Continuing with Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
** John Harris (1793-1864) USMC, commissioned 2nd lt. in 1814. War of 1812. Commandant of USMC during first three years of the Civil War.
** John Berrien Montgomery (1794-1873) War of 1812 and at Battle of Lake Erie. Mexican War. Also Civil War. I have written about the USS Montgomery destroyer which was at Pearl Harbor and is named after him in my World War II blog.
** John George Nicolay (1832-1901) Lincoln's personal secretary. Involved with day to day details of the Lincoln administration.
** Charles Harting Percy (1919-2011) U.S. Senator from Illinois.
** Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862) USMA graduate Class of 1846. Classmates included George Pickett, George B. McClellan and Stonewall Jackson. Mortally wounded September 14, 1862, near Battle of South Mountain in the Antietam Campaign.
--Old B-Runner
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