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Hughes, Robert P. 1839-
Military officer; born in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1839; entered the volunteer army as a private in the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry, April 25, 1861; became captain in the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry, May 20, 1862; lieutenant-colonel of the 199th Pennsylvania Infantry, Dec. 7, 1864; was brevetted colonel, April 2, 1865; and mustered out of the service, June 28, following.
On July 28, 1866, he was commissioned a captain in the 18th United States Infantry; in 1870 was assigned to the 3d United States Infantry; in 1886 became major and inspector-general; and on Aug. 31, 1888, colonel and inspector-general.
At the beginning of the war with Spain he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers; was honorably discharged under that commission, and reappointed to the same rank, April 16, 1899; and on the reorganization of the regular army in February, 1901, he was appointed one of the new brigadier-generals.
His later service has been in the Philippine Islands,