Amos Beebe Eaton autograph, between 1865-1874.

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Amos Beebe Eaton autograph, between 1865-1874.

Autograph signed "A.B. Eaton" with his ranking, Major General.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7906633

Cornell University Library

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Eaton, Amos Beebe, 1806-1877

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Amos Beebe Eaton (1806-1877) graduated from the US Military Academy in 1826, took part in the Seminole War in Florida and was with General Taylor's army of occupation in the Mexican War. He was in Benicia and San Francisco, CA, between 1853-55. During the Civil War he was purchasing commissary in New York City (1861-64) and commisary-general of subsistence in Washington, D.C. (1864-65). He retired in 1874. Eaton married Elizabeth Selden in 1831, and their son, Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895), late...