Samuel Baldwin Marks Young (1840 - 1924) was a U.S. general. He also served as the first president of Army War College between 1902 and 1903. He then served as first Army Chief of Staff from 1903 until 1904. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... The United States Army War College is a U. S. Army school located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, specifically in the historic Carlisle Barracks. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Categories: United States-related stubs | United States Army | Joint Chiefs of Staff ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1840 to John Young Jr. and Hannah Scott Young. He was educated at Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) and married Margaret McFadden in 1861. On the outbreak of rebellion he joined the 12th Pennsylvania Volunteers in April 1861 as a private. By April 1865 he had achieved brevet rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers. After the Civil War he stayed in service as a Second Lieutenant but was promoted to Captain of the 8th US Cavalry in July 1866. He served with distinction throughout the Indian Wars and was regularly promoted rising to the rank of Colonel of the 3rd US Cavalry in 1897. Washington and Jefferson College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college located in Washington, Pennsylvania. ... A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ... The Indian Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. ...

On the commencement of hostilities with Spain he was promoted Brigadier General of Volunteers and in July 1898 made Major General of Volunteers while he commanded a division in Cuba during the Santiago Campaign of the Spanish-American War. The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ...

During the Philippine-American War he returned to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers and commanded brigades in the Northern Luzon District, of which he was made military governor. The Philippine-American War was a war between the armed forces of the United States and the Philippines from 1899 through 1913. ...

From February 1901 to March 1902 he commanded the military district of California from the Presidio in San Francisco. In 1901 his daughter Marjorie married army surgeon John Heysham Gibbon, nephew of fellow Civil and Indian War commander John Gibbon. Under the new General Staff System he was appointed the first Chief of Staff if the Army in August 1903, a position he held until retirement in January 1904. He was promoted to Lieutenant General of the regular establishment in August 1903. Presidio is a place in the State of Texas in the United States of America: see Presidio, Texas. ... John Gibbon John Gibbon (April 20, 1827 – February 6, 1896) was a career U.S. Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. ...

In 1909-10, he was President of a Board of Inquiry that investigated the alleged riot of black soldiers of the 25th Infantry at Brownsville, Texas, August 13, 1906, and affirmed the subsequent dishonorable discharge of 159 men by order of President Theodore Roosevelt.

As acting Military Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park in 1897 (after a stint in the same role at Yosemite in 1896) he introduced fish conservation measures. He returned to the park as full Superintendent 1907 - 1908. He died at his house in Helena, Montana, on September 1, 1924 and was honored with a state funeral in Washington, DC, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. ... Yosemite National Park (pron. ...

References

• Arlington National Cemetery Biography

External link

• Battle of Antietam Website
• Bio & Portrait from Army CMH

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