Roeliff Brinkerhoff Military person

Roeliff Brinkerhoff (June 28, 1828 – June 4, 1911) was a lawyer, editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald, and later a bank president. He was a quartermaster and supply officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel. In recognition of his service, he was nominated in 1866 and confirmed in 1867 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. His work, "The Volunteer Quartermaster" was considered the definitive text on military logistics and transportation from the Civil War until World War I. He also founded the Ohio Historical Society and succeeded former President Rutherford B. Hayes as president of the American National Prison Congress.

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Birth date	June 28, 1828
Birth place	Owasco New York
Date of death	June 04, 1911
Place of death	Mansfield Ohio

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allegiance	United States of America
military operations	American Civil War Siege of Corinth History of Nashville Tennessee
service start	1861
service end	1866