Frederick W. Lander
Frederick William Lander was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet.
Lander was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Edward and Eliza West Lander. He was educated at Governor Dummer Academy, Phillips Academy, Andover and Norwich Military Academy in Vermont and thereafter took up the profession of civil engineering as an army officer.
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