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Ellis Spear

Union Army general

Died when: 82 years 170 days (989 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Ellis Spear

Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 – April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

On April 10, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's February 24, 1866 nomination of Spear for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to rank from April 9, 1865.

He was United States Commissioner of Patents in 1877–1878.


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