Marshall Ludington

Marshall Independence Ludington (* 4. July 1839 in Smithfield , Pennsylvania ; † 26. July 1919 in Skaneateles , New York ) was a brigadier general of the US Army , among others, from 1898 to 1903 Quartermaster General (Quartermaster General of the US Army) was.

Life

Ludington occurred during the Civil War in the US Army and was by his promotion to captain (Captain) on 1 November 1862 assistant to the Quartermaster of voluntary associations. As quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac's 2nd Division, he participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862, the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 and the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864 He held the post of quartermaster of the 2nd Division until July 1, 1864 and before that, from June 1864, he took part in the early phase of the siege of Petersburg . For his "loyal and meritorious service in the office of Quartermaster during the war" he was awarded the brevet rank of Brigadier General of the Volunteer Army of the United States on March 13, 1865 .

On January 18, 1867, Ludington was accepted as a major and quartermaster in the regular US Army, and in August 1867 took over the post of chief quartermaster of the military district of New Mexico . This was followed from 1870 to 1875 use in the Office of the Quartermaster General in the Ministry of War (US Department of War) in Washington, DC and was followed in 1875 quartermaster of the military units in Nebraska . After an exemption for a stay abroad in Europe between October 1882 and March 1883, he was made lieutenant colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) on March 15, 1883 and initially took over the post in the office of the deputy quartermaster general, before he was quartermaster of the clothing depot in Philadelphia from July 1883 to 1889 was. After a subsequent use 1889-1890 as depot quartermaster in San Francisco he was awarded in the summer of 1890 his promotion to Colonel (Colonel) and then first assistant was the Quartermaster General. He then took over the post of Quartermaster General of the Associations in Missouri (Military Department of Missouri) in 1894 and was then quartermaster responsible for the Central Depot in New York City in February 1897 , but in March 1897 he was Chief Quartermaster of the Eastern Military Associations (Military Department of the East) .

On February 3, 1898, Ludington was appointed Quartermaster General of the US Army by US President William McKinley to succeed Brigadier General George H. Weeks . As quartermaster general he was also to Brigadier (Brigadier General) promoted and developed by the American Spanish War the Army Transport Service (Army Transport Service) , the first time during the Boxer Rebellion in China was used. He was also responsible for overseeing the construction programs for military posts in the USA. He held the post of Quartermaster General by 12 April 1903 and then joined with the rank of Major General (Major General) in retirement. On April 13, 1903, Brigadier General Charles Frederic Humphrey Sr. took over the office of Quartermaster General as his successor.

He was married to Harriet Foote Marvin Ludington and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after his death .

Web links

• Marshall Ludington in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Entry on the homepage of Arlington National Cemetery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, 1900-1963 (archive version from January 23, 2017)