The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence.
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Birth: | 30th December, 1819 |
Death: | 8th February, 1873 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician, Soldier |
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John White Geary was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an American politician, soldier and lawyer. He was the first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania from 1867-1873. He studied civil engineering and law at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, PA. In December 1846, during the Mexican-American War, he was commissioned in the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, serving as lieutenant colonel. On April 25, 1862, he was promoted to Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers and the command of a brigade in Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks's corps, which he led in the Shenandoah Valley against Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
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