Bounty Land Application File of Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John J. Abercrombie, 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment (50-160-13726)

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Bounty Land Application File of Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John J. Abercrombie, 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment (50-160-13726)

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Abercrombie, John Joseph, 1798-1877

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Abercrombie was born and baptized in Baltimore, Maryland, although some accounts suggest he was a native of Tennessee. The son of John Joseph Abercrombie, Sr. and Sarah DeNormandie, their family was living in Nashville, Tennessee when the younger John entered the United States Military Academy in 1818. Graduating 37th of 40 from the United States Military Academy in 1822, Abercrombie's class included future Union Army generals Joseph K. Mansfield, David Hunter, and George A. McCall, as well as f...