Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas Brodhead Van Buren, USA

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Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas Brodhead Van Buren, USA

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Clermont, Columbia County, New York, United States
Death: October 13, 1889 (65)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
Place of Burial: Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Vosburgh Van Buren and Mary Caroline Van Buren
Husband of Harriet Carthy Van Buren
Father of Harold Sheffield Van Buren; Edith Castelmenardo and Thomas Broadhead Van Buren, Jr.
Brother of Mary Catherine Van Buren; Emma Van Buren and Harriet Van Buren

Occupation: 102nd NY Vol. Inf.
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About Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas Brodhead Van Buren, USA

Brevet Brigadier General. US Consul General at Kanagawa Japan from 1874 to 1885 and author of "Labor and Porcelain in Japan". He was a lawyer and member of the New York state assembly, and son of Peter Van Buren and Mary Brodhead. During the Civil War he was the Colonel of the One Hundred and Second New York Volunteers. He participated in the battles of Second Bull Run and Antietam as well as Battle Mountain. He left the service due to poor health. He was brevetted Brigadier General by President Lincoln in 1865.


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Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas Brodhead Van Buren, USA's Timeline

1824
June 20, 1824
Clermont, Columbia County, New York, United States
August 1, 1824
Upper Red Hook, Tivoli, Mellenville, Linlithgo, New York, USA
1856
1856
New York
1858
1858
1866
July 22, 1866
Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange County, New York, United States
1889
October 13, 1889
Age 65
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
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Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States