1. Kenner Garrard was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
19 Facts About Kenner Garrard
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Kenner Garrard developed a reputation for personal bravery and was cited for gallantry at the Battle of Nashville as an infantry division commander.
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Kenner Garrard was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received a private education.
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Kenner Garrard was the brother of fellow future Civil War brevet generals Jeptha Garrard and Israel Garrard.
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Kenner Garrard briefly attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but withdrew in his sophomore year after accepting an appointment to the United States Military Academy.
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Kenner Garrard graduated eighth in the Class of 1851 and was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the 4th US Artillery.
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In 1855, Garrard was transferred to the 2nd US Cavalry as an adjutant to Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston and Lieutenant Colonel Robert E Lee, both future generals in the Confederate States Army.
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Kenner Garrard was stationed in a variety of posts in the Southwest frontier, including in the New Mexico Territory.
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Kenner Garrard was allowed to travel back to the North.
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Kenner Garrard made his way to Washington, DC, bringing with him $20,000 of Federal funds he had secreted from Texas, returning the money to the US Treasury.
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Kenner Garrard was appointed as the major of the 3rd US Cavalry in the regular army in November 1863, while continuing to hold the rank of brigadier general in the volunteer army.
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Kenner Garrard took part in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign as a cavalry division commander, but failed to impress his superiors.
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Kenner Garrard received the brevet rank of major general in the regular army as of March 13,1865, as part of the mass brevet appointments at the end of the war.
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Kenner Garrard ended the war in Alabama and was instrumental in the capture of Montgomery.
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Kenner Garrard remained in the regular army after the war ended as commander of the District of Mobile, but resigned on November 9,1866.
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Kenner Garrard returned to Cincinnati where he worked as a real estate broker.
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Kenner Garrard devoted the rest of his life to civic affairs and historical studies.
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Kenner Garrard served as Director of the Cincinnati Music Festival for several years.
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Kenner Garrard died in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of fifty-one and was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.