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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885 (search)

Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885 Military officer; born in Baltimore, Md., March 7, 1814; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1836; served in the war with Mexico and through the Civil War; was promoted colonel and brevetted major-general of volunteers; resigned in January, 1874. He was a personal friend of Gen. G. H. Thomas, to whom he made known a plan to establish cemeteries for the scattered remains of soldiers who had been killed in battle. It was this suggestion which led to the institution of Decoration, or Memorial, Day. He died in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 4, 1885.

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