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Julius Peter Garesché

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Rosecrans's biographer (WM Lamers, The Edge of Glory, LSU Press, pbk Ed, 1999, p. 193) says of Garesché: "He seemed without earthly ambition, half mystic, half saint; he denied himself reasonable comforts to help the poor...the Confederates considered him the 'most gallant gentleman in the army.'"
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He served in Texas from 1849 to 1851. He was reassigned as on staff duty in the Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, D.C., from 1852 to 1853. He then served on recruiting service and engineer duty in the Department of Texas in 1853. He then served on frontier duty at Fort Brown, Texas, 1853 to
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in Pennsylvania in 1844 before returning to Fort McHenry the next year. He was briefly assigned to recruiting duty in 1846. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant in the 4th Artillery on June 14, 1846.
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on December 31, 1862. Riding with General Rosecrans toward the Round Forest, Garesché was decapitated by a cannonball. The battle was his first combat during the Civil War. General
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He was breveted as a staff captain, and assistant adjutant general on November 9, 1855 and served in Washington, D.C. until November 5, 1862.
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of volunteers. He was, however, breveted as a staff major on May 14, 1861 and was given the permanent rank of major on August 3, 1861.
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he served with distinction at Camargo, Mexico and as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of Rio Grande District from 1847 to 1848.
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soon afterward happened upon the lifeless body and removed Garesché's West Point ring and personal Bible.
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The five subsequent years were spent on the frontier and in garrison duty. His first assignment was to
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A Catholic, in Newark he organized the first local conference of the
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Cullum's Register of Graduates of the United States Military Academy
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1854, Las Animas, N. M., 1854, and Fort Brown, Texas, 1854 to 1855.
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and assistant adjutant general on July 17, 1862 and was made
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Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences alumni
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In this capacity, he participated in the operations of the
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Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War
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American military personnel of the Mexican–American War
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broke out in 1861, Garesché declined a commission as
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Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
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