Facts: - caption: anson stager - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: american civil war - death date: 26 march 1885 - allegiance: united states of america union - commands: military telegraph department - rank: colonel brevet brigadier general - birth date: 22 april 1825 - serviceyears: 1861 - 1868 - name: anson stager - branch: union army - laterwork: president of western electric manufacturing company - image: general-anson-stager . jpg - death place: chicago , illinois - birth place: ontario county , new york Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anson stager .
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anson stager -lrb- april 20 , 1825 - march 26 , 1885 -rrb- was the co-founder of western union , the first president of western electric manufacturing company and union army general , where he was head of the military telegraph department during the civil war .