Frederick Tracy Dent

Frederick Tracy Dent (December 17, 1820 – December 23, 1892) was an American general.

Early life Dent was born on December 17, 1820, in White Haven, St. Louis County, Missouri. He was the son of Frederick Fayette Dent (1787–1873) and Ellen Bray (née Wrenshall) Dent (1793–1857).

On July 17, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Dent for appointment to the brevet grade of brigadier general in the Regular United States Army, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866. From 1869 to 1873 he served as a military secretary to President Grant. He commanded Fort Trumbull, in Connecticut, in 1875 and the post of St. Augustine in 1881.

He retired in 1883 and lived first in Washington, D.C., and later in Denver, Colorado, where one of his sons practiced law. Margaret Lynde Dent (1854–1921), who married Lafayette E. Campbell (1845–1919).

He died in Denver on December 23, 1892, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.