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GEDDES, JAMES LORRAINE (1827-1887)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 548 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEDDES, See also:JAMES See also:LORRAINE (1827-1887) , See also:American soldier and writer, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh, See also:Scotland, on the 19th of See also:March 1827. In his boyhood he was taken to See also:Canada, but in 1843 he returned to Scotland; then studied at See also:Calcutta in the military See also:academy, entered the See also:army, and after distinguishing himself in the See also:Punjab See also:campaign, returned to Canada, whence in 1857 he removed to See also:Vinton, See also:Iowa. In the American See also:Civil See also:War he served in the Federal army first as See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel and after See also:February 1862 as colonel of See also:volunteers, taking See also:part in the fighting at See also:Shiloh, See also:Vicksburg and See also:Corinth. He was . captured at Shiloh and was imprisoned for a See also:time at See also:Madison, Ga., and in Libby See also:prison, See also:Richmond, Va., and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-See also:general of volunteers. He was See also:principal of the See also:College for the See also:Blind at Vinton after the war, and until his See also:death was connected with the Iowa College of See also:Agriculture at See also:Ames, being military instructor and See also:cashier in 1870-1882, acting See also:president in 1876-1877, librarian in 1877-1878, See also:vice-president and See also:professor of military See also:tactics. in 1880-1882, and treasurer in 1884-1887. He died at Ames on the 21st of February 1887.

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