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Alfred Pleasonton

Alfred Pleasonton
Alfred Pleasonton
Alfred Pleasonton

Naissance
Washington D.C.
Décès (à 72 ans)
Washington D.C.
Allégeance Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
Arme  US Army
Grade Major général
Conflits Guerre américano-mexicaine
Guerre de Sécession

Alfred Pleasonton () fut un officier de l'United States Army et un général de la cavalerie de l'Union durant la guerre de Sécession.

Avant la guerre

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Lors de la guerre américano-mexicaine, sa compagnie fait partie des quatre compagnies du 2nd Dragoons qui accompagne le général Zachary Taylor lors de sa marche su Monterrey[note 1]. Il est alors détaché pour effectuer un service d'entraînement des recrues[1].

Guerre de Sécession

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Après la guerre

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Notes et références

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  1. Les officiers des quatre compagnies du 2nd Dragoons sont William Hardee, William Steele (1819-1885), Alfred Pleasonton et Lawrence Pike Graham.

Références

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  1. (en) Lewis, Felice Flanery., Trailing Clouds of Glory : Zachary Taylor's Mexican War Campaign and His Emerging Civil War Leaders, University of Alabama Press, , 326 p. (ISBN 978-0-8173-1678-5, OCLC 680619871, lire en ligne)
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