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- Barton_S._Alexander abstract "Barton Stone Alexander (September 4, 1819 – December 15, 1878) was an American engineer commander during the American Civil War who rose to the brevet rank of brigadier general in the regular army. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in the United States Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers, which at times was both a part of and separate from the United States Army Corps of Engineers. After graduating from West Point as a second lieutenant in the Class of 1842, he served in the Mexican-American War, building fortifications to protect American supply lines in the advance on Mexico City. After the end of the war, he was stationed in Washington, D.C., where he served as architect for the Scott Building and Quarters Buildings at the U.S. Soldiers' Home and took over the completion of the Smithsonian Institution Building after dissatisfaction with the pace of the first architect caused him to be dismissed.After the completion of the Smithsonian in 1855, he traveled to New England, where he supervised the rebuilding of the Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, a project widely considered to be one of the most difficult to be attempted by the U.S. Government up to that time.During the American Civil War, he served as an advisor to the Engineering Brigade of the Army of the Potomac and became chief engineer of the defenses of Washington, D.C. Following the conclusion of hostilities, he served as chief engineer of the Military Division of the Pacific, making him the head engineer for every military construction project on the West Coast. In later years, he persuaded the U.S. government to acquire Pearl Harbor from the Kingdom of Hawaii and supervised numerous irrigation and land reclamation projects in California's central valley. He died on December 15, 1878, in San Francisco, California.".
- Barton_S._Alexander allegiance "Union".
- Barton_S._Alexander allegiance "United States of America".
- Barton_S._Alexander battle American_Civil_War.
- Barton_S._Alexander battle Battle_of_Fort_Stevens.
- Barton_S._Alexander battle Mexican–American_War.
- Barton_S._Alexander battle Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862).
- Barton_S._Alexander birthDate "1819-09-04".
- Barton_S._Alexander birthPlace Nicholas_County,_Kentucky.
- Barton_S._Alexander birthYear "1819".
- Barton_S._Alexander deathDate "1878-12-15".
- Barton_S._Alexander deathPlace California.
- Barton_S._Alexander deathPlace San_Francisco.
- Barton_S._Alexander deathYear "1878".
- Barton_S._Alexander militaryBranch Union_Army.
- Barton_S._Alexander militaryBranch United_States_Army.
- Barton_S._Alexander militaryCommand "Defenses of Washington, D.C.".
- Barton_S._Alexander militaryCommand "Pacific Military Engineering District".
- Barton_S._Alexander restingPlace San_Francisco_National_Cemetery.
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- Barton_S._Alexander wikiPageWikiLink Mississippi_River_Delta.
- Barton_S._Alexander wikiPageWikiLink Motif_(visual_arts).
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