Tag: Kent (Jacob F.)

On staff of Gen. Sedgwick and Gen. H. G. Wright.

Wikipedia says: Jacob Ford Kent (September 14, 1835 – December 22, 1918) was a United States general during the Spanish–American War. Kent also served in the Union army during the American Civil War. Kent was born in 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rodolphus Kent and Sarah Deily. His Great-Great-Grandfather was Col. Jacob Ford, of Morristown, NJ (whose home was General George Washington’s headquarters 1779–80). He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in 1861 and served in the Union army during the Civil War. He was first appointed to the 3rd U.S. Infantry in 1861 and later transferred to staff duty as an assistant inspector general in 1863. Kent won brevet promotions during the war for “gallant and meritorious service” at the battles of Marye’s Heights, Spotsylvania and Petersburg. He ended the war as a brevet colonel assistant inspector general.