Chase Wilmot Kennedy

Chase Wilmot Kennedy (4 January 1859 - 23 November 1936) was an American military officer who served with the U.S. Army.

Chase Wilmot Kennedy
Born(1859-01-04)January 4, 1859
Portsmouth, Ohio[1]
DiedNovember 23, 1936(1936-11-23) (aged 77)
Washington, D.C.
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1883–1922
Rank Major General
Service number0-44
WarsAmerican Indian Wars
Spanish-American War
Philippine-American War
World War I

Early Years

Chase Wilmot Kennedy was born to Milton and Josephine Kennedy on 4 January, 1859.[2] After graduating from the public school system in 1875, Kennedy began working at the Portsmouth Tribune until 1879.[2] He was admitted into the U.S. Military Academy in May of 1879[2] and graduated eighteenth in his class in 1883.[1]

Military Career

Following his graduation from the U.S.M.A., Kennedy was commissioned into the Third Infantry with which he performed frontier duty from 1883 to 1895,[1] during which he participated in campaigns against the Kutenai, Crow and Sioux.[2]

Spanish-American War

Still with the 3rd Infantry Regiment at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Kennedy saw action in Cuba and took part in the Battle of El Caney.[2] After the Spanish defeat in 1898, Kennedy returned to the United States to take part in campaigns against the Leech Lake Indians in the fall of the same year, this time with the 8th Infantry.[2]

Kennedy returned to Cuba in December 1898 with the 8th Infantry for the formal transfer of power on 1 January, 1899.[2] Kennedy would remain in Cuba with the provisional government until 1900[2] as part of the Sanitary Corps.[1]

Philippine-American War

Kennedy and the 8th Infantry were deployed to the Philippines from 1900 to 1902.[2]

First World War

On 23 August, 1917, Kennedy took command of the 78th Infantry Division at Camp Dix, NJ, before deploying with the American Expeditionary Force in December 1917.[3] Kennedy remained in France with the 78th until February 1918, when returned to the U.S. to take command of the 85th Infantry Division.[1] The 85th deployed to France in August, 1918. He would remain in command of the 85th until March 1919.[3]

Between the Wars

After the end of the First World War, Kennedy was placed in command of the Panama Canal Department from April 1919 to November 1921.[1] Following this, he commanded the Ninth Coastal Artillery District and the Ninth Training Center until his retirement in 1922.[1]

Personal Life

Kennedy married Elizabeth Lord Jewett on 13 November, 1889.[1] He passed away in Washington, D.C., on 23 November, 1936, at the age of seventy seven.[1] He is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.[4]

References
  1. Davis, Jr., Henry Blaine (1998). Generals in Khaki. Raleigh, North Carolina: Pentland Press. p. 210. ISBN 9781571970886.
  2. Evans, Nelson W. A History of Scioto County, Ohio, Together With a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio (Portsmouth, OH: Nelson W. Evans, 1903), pp. 1023
  3. Cullum, George W.Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York Since Its establishment in 1802: Supplement, Volume VI-A 1910-1920 (Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters, Printers, 1920), pp. 354
  4. Find a Grave: MG Chase Wilmot Kennedy, Chase Wilmot Kennedy, accessed 21 May 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48769199/chase-wilmot-kennedy
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