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Samuel Baldwin Marks Young (January 9, 1840 – September 1, 1924) was a United States Army general. He also served as the first president of Army War College between 1902 and 1903. He then served from 1903 until 1904 as the first Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
Young fought with the 8th Cavalry in the wars against the southwestern Indian tribes from 1866 to 1879. In this time, he was brevetted major, lieutenant colonel and then colonel. By June 1897, Young was a permanent colonel.
Samuel B. M. Young. SAMUEL BALDWIN MARKS YOUNG was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 9 January 1840; attended Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; enlisted as a private in...
A Civil War veteran and a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. He served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1904 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Feb 5, 2009 · Samuel Baldwin Marks Young was born on January 9, 1840 at Forest Grove, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. His father, John Young, was of English descent as was his mother, Hannah (Scott) Young. His spent his early years upon the farm and at Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson) in Washington, PA, where he studied civil engineering.
Mar 1, 2024 · A biography of Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, a Civil War and Spanish-American War veteran who rose to the rank of Major General in the U.S. Army. He served as the first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in 1924.
Born in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States on 9 January 1840 to John Young and Hannah Phillips Scott. Samuel Baldwin Marks Young married Annie D Young and had 6 children. He passed away on 1 September 1924 in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States of America.
