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Brigadier General
Charles Pomeroy Stone
(1824–1887) and his daughter Hettie, photographed together in the spring of 1863. Stone was a career
United States Army
officer
,
civil engineer
, and
surveyor
. He fought in the
Mexican–American War
and was reportedly the first to volunteer for the
Union Army
in the
American Civil War
. Afterwards, he also served as a general in the
Egyptian Army
. His non-military accomplishments include serving as chief engineer for the construction of the base of the
Statue of Liberty
.
Photo: Unknown; Restoration:
Michel Vuijlsteke
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