John S. Casement
Union Army officer
Died when: 80 years 346 days (971 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
John Stephen "Jack" Casement (January 19, 1829 – December 13, 1909) was a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a noted railroad contractor and civil engineer.
He directed the construction of the Union Pacific's section of the Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the Western United States with the East.
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