Patrick Edward Connor | |
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Born | County Kerry, Ireland | March 17, 1820
Died | December 17, 1891 Salt Lake City, Utah, US | (aged 71)
Place of burial | Fort Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah |
Allegiance | United States (Union) |
Service | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1839–1844; 1846–1847; 1861–1866 |
Rank | Brigadier general Brevet major general |
Commands | 8th Rifle Company, Independent Companies of Texas Volunteers 3rd California Infantry Regiment District of Utah District of the Plains |
Battles / wars | |
Other work | California State Ranger |
Patrick Edward Connor (March 17, 1820[1] – December 17, 1891) was an Irish American soldier who served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He is most notorious for his massacres against Native Americans during the Indian Wars in the American Old West.