Records of Frederic Abbot on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frederic Abbot and the Abbot Family History

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Some Famous People called Frederic Abbot

Frederic Vaughan Abbot

Frederic Vaughan Abbot (March 4, 1858 – September 26, 1928) was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of brigadier general, and was most notable for his World War I work as assistant to the Army's Chief of Engineers, a post in which he organized, trained, and deployed Engineer soldiers for service in France.

A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the son of Brigadier General Henry Larcom Abbot, Abbot was educated in the schools of Cambridge and at Flushing Institute in Flushing, Queens, New York. He graduated from high school in Cambridge in 1875, then attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. Abbot graduated first in the Class of 1879, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.

Abbot specialized in rivers and harbors improvement and coast artillery defenses. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, he worked on projects including construction at Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina, and improvements to the coastal defenses of South Carolina. He later took charge of river improvements in the midwestern United States, including Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as command of the Corps of Engineers' Sioux City District. Subsequent assignments included improving the coastal defenses of Boston Harbor and New York City.

During World War I, Abbot received promotion to brigadier general. He was in charge of enlisting and organizing divisional Engineer regiments for service in France, as well as enlisting, organizing, and training replacement troops for soldiers who became casualties in combat. He served as acting Chief of Engineers on several occasions, and received the Army Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his wartime service.

Abbot retired in 1920, and was a resident of Washington, D.C. and Nonquitt, Massachusetts. He died in Nonquitt on September 26, 1928. Abbot was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Source: Frederic Vaughan Abbot, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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