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Original letter from Adjutant General R.C. Drum replying to an invitation to the third anniversary dinner of the Clover Club.
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Richard Coulter Drum (May 28, 1825 – October 15, 1909) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1880 to 1889.
He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson College before entering the printing business.
At the outbreak of the Mexican–American War in 1846, he enlisted as a private in the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and, the next year, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 9th Infantry of the Regular Army. He took part in many of the battles of the war, including Chapultepec and Mexico City.
Following the war, he was transferred to the Fourth Artillery and was promoted to first lieutenant. He served as an aide-de-camp for General William S. Harney during his expedition against the Sioux, and participated in the Battle of Ash Hollow.
Civil War:
In 1861 he was appointed as an assistant adjutant general for the far-flung Department of the Pacific and promoted to captain. He was quickly promoted to major and lieutenant colonel, and after the end of the American Civil War he was brevetted Colonel and brigadier general, for faithful and meritorious services in the Adjutant-General's Department during the war.
Drum was a companion of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - a prestigious military society composed of officers of the Union armed forces and their descendants.
Among other honors, both Camp Drum, a 60-acre army base in Wilmington, CA, and Fort Drum (Philippines), the so-called "Concrete Battleship" situated at the mouth of Manila Bay were named for him.
General Drum died in Drummond, Maryland in 1909. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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