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Lydecker, Garrett J.

Born
11/15/1843
Birthplace
Englewood, New Jersey
Titles and Honors
June 13, 1864 - Commissioned 1st Lieutenant engineers
August 8, 1866 - Captain
November 31, 1880 - Major
December 14, 1891 - Lieutenant Colonel
April 3rd, 1901 - Colonel
November 15, 1907 - Advanced to Brigadier General and retired by law
April 2, 1865 - Breveted Captain for "gallant and meritorious services in siege of Petersburg, VA"
Education
N.Y. public schools. College of the City of New York. Graduated 1864 from U.S. Military Academy
Occupation
Brigadier General, United States Army

Extensively engaged in river and harbor work at Galveston, Michigan City, New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit and at other points
Publications
Marquis, (ed) "The Book of Detroiters", second edition, 1914, Chicago, p. 316
Father
John R. Lydecker
Mother
Elizabeth Ward
Spouse
Delia W. Buels, m. 9/24/1869
Children
Alice Bush (b. 1874)
Nationality
American