Approved Pension File for Alfred Pleasonton, Major General, U.S. Volunteers; Major, 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment (SC-166428)
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Pleasonton, Alfred, 1824-1897
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Pleasonton was born in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 1824. He was the son of Stephen and Mary Hopkins Pleasonton. Stephen was well known at the time of Alfred's birth. During the War of 1812, as a U.S. State Department employee, he saved crucial documents in the National Archives from destruction by the British invaders of Washington, including the original Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. As Fifth Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, Stephen Pleasonton was de facto superintendent ...
