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Years of service
  
1812–1861

Name
  
Sylvester Churchill


Sylvester Churchill

Born
  
August 2, 1783Woodstock, Vermont (
1783-08-02
)

Place of Burial
  
Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Battles/wars
  
War of 1812Mexican-American WarBattle of Buena VistaAmerican Civil War

Died
  
December 7, 1862, Washington, D.C., United States

Service/branch
  
Unit
  
1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Commands held
  
General of the Army

Sylvester Churchill (August 2, 1783 – December 7, 1862) was an American journalist and Regular Army officer.

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Early life

Churchill was born in Woodstock, Vermont, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Cobb) Churchill. Educated in the schools of his home town, he became a journalist, and published, in 1808, a weekly newspaper, "The Vermont Republican." Churchill married Lucy Hunter (1786–1862), daughter of William and Mary (Newell) Hunter, August 30, 1812, in Windsor, Vermont.

Military career

At the outbreak of the War of 1812, he was appointed 1st lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Artillery on March 12, 1812, and was promoted to captain on August 15, 1813. He transferred to 1st U.S. Artillery on June 1, 1821, promoted to major, 3rd U.S. Artillery, on April 6, 1835, and colonel and Inspector General on June 25, 1841. He received the rank of brevet brigadier general, to date from February 23, 1847, in recognition of his services under General John E. Wool, at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican–American War. At the beginning of the American Civil War, he had been Inspector General of the Regular Army for 20 years. He was retired September 25, 1861, due to ill health, and succeeded by Randolph B. Marcy.

Churchill died in Washington, D.C.

Churchill County, Nevada, established in 1861, was named after him, as was Fort Churchill, in Silver Springs, Nevada. The fort was built in 1861 and abandoned in 1869.

Churchill was a distant relative of Winston Churchill. The family resemblance evident in the portrait was noted by Winston Churchill and his contemporaries.

References

Sylvester Churchill Wikipedia


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