Myer, Albert James, 1829-1880
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Myer, Albert James, General, 1829-1880,
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U.S. Army officer and surgeon.
Albert James Myer (b. Sept. 20, 1829, Newburgh, New York-d. Aug. 24, 1880), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, graduated from medical school in 1851. He became a signal officer in 1860, organized and commanded the Signal Corps, and furnished plans for naval signaling. He served as chief signal officer and the signal officer, Division of West Mississippi, from 1863 to the end of the Civil War. He was chief signal officer for the U.S. Army in 1866, and established and supervised the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1870.
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