the Department of Key West in Florida and assigned to Fort Zachary Taylor. His first wife was the daughter of Colonel Ichabod Crane; she mysteriously disappeared after taking a ferry from Staten Island to lower Manhattan and was presumed to have been murdered.

Personal facts

John Milton Brannan
Birth dateJuly 01, 1819
Birth place
Washington D.C.
Date of deathDecember 16, 1892
Place of death
New York City
Resting place
West Point Cemetery

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Military person

allegiance
United States of America
Union
military operations
American Civil War
Atlanta Campaign
Chattanooga Campaign
Mexican–American War
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of St. Johns Bluff
Battle of Cerro Gordo
Battle for Mexico City
Battle of Churubusco
Battle of Contreras
military branch
Union Army
military command4th Artillery Regiment
service start1841
service end1882

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External resources

  1. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001598515