Name/Title
Silas CaseyEntry/Object ID
2007.099.0060Description
B/W photograph Silas Casey.
Lt. Col. Silas Casey played a significant role in the military operations in the Pacific Northwest. During the Indian Wars of 1855-1856, he showed compassion toward the native populations who were often the victims in altercations with miners and discretion in representing the interest of the United States in the boundary dispute with England. In addition to maintaining law and order in this Western outpost, he conducted topographical and geographical surveys of the area. During the Civil War, Casey served in the Peninsula Campaign, was promoted to Brigadier General of volunteers in 1861 and Major General in 1862. He spent the rest of the war as an administrator and commanded a provisional brigade in the defense of Washington, D.C. for a period before retiring in 1868. Casey died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1882 and was bruied at his family farm in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. (from Images of America Benicia)Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
