Alexander Shaler

Alexander Shaler
Alexander Shaler
Born(1827-03-19)March 19, 1827
Haddam, Connecticut
DiedDecember 28, 1911(1911-12-28) (aged 84)
New York City
Place of burial
Ridgefield Cemetery, Ridgefield, New Jersey
AllegianceUnited States
Union
Service / branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank brigadier general
Brevet major general
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Alexander Shaler (March 19, 1827 – December 28, 1911) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. After the war, he was at various times the head of the New York City Fire Department, president of the National Rifle Association, and Mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey, from 1899 to 1901.[1]

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