John White Geary
Captain 2d Pennsylvania Infantry December 21 1846. Lieut. Colonel January 7 1847. Colonel November 3 1847. Honorably mustered out July 21 1848.
Colonel 28th Pennsylvania Infantry June 28 1861. Discharged for promotion May 11 1862
Brig. General U.S. Volunteers April 25 1862. Honorably mustered out January 15 1866.
Brevetted Major General U.S. Volunteers January 12 1865 "For fitness to command and promptness to execute."
Born December 30 1819 at Mt. Pleasant Pa. Died February 8 1873 at Harrisburg Pa.
Marker is at the intersection of Slocum Avenue and Williams Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Slocum Avenue.
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