William Wallace Burns

Infobox Military Person
name=William Wallace Burns
born= birth date|1825|9|3
died= death date and age|1892|4|19|1825|9|3


caption=
placeofbirth=Coshocton, Ohio
placeofdeath=Beaufort, South Carolina
placeofburial=Arlington National Cemetery
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=1847-89
rank= Major General
commands=
battles=Mexican-American War American Civil War

William Wallace Burns (September 3, 1825 – April 19, 1892) was a career American soldier who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of major general in the volunteer army. He was among the commanders of the famed Philadelphia Brigade.

Birth and early years

Burns was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and in 1847 graduated from the United States Military Academy. He accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the infantry and served in the Mexican-American War on recruiting duty. He was then assigned to various army posts in the Old West and Southwest, occasionally fighting against Indians. In 1858, he accepted a staff commission as Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of captain.

Civil War

During the Civil War, he was in the field with the Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863, during which time he attained the rank of major general of volunteers. Later he became chief commissary officer of the Department of the Northwest and during the last part of the war was chief commissary of the Department of the South.

He received the brevet of brigadier general in 1865 and was on duty in the Commissary Department at Washington until 1889, when he retired, with the Regular Army rank of colonel.

He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

ee also

*List of American Civil War generals

References

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External links

* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tamucush/00116/tamu-00116.html Burns papers at the University of Texas]

Persondata
NAME= Burns, William Wallace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Union Army general
DATE OF BIRTH=September 3, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH=Coshocton, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH=April 19, 1892
PLACE OF DEATH=Beaufort, South Carolina