Record Group 350: Records of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1868 - 1945 Series: General Classified Files, 1898 - 1913 Item: Letter from William McKinley to Major General John R, Brooke, Military Governor of Cuba on the postal service in Cuba [File # 881-2], 7/26/1899
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Brooke, John Rutter, 1838-1926
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Brooke was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and was educated in nearby Collegeville and West Chester. Brooke's military career began when he joined the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry with the rank of captain in April 1861. In August, he became colonel of the newly raised 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry and served in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. He temporarily commanded a brigade during the Battle of Antietam in September of that year. In May 1863, he was given permanent command of a brigade of the 1...
