page_title: Roeliff Brinkerhoff
hierarchical_section_title: Roeliff Brinkerhoff
caption_attribution_description: English: Roeliff Brinkerhoff (1828–1911), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and a bank president. He was a quartermaster and supply officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers. Note: Part of a larger collection of photographs taken by Richland County photographer Artemus Whissemore during the 1876 centennial celebration (Oho Memory)
context_page_description: Roeliff Brinkerhoff was a lawyer, editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald, and later a bank president. He was a quartermaster and supply officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel. In recognition of his service, he was nominated in 1866 and confirmed in 1867 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. His work, "The Volunteer Quartermaster" was considered the definitive text on military logistics and transportation from the Civil War until World War I. He also founded the Ohio Historical Society and succeeded former President Rutherford B. Hayes as president of the American National Prison Congress.
context_section_description: Roeliff Brinkerhoff (June 28, 1828 – June 4, 1911)  was a lawyer, editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald, and later a bank president. He was a quartermaster and supply officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel. In recognition of his service, he was nominated in 1866 and confirmed in 1867 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. His work, "The Volunteer Quartermaster" was considered the definitive text on military logistics and transportation from the Civil War until World War I. He also founded the Ohio Historical Society and succeeded former President Rutherford B. Hayes as president of the American National Prison Congress.
caption: Brevet Brigadier General Roeliff Brinkerhoff
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