Randolph B. Marcy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Randolph B. Marcy

Union Army general

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1812

Place of Birth: Greenwich, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1887

Profession: military officer, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Randolph Barnes Marcy (April 9, 1812 – November 22, 1887) was an officer in the United States Army, chiefly noted for his frontier guidebook, the Prairie Traveler (1859), based on his own extensive experience of pioneering in the west.
This publication became a key handbook for the thousands of Americans wanting to cross the continent.
In the Civil War, Marcy became chief of staff to his son-in-law George B.
McClellan, and was later appointed Inspector General of the U.S.
Army.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat