re: #117 whitebeach

Joe, any more detail on your ancestor? I don’t find Peter Bacon in Warner’s “Generals in Blue,” which is pretty comprehensive but also fifty years old and certainly subject to update.

Find A Grave shows his tombstone in the Congressional Cemetery and a picture of him

findagrave.com

Further information here. He served in various facets of DC Goverment:

Census records

ronulrich.com

He was the Union General in charge of the defense of DC. Here’s one of his military orders

loc.gov