Asher Clayton Taylor (February 21, 1842January 20, 1922) was a career

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officer who served in the

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and the

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. He retired with the rank of

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in 1904.

Biography

Taylor was born in

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on February 21, 1842. He moved to LeRoy, Wisconsin, as a young boy and was educated there, until his college education at Hillsdale Collage, Michigan. As a young man, he enlisted for duty in the

and served as a corporal in Company D of the

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. When the regiment re-enlisted as a veteran regiment in 1864, Taylor was the regiment's sergeant major. By the end of the war, he was commissioned a

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and appointed

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to the colonel of the regiment. After the war, he was offered a commission in the regular army and served with the 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment through their Indian Wars campaigns in Colorado and New Mexico. At the outbreak of the

, he was a colonel and served in the Cuban Campaign in and around

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. Through his later years, he was assigned to the

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and was regarded as an expert in light artillery. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1904 and retired that year. After his retirement, he and his wife toured the world, before settling down at Cottonwood, California.

Personal life

In 1872, Taylor married Mary Jane Branagan, whose family were pioneer settlers of California. General Taylor and his wife had seven children together, though none of them survived him. Taylor, his wife, and their seven children are interred together at

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.Burial Detail: Taylor, Asher C
– ANC Explorer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Asher Clayton People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War United States Army generals Union Army soldiers Burials at Arlington National Cemetery People from Dodge County, Wisconsin 1842 births 1922 deaths