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Sawtelle, Charles Greene 1834-

Military officer; born in Norridgewock, Me., May 10, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1854; promoted captain in 1861; served through the Civil War principally as quartermaster at different posts; built a pontoon bridge 900 feet long across the Red River in Texas early in 1864; brevetted brigadier-general United States army in 1865; promoted brigadier-general United States Army Aug. 19, 1896; and retired Feb. 16, 1897.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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