Record Group 153: Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), 1792 - 2010 Series: Court Martial Case Files, 12/1800 - 10/1894 File Unit: Birney, D.B. -- General

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Record Group 153: Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), 1792 - 2010 Series: Court Martial Case Files, 12/1800 - 10/1894 File Unit: Birney, D.B. -- General

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Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

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Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves. In 1835, the family moved to Cincinnati, where the father published an anti-slavery newspaper. Following numerous threats from pro-slavery mobs, the family moved again to Michigan, and finally to Philadelphia. Following his graduation from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, David Birney entered business, st...