Frederick William Lander | |
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 Frederick W. Lander | |
| Born | December 17, 1821 Salem, Massachusetts[1] |
| Died | March 2, 1862 (aged 40) Paw Paw, Virginia (now West Virginia) |
| Allegiance | United States Union |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1862 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
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Frederick William Lander[2][1][3] (December 17, 1821 – March 2, 1862) was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet.
- ^ a b Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 543.
- ^ Ecelbarger, Gary L. (January 2001). Frederick W. Lander. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807125809.
The surviving Lander siblings refused to accept the change in their martyred brother's name. ... Mysteriously, Frederick W. Lander's middle name was entered as "West" rather than "William." ... In 1904 Edward composed an eight-page biography of his brother for the Essex Institute in Salem. ... He noted his middle name to be "William," ...
- ^ Houston, Alan Fraser; Houston, Jourdan Moore (October 3, 2006). "The 1859 Lander Expedition Revisited". Montana Official State Website. Montana Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 3, 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
Frederick William Lander was born in the seaport of Salem on December 17, 1822, the son of Edward Lander and Eliza West