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Jun 28, 1828 Owasco, New York, United States Died on 04 Jun 1911 (aged 82)
Union Army general
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About Roeliff Brinkerhoff
- Roeliff Brinkerhoff (June 28, 1828 – June 4, 1911) was a lawyer, editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald, and later a bank president.
- He was a quartermaster and supply officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel.
- In recognition of his service, he was nominated in 1866 and confirmed in 1867 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers.
- His work, "The Volunteer Quartermaster" was considered the definitive text on military logistics and transportation from the Civil War until World War I.
- He also founded the Ohio Historical Society and succeeded former President Rutherford B.
- Hayes as president of the American National Prison Congress.
