Thomas Crook Sullivan
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| Thomas Crook Sullivan | |
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| Born | November 14, 1833 Montgomery County, Ohio, USA |
| Died | March 11, 1908 Fortress Monroe, Virginia |
Thomas Crook Sullivan (November 14, 1833 - March 11, 1908) a Brigadier General in the United States Army and the nephew of General George Crook.
Born at Montgomery County, Ohio, on November 14, 1833, he graduated from West Point in 1856, ranking 12th in a class of 49. His first assignment was as a 2nd Lieutenant of the First U.S. Artillery serving on the Texas frontier and during this period was with the expedition against Jaun Cortina's Mexican Marauders, seeing combat near Fort Brown, Texas. He was later ordered to Washington City (DC)arriving in the Winter of 1861, and selected as a guard for President Elect Abraham Lincoln during his first inauguration. He served throughout the Civil War and was brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious service."
He remained in the Army following the war, mainly in supply and subsistence roles until he retired on November 14, 1897 as Commissary General of Subsisence.
He died at the Hotel Chamberlain, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, aged 74, in 1908 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. He is buried in one of only two mausoleums in Arlington, the other being that of Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles in Section 2.
