Montgomery C. Meigs Military person

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (/ˈmɛɡz/; May 3, 1816 – January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer for a number of facilities in Washington, D.C., and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War.Meigs' record as Quartermaster General was regarded as exceptionally brilliant, both in effectiveness and in ethical probity, and Secretary of State William H. Seward viewed it as a key factor in Union victory. Despite his Georgia birth, Meigs disapproved strongly of secession, and his large-scale conversion of Robert E. Lee's Arlington estate into a military cemetery was partly a gesture to humiliate Lee for siding with the South.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 03, 1816
Birth place	Augusta Georgia
Date of death	January 02, 1892
Place of death	Washington D.C.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery

Search

Military person

allegiance	United States of America Union
military operations	American Civil War
military branch	United States Army Union Army
military command	Quartermaster General
relation	Montgomery Monty Meigs
service start	1836
service end	1882