Augustus Perry Blocksom | |
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Born | Zanesville, Ohio | November 7, 1854
Died | July 26, 1931 76) Miami, Florida | (aged
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1877-1918 |
Rank | Major General |
Service number | 0-13120 |
Unit | United States Cavalry |
Commands held | 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 13th Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 10th Cavalry 3rd Cavalry Regiment Camp Cody 34th Division Hawaiian Department |
Battles/wars | Apache Wars Ghost Dance War Spanish–American War Philippine–American War China Relief Expedition Pancho Villa Expedition World War I |
Awards | Silver Citation Star (2) |
Augustus Perry Blocksom (November 7, 1854 - July 26, 1931) was an American Army officer, who served as a general during World War I. [1]
Blocksom was born on November 7, 1854, in Zanesville, Ohio. [2] He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in the class of 1877. [2] [3]
Blocksom was commissioned as a second lieutenant of cavalry on June 15, 1877. He later received a brevet to first lieutenant for gallantry at Ash Creek, Arizona, on May 7, 1880. He served in campaigns against the Apaches in Arizona, which included patrolling the Arizona-New Mexico border, [3] and in the Sioux Campaign of 1890 and 1891. [2]
During the Spanish–American War, he was wounded in the attack on Battle of San Juan Hill and served from 1900 to 1902 in the Philippines. [2]
Blocksom, then a major, was charged with investigating the Brownsville raid of 1906 and stated that the enlisted soldiers there were uncooperative in his investigation. [4] Blocksom also reported that no positive identifications of the raiders had been made and that tensions in the community were high. [5]
He commanded a squadron of the Sixth Cavalry during the China Relief Expedition. [2]
He was promoted to major general on August 5, 1917. He was the commander of Camp Cody until April 18, 1918. [2] [6]
He retired on November 7, 1918. [2]
Blocksom retired to Miami, Florida, where he died on July 26, 1931. [2] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 7, Lot 8005.
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