quartermaster general
- n a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
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- Bruce Kauffmann: Meigs created national cemetery
Last week in 1864, Brigadier Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, who had been appointed quartermaster general of the Union Army in 1861, established Arlington House, the former home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, as a cemetery for the Union's soldiers. Today, Arlington National Cemetery remains America's national military burial ground. read more
June 16, 2013 - IlliniHQ.com