Amos Beebe Eaton

Amos Beebe Eaton was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a general for the Union during the American Civil War.

Amos B. Eaton was born in Catskill, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1826 he was an infantry lieutenant until the Florida campaigns of the late 1830s. After that, his only fighting experiences took place in the MexicanAmerican War, for which service he was appointed a brevet major. Eaton served foryears as a field officer in the U.S. Army, then joined the commissary department foryears.

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