grade of brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 19, 1867. He died while in command of Fort Laramie from lingering effects of typhoid fever that he had contracted during the Civil War. Slemmer was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, located in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 1868. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, . Powell, William H.: "A history of the organization and movements of the 4th regiment of Infantry, U.S.A., 1796-1870 (1871)", Washington City, M'Gill & Witherow, page 374-375 External links Union Army generals United States Military Academy alumni People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1828 births 1868 deaths People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Burials in Pennsylvania