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About William Emerson Strong
William Emerson Strong was an American lawyer, businessman, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, serving as inspector general and acting chief of staff for the Army of the Tennessee; he was then the first inspector general of the Freedmans Bureau and received an honorary brevet to brigadier general at the end of the war. After the war, he married into the family of William B. Ogden and became a partner in several of his business ventures. He was treasurer of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor company, which constructed and operated the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, and was also president of the Peshtigo Lumber Company and a director of the World's Columbian Exposition.
Everything about William Emerson Strong →- Occupation
- military officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1840, August 10, 1840
- Died
- 1891, April 10, 1891