Chase Wilmot Kennedy
{{short description|United States Army major general}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = Chase Wilmot Kennedy
|image = Chase W. Kennedy (US Army major general).jpg
|alt = Head and shoulders portrait of Chase Wilmot Kennedy in his major general's uniform and cap
|caption = From the 1937 annual report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy
|birth_date = {{birth date|1859|01|04}}
|birth_place = Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1936|11|23|1859|01|4}}
|death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
|placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery
|allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}}
|branch = 23px United States Army
|serviceyears = 1883–1922
|rank = 23px Major General
|servicenumber = 0-44
|unit = U.S. Army Infantry Branch
|commands = 23rd Infantry Regiment
Camp Gettysburg
78th Division
85th Division
Panama Canal Department
9th Coast Artillery District
9th Training Center
|battles = American Indian Wars
Spanish–American War
Philippine–American War
World War I
|awards =
|spouse = Elizabeth Lord Jewett (m. 1889-1936, his death)
}}
Chase Wilmot Kennedy (4 January 1859 – 23 November 1936) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, and World War I, he attained the rank of major general and was most notable for his First World War command of first the 78th Division, and later the 85th Division.
Early years
Chase Wilmot Kennedy was born to Milton and Josephine Kennedy on 4 January 1859.Evans, Nelson W. A History of Scioto County, Ohio, Together With a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio (Portsmouth, OH: Nelson W. Evans, 1903), pp. 1023 After graduating from the public school system in 1875, Kennedy began working at the Portsmouth Tribune until 1879. He was admitted into the United States Military Academy in May 1879 and graduated eighteenth in his class in 1883.{{cite book |last=Davis |first1=Henry Blaine Jr. |title=Generals in Khaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Pentland Press |location=Raleigh, NC |year=1998 |pages=210 |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |via=Google Books}} Several of his classmates would go on to become general officers in their careers, such as Omar Bundy, George H. Cameron, Harry C. Hale, George W. Read, John W. Heard, Ira A. Haynes, Samson L. Faison, William C. Langfitt, Robert D. Walsh, Lawrence Tyson, Charles G. Morton, Tyree R. Rivers, John W. Ruckman, Isaac Littell and Clarence R. Edwards.
Military career
Following his graduation from the U.S.M.A., Kennedy was commissioned into the Third Infantry with which he performed frontier duty from 1883 to 1895, during which he participated in campaigns against the Kutenai, Crow and Sioux.
= Spanish–American War =
Still with the 3rd Infantry Regiment at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Kennedy saw action in Cuba and took part in the Battle of El Caney. After the Spanish defeat in 1898, Kennedy returned to the United States to take part in campaigns against the Leech Lake Indians in the fall of the same year, this time with the 8th Infantry.
Kennedy returned to Cuba in December 1898 with the 8th Infantry for the formal transfer of power on 1 January 1899. Kennedy would remain in Cuba with the provisional government until 1900 as part of the Sanitary Corps.
= Philippine–American War =
= First World War =
File:Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Major General Kennedy and Brigadier General Penn, U.S.A., reviewing troops at Camp Custer, Michigan - NARA - 26422251 (cropped) (cropped).jpg reviewing troops at Camp Custer, Michigan, May 1918.]]
On 23 August 1917, Kennedy took command of the 78th Infantry Division at Camp Dix, NJ, before deploying with the American Expeditionary Forces in December 1917.Cullum, George W.Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York Since Its establishment in 1802: Supplement, Volume VI-A 1910-1920 (Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters, Printers, 1920), pp. 354 Kennedy remained in France with the 78th until February 1918, when returned to the U.S. to take command of the 85th Infantry Division. The 85th deployed to France in August, 1918. He would remain in command of the 85th until March 1919.
= Between the Wars =
After the end of the First World War, Kennedy was placed in command of the Panama Canal Department from April 1919 to November 1921. Following this, he commanded the 9th Coastal Artillery District and the 9th Training Center at the Presidio of San Francisco until his retirement in 1922.
Personal life
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgdrZW5uZWR5EgVjaGFzZRoBd0IIMTkzNi1fLV8-/ Chase W. Kennedy] at Arlington National Cemetery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Chase Wilmot}}
Category:United States Military Academy alumni
Category:People from Portsmouth, Ohio
Category:United States Army generals of World War I
Category:United States Army generals
Category:Military personnel from Ohio
Category:American military personnel of the Philippine–American War
Category:American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
Category:United States Army personnel of the Indian Wars