President Martin Van Buren Appoints an Officer Who Would Become a Civil War Notable
The appointee, Langdon C. Easton, would be General William T. Sherman’s Quartermaster General in the Victorious Georgia Campaign of 1864
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Langdon C. Easton graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1838. He served in the Florida and Mexican wars, and during the Civil War. He was Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Cumberland from December 1863, until May 1864, and of the armies commanded by Major General William T. Sherman...
Langdon C. Easton graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1838. He served in the Florida and Mexican wars, and during the Civil War. He was Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Cumberland from December 1863, until May 1864, and of the armies commanded by Major General William T. Sherman from May 4, 1864, until the war’s end, being present during the operations of the campaign from Chattanooga to the taking of Atlanta, and subsequently at the capture of Savannah. On the march from the latter city to Goldsborough, NC., and thence to Washington, DC., via Raleigh and Richmond, General Easton acted in the same capacity. During the war he was brevetted major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general, “for distinguished and important service in the quartermaster’s department in the campaign terminating in the capture of Atlanta, Georgia,” and major general, March 13, 1865, “for meritorious service during the war.” After the war he remained in the regular army, serving as quartermaster with the rank of colonel.
Document signed, with an eagle, stars, flags and cannon, Washington, February 20, 1840, naming Easton “First Lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment of Infantry”, effective since July 23, 1839. The document is countersigned by Secretary of War Joel Poinsett.
It is uncommon to find Van Buren military appointments.
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