Thomas Gamble Pitcher

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Thomas Gamble Pitcher ( 1824-95) was an American soldier, born at Rockport, Indiana. He graduated from West Point in 1845. During the Mexican War he won the brevet of first lieutenant. He was promoted to captain in 1858 and during the Civil War participated in the defense of Harpers Ferry (June, 1862) and the Virginia campaign until the battle of Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862), where he was severely wounded. He was then brevetted major in the regular army and three months later was commissioned was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers, but saw no further active service. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general in the regular army, and on July 28, 1866 was commissioned colonel of the Forty-fourth Infantry. From 1866 to 1870 he was superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and from 1880 until 1887 was superintendent of the New York Soldiers and Sailors Home.