Wilds P. Richardson

Wilds Preston Richardson
Born(1861-03-20)March 20, 1861
Hunt County, Texas, Confederate States of America
DiedMay 20, 1929(1929-05-20) (aged 68)
Washington D.C., United States of America
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1884–1920
RankBrigadier General
Commands5th Infantry Division
American North Russian Expeditionary Forces
78th Infantry Brigade
Alaska Road Commission
Battles / warsWorld War I

Russian Civil War

Wilds Preston Richardson (20 March 1861 in Hunt County, Texas – 20 May 1929) was an officer of the United States Army notable for being an explorer and geographer of Alaska in the early decades of the 20th century. During World War I, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and, because of his cold weather experience, sent to lead the Polar Bear Expedition, part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Richardson retired after the war and died in Washington, D.C., in 1929.