William Carlin Military person

William Passmore Carlin (November 23, 1829 – October 4, 1903) was a career soldier from the state of Illinois who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army. He led a brigade and then a division in the Army of the Tennessee in several of the most significant campaigns of the Western Theater of operations.

Personal facts

William Carlin
Birth dateNovember 23, 1829
Birth place
Greene County Illinois
Date of deathOctober 04, 1903
Place of death
Whitehall Montana
Resting place
Carrollton Illinois

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Military person

allegianceUnion
military operations
American Civil War
American Indian Wars
Utah War
Atlanta Campaign
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Perryville
Siege of Corinth
Chattanooga Campaign
Battle of Stones River
Sherman's March to the Sea
Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Fredericktown
military branch
Union Army
military command
Department of the Columbia
4th Infantry Regiment
38th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
service start1850
service end1893

William Carlin on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/records/list.cfm
  2. http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/ngc/carlin.htm