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Wesley Merritt (June 16, 1836 – December 3, 1910) was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War.
Learn about Wesley Merritt, a Union cavalry officer and first military governor of the Philippines, who fought in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Read his biography, achievements, and related resources on the American Battlefield Trust website.
Wesley Merritt was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Following the latter war, he became the first American Military Governor of the Philippines.
Oct 9, 2014 · Overshadowed by Custer and Rosser is the fighting that took place on the Turnpike between the Federal division of Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt and Confederates led by Brig. Gen. Lunsford Lomax. Merritt, a contemporary of Custer, was born on June 16, 1834 in New York City, but grew up in Illinois.
Learn about General Wesley Merritt, a highly competent cavalry officer who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division of Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah. See his portrait and the names of his staff members in this 1864 photograph by Mathew Brady.
Gen. Wesley Merritt served as military commander of the U.S. Army troops dispatched to the Oklahoma District preparatory to the Land Run of 1889. He was born in New York June 16, 1834, to John W. and Julia Anne Merritt and graduated with the West Point Class of 1860.
Cover Merritt's entire career, incl his reports for Depts of Missouri, Dakota and the East, and reports as Supt of US Mil Academy. His Philippine expedition report of 31
