- William M. Dunn
Infobox Military Person
name=William McKee Dunn
born= birth date|1814|12|12
died= death date and age|1887|7|24|1814|12|12
placeofburial=Oak Hill Cemetery
caption=William M. Dunn
placeofbirth=Hanover, Indiana
placeofdeath=Dunn Loring, Virginia
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=1863–1881
rank= Brigadier General
commands=Judge Advocate General of the Army
battles=American Civil War Indian Wars
laterwork=U.S. RepresentativeWilliam McKee Dunn (
December 12 ,1814 –July 24 ,1887 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIndiana and theJudge Advocate General of theUnited States Army .Early life and career
Born in Hanover, Jefferson County, Territory of Indiana, Dunn attended school in the first schoolhouse in Hanover. He was graduated from Indiana State College in 1832 and from
Yale College in 1835. He subsequently studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He then established a legal practice. Dunn served as member of theIndiana House of Representatives successful in 1848. He was delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1850.Dunn was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses. He served from
March 4 ,1859 , untilMarch 3 ,1863 . He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Thirty-seventh Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.Civil War
During the early part of the
American Civil War , in addition to his congressional duties, Dunn served in theUnion Army as a volunteeraide-de-camp to GeneralGeorge B. McClellan fromJune 19 ,1861 , to August 1861, in the campaign in western Virginia.Following his unsuccessful bid to remain in Congress, Dunn accepted a military commission from the
Governor of Indiana , fellow RepublicanOliver P. Morton . He was a major and judge advocate general in theDepartment of the Missouri fromMarch 13 ,1863 , untilJuly 6 ,1864 . He was appointed lieutenant colonel and Assistant Judge Advocate General of the United States Army onJune 22 ,1864 . At the end of the war, he was brevetted as a brigadier general dating fromMarch 13 ,1865 .Postbellum career
Following the Civil War, Dunn stayed in the Regular Army. He was promoted to brigadier general and Judge Advocate General on
December 1 ,1875 . He retired from the army onJanuary 22 ,1881 .He died at his summer residence, "Maplewood," in Dunn Loring,
Fairfax County, Virginia , onJuly 24 ,1887 . He was interred inOak Hill Cemetery ,Washington, D.C. References
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