(1831-01-26)January 26, 1831 Washington, Pennsylvania, US
Died
November 13, 1899(1899-11-13) (aged 68) Muskegon, Michigan, US
Buried
Graceland Cemetery
Allegiance
United States (Union)
Service/branch
U.S. Army and Egyptian Army
Years of service
1853–1870 (U.S. Army) 1873–1878 (Egyptian Army)
Rank
Colonel (U.S.) Brevet Brigadier General (U.S.) Colonel (Egypt)
Commands held
20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars
American Civil War
Battle of Prairie Grove
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Brownsville
Siege of Fort Morgan
Battle of Fort Blakely
1873 Abyssinian Campaign
Battle of Gura
Other work
Chief of Washington, D.C. Police Department Military advisor to the Emperor of Korea Author
William McEntyre Dye (January 26, 1831 – November 13, 1899) was a soldier from the United States who served in military capacities around the world. He became a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a colonel in the Egyptian army and military adviser to the King of Korea.[1]
^William McEntyre Dye. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. 1888. p. 284. Retrieved July 29, 2009. Dye, William McEntyre, soldier, born in Washington, Pennsylvania, 26 January 1831. He was appointed to the U.S. military academy, where he was graduated in 1853, served in the 8th infantry on frontier and garrison duty, was promoted 1st lieutenant in 1856, and captain, 14 May 1861. After being employed on mustering and recruiting service he became colonel of the 20th Iowa regiment, August 25, 1862, served in Missouri and Arkansas in 1862'3, receiving the brevet of major for gallantry at Vicksburg, and led a brigade in the Red River campaign of 1864, for which he was brevetted lieutenant colonel on May 28. He commanded a brigade at Mobile bay in September and, after taking part in several expeditions, was acting assistant provost marshal general of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota in 1865.
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