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Thomas H. Neill

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on April 15, 1863, his rank postdated to November 29, 1862. During the Chancellorsville Campaign, Neill brigade led the advance of Howe’s division at the
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After the war, Neill reverted to regular service as a major in the infantry. (He had been promoted to that rank on August 26, 1863.) He became
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beginning in 1879, when he became a colonel. He also was commandant of cadets at West Point for four years. Neill served in
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When VI Corps was reorganized in the winter of 1863-1864, Neill retained his brigade; but Howe was replaced by Brig. Gen.
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before retiring on disability in 1883. Neill died in Philadelphia on March 12, 1885. He is buried at West Point.
250: 242: 206: 152: 91: 309:. Neill had his horse shot from under him in the fight for Scott's Ford, Sedgwick's means of escaping across the 126: 425: 378: 362: 346: 321: 286: 87: 217:. He graduated 27th of a class numbering 38 members in 1847. Neill served on the frontier, usually with the 234: 246: 135: 306: 270: 333: 282: 258: 503: 498: 317: 214: 358: 186: 76: 310: 266: 262: 182: 170: 103: 478: 464: 450: 397: 382: 370: 366: 350: 274: 238: 218: 139: 354: 374: 342: 381:. There is no record of his service in the Civil War after December 1864. He received 325: 492: 298: 297:, also known as the Second Battle of Marye's Heights, when VI Corps, under Maj. Gen. 337: 254: 202: 198: 51: 47: 302: 278: 389:
of volunteers and brigadier of regulars for his war service on March 13, 1865.
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Commandants of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy
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on February 22, 1869. Neill became a cavalry commander, leading the
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on April 9, 1826. Educated in local schools, he attended the
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The Union Sixth Corps in the Chancellorsville Campaign
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When the war began, Neill served on the staff of the
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Brigadier General

Brevet
Major General
23rd Pennsylvania Infantry
6th US Cavalry Regiment
Commandant of Cadets
American Civil War
American Civil War
Army of the Potomac
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York
5th U.S. Infantry
captain
Department of Annapolis
George Cadwalader
Department of Pennsylvania
colonel

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