| LC control no. | n 94084368 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McAlexander, Ulysses Grant, 1864-1936 |
| Variant(s) | Rock of the Marne, 1864-1936 McAlexander, U. G. (Ulysses Grant), 1864-1936 |
| See also | Descendants: McAlexander (Family : McAlexander, Ulysses Grant, 1864-1936) |
| Biography/History note | Ulysses Grant McAlexander (1864-1936) was an American military officer. |
| Birth date | 18640831 |
| Death date | 19360918 |
| Place of birth | Dundas, Minn. |
| Place of death | Portland, Or. |
| Affiliation | United States. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Army officer |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Oregon State Univ., Archives (Corvallis) for His Papers, 1884-1964 (McAlexander, Ulysses Grant, 1864-1936; military hero; commandant of cadets at Oregon Agricultural College from 1907-1911 and again in 1915-1916; served at Fort Custer and Fort Missoula, Mt., fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and served in the Philippines from 1900 to 1907; in July 1918, commanded the greatly outnumbered 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment against German forces at the second Battle of the Marne, for which he was promoted to Brigadier General, awarded many military honors, and became known as the "Rock of the Marne"; retired from the U.S. Army to Oregon in 1924 and died there in 1936) LCCN 05035398: His History of the Thirteenth regiment United States infantry, 1905 (usage: U. G. McAlexander, captain) Ancestry.com, via WWW, Nov. 28, 2012 (Ulysses Grant McAlexander; Ulysses S. McAlexander; Ulysses McAlexander; b. Aug. 30, 1864 in Dundas, Minn.; m. Aug. 31, 1887 in Toronto, Ont. to May Skinner, one son; m. Dec. 5, 1928 to Grace Palmer Craig; d. Sept. 18, 1936 in Portland, Or.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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