Name: Paul Ambrose Oliver
Occupation: manufacturer
Born: at sea, July 18, 1831, on his father's ship, “Louisiana”, flying the U.S. flag
Died: May 18, 1912
Son of Captain Paul A. and Mary [Van Dusen] Oliver.
Education: at Hamburg and Altona, Germany
Marital Status: unmarried
Second Lieutenant, 12th New York Infantry, October 29, 1861; First Lieutenant, May 17, 1862; Captain, April 22, 1864; transferred to 5th New York Infantry, June 1, 1864; Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers, March 8, 1865; awarded Congressional Medal of Honor, October 12, 1892, “for while being in charge of a brigade assisted in preventing Union troops firing into each other at Resaca, Georgia, May 5, 1864.”
Powder manufacturer Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1870.
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~ Who Was Who in America, Volume I, 1897-1942, Fourth Printing, 1960, Page 915
You can visit the memorial page for Paul Ambrose Oliver.
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