biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1834–1910)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in New York City, New York, USA. He grew up in Illinois, trained at West Point (1860), saw service as a cavalry officer during the Civil War, including Gettysburg, and served on the W frontier (1866–79). He was superintendent of West Point (1882–7), and after years at various administrative posts, he was given command of the army forces that captured Manila from the Spanish in 1898. He briefly served as military governor of the Philippines (1898–9) before retiring from the army (1900). |
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