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Wesley Merritt (16 de junio de 1836 [1] – 3 de diciembre de 1910) fue un militar estadounidense que, como general del Ejército de la Unión, participó en la guerra civil estadounidense y también en la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense en Filipinas.
Battle of Manila. Wesley Merritt (June 16, 1836 – December 3, 1910) [1] was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Following the latter war, he became the first American Military Governor of the Philippines.
Wesley Merritt, Union cavalry officer and first military governor of the Philippines, was born June 16, 1834 in New York City. When he was seven, he moved with his family to St. Clair county Illinois.
9 de oct. de 2014 · Overshadowed by Custer and Rosser is the fighting that took place on the Turnpike between the Federal division of Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt and Confederates led by Brig. Gen. Lunsford Lomax. Merritt, a contemporary of Custer, was born on June 16, 1834 in New York City, but grew up in Illinois.
Wesley Merritt fue un militar estadounidense que, como general del Ejército de la Unión, participó en la Guerra Civil Estadounidense y también en la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense en Filipinas. Fue nombrado por el gobierno estadounidense gobernador militar de Filipinas tras la toma de Manila.
26 de ene. de 2018 · On July 3, 1863, outside Gettysburg, Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt detached the 6 th U.S. to Fairfield, Pennsylvania. Merritt had received reports of a Confederate wagon train in the area and sent the regiment to investigate.
General Wesley Merritt (seated center) poses with his staff before the camera of Mathew Brady in this 1864 photograph. A highly competent cavalry officer, Merritt commanded the 1st Cavalry Division of Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah.
