Meigs, Montgomery

  • Posted on: 7 November 2013
  • By: jshapiro
Primary Name
First Name: 
Montgomery
Surname: 
Meigs
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Year: 
1816
Citation for Birth Info: 
Death Info
Death Year: 
1892
Citation for Death Info: 
Biographical Information
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
Was the quartermaster general of the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a brilliant Army engineer and also designed Arlington Cemetery. For more, see Russell Frank Weigley, Quartermaster General of the Union Army: a biography of M. C. Meigs, (1959, Columbia University Press).
Citation Notes: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_C._Meigs
Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
Spouse ID: 
Louisa Rodgers Meigs (1816-1879)
Person - Description: 
Quartermaster General