George Bell (brigadier general)

George Bell (March 12, 1828 – January 2, 1907) was a United States Army Brigadier General. He was prominent as a subsistence and commissary officer in the Union Army during and after the American Civil War.

George Bell was born in Hagerstown, Maryland on March 12, 1828. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853 and was appointed a Second Lieutenant of Artillery.

Bell's initial assignments included postings to Fort Hamilton, Fort McIntosh, Fort Brown, Fort McHenry and Fort Clark. He took part in action during the Third Seminole War in Florida in the mid-1850s.

Initially assigned as a general's aide in Texas at the start of the Civil War, Bell transferred to the Maryland area and was assigned as Quartermaster in Annapolis. From 1861 until 1865 he continued to serve in logistics positions, including: Officer in Charge of the depot at Alexandria, Virginia and Instructor of Commissaries; Assistant Commissary, Army of the Potomac; Chief Commissary, Department of the Susquehanna; and Officer in Charge of the depot at Washington, D.C.. During the war Bell received brevet promotions to Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel and Brigadier General.