caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance image_size battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
henry larcom abbot 1854 & ndash ; 1895 united states army union army 01 october 1927 cambridge , massachusetts beverly , massachusetts united states 150px american civil war 13 august 1831 cambridge , massachusetts 35px brigadier general , retired henry larcom abbot.jpg henry larcom abbot
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henry larcom abbot

henry larcom abbot -lrb- august 13 , 1831 -- october 1 , 1927 -rrb- was a military engineer and career officer in the united states army .
he served in the union army during the american civil war and was appointed brevet brigadier general of volunteers for his contributions in engineering and artillery .
in 1866 he received additional brevet appointments as major general of volunteers and brigadier general in the regular army .
he conducted several scientific studies of the mississippi river with captain , later major general andrew a. humphreys .
after his retirement , abbot served as a consultant for the locks on the panama canal .
he was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1863 .
