Montgomery M. Macomb
| Montgomery Meigs Macomb | |
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Montgomery Meigs Macomb
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| Born |
October 12, 1852 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | January 19, 1924 (aged 71) Washington, D.C. |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1874–1916 1917–1918 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held |
Light Battery M, 7th Field Artillery Regiment 6th Field Artillery Regiment District of Hawaii Department of Hawaii 1st Hawaiian Brigade United States Army War College Fort Sill |
| Battles/wars |
Spanish–American War World War I |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Luce Walter Macomb (1857–1933) |
| Relations |
Montgomery C. Meigs (uncle) Stephen Bleecker Luce (father in law) Gen. Alexander Macomb (grand-uncle) Alexander Macomb (merchant) (great-grandfather) Philip Livingston (great-grandfather) |
Montgomery Meigs Macomb (October 12, 1852 – January 19, 1924) was a United States Army Brigadier General. He was a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I, and was notable for serving as commander of the Hawaiian Department, the Army War College, and Fort Sill.
Montgomery M. Macomb was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 12, 1852. The son of Colonel John Navarre Macomb and Ann Minerva Rodgers Macomb, daughter of John Rodgers, Montgomery Macomb was connected by ancestry and marriage to several prominent families, including those of Philip Livingston, Alexander Macomb, and Montgomery C. Meigs.
Macomb attended Hughes Center High School in Cincinnati, and attended Yale University from 1869 to 1870. He then transferred to the United States Military Academy (West Point), from which he graduated in 1874. Ranked fourth in his class, his high standing facilitated his assignment into a coveted post with the Field Artillery. (At the time, top graduates were usually selected for the Engineers or Field Artillery.)
His initial assignments were a posting to the Presidio (1874), Fort Wrangel, Alaska (1874–1875), and duty as aide-de-camp to Montgomery C. Meigs in Europe (1875–1876).
Macomb took part in the Wheeler Survey of the western United States from 1876 to 1883, after which he carried out assignments at the Artillery School and with the 4th Field Artillery Regiment. From 1887 to 1891 he was an instructor at West Point, teaching both mathematics and drawing.
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