Montgomery C. Meigs
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Quartermaster General of the United States Army
Union Army general
United States Army officer
architect
civil engineer
human
military engineer
Montgomery C. Meigs was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer who served as Quartermaster General during the Civil War and became a prominent architect and administrator in Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Montgomery C. Meigs canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Quartermaster General of the United States Army
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Union Army general ⓘ United States Army officer ⓘ architect ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ military engineer ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| child | John Rodgers Meigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1816-05-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1892-01-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1882 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Welsh descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Meigs ⓘ |
| father | Charles Delucena Meigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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civil engineering ⓘ military logistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Montgomery ⓘ |
| memberOf |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
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| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brevet major general
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brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
oversaw Union Army supply and logistics during the American Civil War
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selected Robert E. Lee’s Arlington estate as site for a national military cemetery ⓘ |
| notableWork |
construction supervision of the wings and dome of the United States Capitol
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design and construction of the Pension Building (now the National Building Museum) ⓘ design of the Washington Aqueduct ⓘ development of Arlington National Cemetery as a military cemetery ⓘ engineering of the Cabin John Bridge ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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engineer ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Augusta, Georgia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Quartermaster General of the United States Army ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Louisa Rodgers Meigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Pension Building