Charles Wright Miner
Charles Wright Miner | |
|---|---|
Miner as a colonel in 1903 | |
| Born | November 21, 1840 Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Died | September 27, 1928 (aged 87) Columbus, Ohio, US |
| Buried | Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, US |
| Allegiance | Union (American Civil War) United States |
| Service | Union Army United States Army |
| Service years | 1861, 1862–1865 (Union Army) 1866–1903 (US Army) |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | US Army Infantry Branch |
| Commands | 6th Infantry Regiment Negros, Philippines US Army General Service and Staff College |
| Wars | American Civil War American Indian Wars Spanish–American War Philippine–American War |
| Spouse |
Isabella "Belle" L. Cooley
(m. 1870–1924) |
Charles Wright Miner (21 November 1840 – 27 September 1928) was a career officer in the United States Army. A Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, Miner continued his career in the US Army, and was a veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and Philippine–American War. He attained the rank of brigadier general in July 1903 under the provisions of a law permitting advancement by one grade of Union veterans still on active duty who were not general officers and had served for 35 years, and he retired a day later.