Alfred Sully
American Civil War officer (1821-1879) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 57
Alfred Sully was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and the American Indian Wars.
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A young Alfred Sully painted c.1839 by his father Thomas Sully while attending West Point Military Academy
Our Camp at Cha-ink-pah River, watercolor, by Alfred Sully, c. 1856
Fort Pierre in 1857 from a painting by Sully
General Alfred Sully (seated at center) with (left to right): John H. Pell, Andrew J. Levering, and Josias R. King, c. 1862.
Alfred Sully's tombstone in Laurel Hill CemeteryAbout this person
He served as Brevet Brigadier General in the Union army during the American Civil War but was removed from command by John Gibbon for failure to suppress a mutiny by the 34th New York Infantry Regiment. He was cleared by a court of inquiry of any wrongdoing and sent to command the District of Iowa in the Department of the Northwest during the Sioux Wars.
