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lexington cemetery roger jones peter d. vroom 1920 baltimore , maryland washington , d.c. joseph cabell breckinridge , jr. , henry skillman breckinridge inspector general of the united states army robert jefferson breckinridge & ann sophonisba preston january 14 , 1842 1890 joseph c breckinridge.jpg joseph cabell breckinridge , sr. .
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joseph cabell breckinridge , sr. .

joseph cabell breckinridge , sr. -lrb- 1842 -- 1920 -rrb- was a union army officer from kentucky during the american civil war .
in later life , he became a brigadier general in the u.s. regular army and inspector general of the army as well as a major general of volunteers in the spanish -- american war .
his cousin , john c. breckenridge , a confederate major general and former vice president of the united states and his two oldest brothers fought for the confederacy , while he and another younger son of robert jefferson breckinridge , a presbyterian minister , politician , public office holder and abolitionist , fought for the union .
joseph c. breckinridge , sr. , was born in 1842 , a member of the prominent breckinridge family , in baltimore , maryland .
his father , robert jefferson breckinridge , a minister , was one of the most distinguished divines and one of the most prolific writers of the century ; a leader of the kentucky emancipation party in 1849 ; and a strong union man in 1861 at the outbreak of the civil war .
joining the army in august 1861 , joseph c. breckinridge was appointed an aide-de-camp to george h. thomas , and served with him at mill springs and shiloh .
while serving at corinth , he was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd us artillery .
he served in the atlanta campaign , and was captured following the death of james b. mcpherson .
after being exchanged , he served out the remainder of the war as a mustering officer , and received brevet promotions to captain -lrb- july 1864 -rrb- and major -lrb- march 1865 -rrb- .
he received promotions to the full ranks of captain and major in 1874 and 1881 respectively .
on january 30 , 1889 , breckinridge was promoted to brigadier general and inspector general of the army .
he was promoted to major general of volunteers in the spanish -- american war .
tragically his eldest son joseph cabell breckinridge was killed while serving on the , ensign breckinridge was washed overboard and drowned in cuban waters .
general breckinridge was president of the district of columbia society and president general of the national society of the sons of the american revolution from 1900 until 1901 .
he was also a member of the military order of the loyal legion of the united states and the military order of foreign wars .
major general breckinridge was married to louise ludlow dudley , daughter of ethelbert ludlow dudley of lexington , kentucky in july 1868 .
