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Joseph Scott Fullerton was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. He graduated from Miami University in 1855 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1858. Soon after moving to St. Louis, Missouri, he was appointed with others by the U.S. President to a committee that oversaw the military affairs of the Department of the West. He entered military service for the Union in 1862 and quickly climbed the ranks from Private to General. In May 1865, he was assigned to assist with the establishment of the U.S. Freedmen's Bureau. Under President Johnson, he served as acting Military Secretary. He resigned from active service in September 1866 and was appointed Postmaster of St. Louis, Missouri. Frances "Fanny" Seward references him in her 1866 diary in attendance in President Johnson's "Swing Around The Circle" tour that stopped in Auburn in August 1866.

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Joseph Scott Fullerton was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. He graduated from Miami University in 1855 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1858. Soon after moving to St. Louis, Missouri, he was appointed with others by the U.S. President to a committee that oversaw the military affairs of the Department of the West. He entered military service for the Union in 1862 and quickly climbed the ranks from Private to General. In May 1865, he was assigned to assist with the establishment of the U.S. Freedmen's Bureau. Under President Johnson, he served as acting Military Secretary. He resigned from active service in September 1866 and was appointed Postmaster of St. Louis, Missouri. Frances "Fanny" Seward references him in her 1866 diary in attendance in President Johnson's "Swing Around The Circle" tour that stopped in Auburn in August 1866.

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Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war.
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William H. Powell
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Philadelphia, PA
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L.R. Hamersly & Co.
Year: 
1893
Start Page: 
65
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Source Citation Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database Source Information Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
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Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Digitized Content is licensed from the American Antiquarian Society ("AAS") and may not be reproduced, transferred, commercially or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, outside the terms and conditions of this service without the express written consent of AAS. All rights reserved.