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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amos Beebe Eaton
General Amos B. Eaton
Born    May 12, 1806
Catskill, New York
Died    February 21, 1877 (aged 70)
New Haven, Connecticut
Place of burial    Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
Allegiance    United States of America
Union
Branch    United States Army
Union Army
Service years    1826–1874
Rank     Brigadier General
 Brevet Major General
Conflicts    
Second Seminole War
Mexican–American War
Battle of Buena Vista
American Civil War
Relations    Amos Eaton (father)
Elizabeth Selden Rogers (granddaughter)
Daniel Cady Eaton (son)
Amos Beebe Eaton (May 12, 1806 – February 21, 1877) was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a general for the Union during the American Civil War.
Biography
Amos B. Eaton was born in Catskill, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1826; he was an infantry lieutenant until the Florida campaigns of the late 1830s. After that, his only fighting experiences took place in the Mexican–American War, for which service he was appointed a brevet major. Eaton served for 12 years as a field officer in the U.S. Army, then joined the commissary department for 23 years.
Appointed a lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general in 1861, Eaton was given the task of creating an effective supply system for the fledgling Union army. The large number of troops entering the Army at the beginning of the war was overloading the existing system. His work provisioning and distributing supplies to the troops led to President Abraham Lincoln's July 6, 1864, appointment of Eaton to the rank of brigadier general, U.S. Army, to rank from June 29, 1864.[1] President Lincoln formally nominated Eaton for the appointment on June 30, 1864, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on July 2, 1864.[1] Eaton took over the position of commissary general of the Regular Army at the same time due to the death of Brigadier General Joseph P. Taylor on June 29, 1864.[2] On March 8, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Eaton for appointment to the brevet grade of major general to rank from March 13, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination on May 4, 1866, and re-confirmed it on July 14, 1866, in order to have line officers precede staff officers in rank.[3]
He retired May 1, 1874, with the grade of brigadier general, USA, He was succeeded as commissary general of subsistence by Alexander E. Shiras.[4] He then moved to New Haven, Connecticut. Eaton died in New Haven on February 21, 1877, and was buried there.  No imprint.