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Barton S. Alexander
Barton Stone Alexander
(September 4, 1819 – December 15, 1878) was an American engineer commander during the
American Civil War
who rose to the
brevet
rank of brigadier general in the
regular army
. He was a graduate of the
U.S. Military Academy
at
West Point
and served in the
United States Army
's
Corps of Topographical Engineers
, which at times was both a part of and separate from the
United States Army Corps of Engineers
. After graduating from West Point as a
second lieutenant
in the Class of 1842, he served in the
Mexican-American War
, building fortifications to protect American supply lines in the advance on
Mexico City
. After the end of the war, he was stationed in
Washington, D.C.
, where he served as architect for the Scott Building and Quarters Buildings at the U.S. Soldiers' Home and took over the completion of the
Smithsonian Institution Building
after dissatisfaction with the pace of the first architect caused him to be dismissed.
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