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William E Birkhimer

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Years of service
  
1864 - 1906

Rank
  
Brigadier general

Awards
  
Medal of Honor

Role
  
Lawyer

Name
  
William Birkhimer


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Born
  
March 1, 1848 Somerset, Ohio (
1848-03-01
)

Allegiance
  
United States of America Union

Battles/wars
  
American Civil War Moro Rebellion, Philippine American War

Relations
  
Williston B. Palmer, Charles D. Palmer (grandsons)

Died
  
June 10, 1914, Washington, D.C., United States

Education
  
University of Oregon, United States Military Academy

Battles and wars
  
American Civil War, Moro Rebellion, Philippine–American War

Service/branch
  
United States Army, Union Army

William Edward Birkhimer (March 1, 1848 – June 10, 1914) was a United States Army Brigadier General and lawyer received the Medal of Honor while a Captain during the Philippine-American War. His career was long and varied, as he started as an Iowa private in the Union Army during the Civil War.

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Career Dates

  • March 21, 1864, Private, 4th Iowa Cavalry
  • June 15, 1870 Commissioned second lieutenant from United States Military Academy, US Artillery Corps
  • 1873 Honor Graduate, Artillery School
  • 1874-1876 Assistant Professor of Natural & Experimental Philosophy
  • April 10, 1879 promoted to First Lieutenant
  • 1886-1890 Judge Advocate, Department of the Columbia
  • February 10, 1898 promoted to Captain
  • 1889 L.L.D. University of Oregon
  • 1899 Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (audencial) Manila, Philippines
  • 1899, Colonel of volunteers, 28th Volunteer Infantry
  • August 1, 1901 promoted to Major
  • May 20, 1905 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
  • February 15, 1906 promoted to Brigadier General
  • February 16, 1906 retired at own request

    • Birkhimer is the grandfather of Williston Birkhimer Palmer and Charles Day Palmer, brothers who became four-star generals.

    Medal of Honor citation

    Rank and Organization: Captain, 3d U.S. Artillery. Place and Date: At San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, May 13, 1899. Entered Service At: Iowa. Birth: Somerset, Ohio. Date of Issue: July 15, 1902.

    Citation:

    With 12 men charged and routed 300 of the enemy.

    Bibliography

  • "Military Government and Martial Law, by William E. Birkhimer, third edition, revised (1914), Kansas City, Missouri, Franklin Hudson Publishing Co". Retrieved October 5, 2010. 

    • References

    William E. Birkhimer Wikipedia
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