George Henry Weeks

George H. Weeks (3 February 1834 – 13 September 1905) was a career officer in the United States Army. An 1857 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he served in the American Indian Wars and American Civil War and attained the rank of brigadier general as Quartermaster General of the United States Army.

Weeks was born in Gilford, New Hampshire and raised and educated in Orono, Maine. He was appointed to West Point in 1853, graduated in 1857, and was commissioned in the Field Artillery. He served at Fort Ridgely, Minnesota from 1859 to 1861, including participation in an expedition against the Sioux along the Yellow Medicine River in 1860. During the American Civil War, Weeks served in the Union Army and transferred to the Quartermaster Corps. He performed chief quartermaster and depot commander duties in Virginia, Maryland, and New York during the war and received brevet promotions to major and lieutenant colonel to recognize the superior service he rendered during the war.

After the war, Weeks carried out chief quartermaster and depot command duties in the western United States, including postings to Washington, California, Alaska, and Arizona. In 1877, he participated in the Nez Perce War while serving as chief quartermaster at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. Later assignments included command of the quartermaster depot in New York City and chief quartermaster of the Department of Texas. In 1895, he was appointed as the army's assistant quartermaster general. In February 1897, he was selected to serve as the quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general, and he held this position until retiring in February 1898. He lived in Washington, D.C. during his retirement, and he died in Washington on 13 September 1905. Weeks was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Early life George Henry Weeks was born in Gilford, New Hampshire on 3 February 1834, a son of Levi R. Weeks and Lydia (Sleeper) Weeks. He was raised and educated in Orono, Maine, and in 1853 received an appointment to the United States Military Academy (West Point) from Congressman Israel Washburn Jr. Weeks graduated in 1857 ranked 23rd of 38. Among his classmates who served on both sides in the American Civil War or became prominent in the 40 years after were Edward Porter Alexander, Henry Martyn Robert, George Crockett Strong, Haldimand S. Putnam, Charles Hale Morgan, Abram Calvin Wildrick, William Sinclair, Samuel W. Ferguson, Marcus Reno, Manning M. Kimmel, Ira W. Claflin, John S. Marmaduke, and Robert H. Anderson.

Weeks received an appointment as second lieutenant by brevet in July 1857 and was assigned to the Field Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia. In February 1859, he received his commission as a second lieutenant of Field Artillery and assignment to the 4th Regiment of Artillery at Fort Ridgely, Minnesota. and they were the parents of four children.

Continued of career Weeks acted as chief commissary officer for the Department of the Columbia from September to December 1875, then served as depot quartermaster and commissary officer at Vancouver Barracks. He died in Washington on 13 September 1905. Weeks was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Dates of rank Weeks's dates of rank were:

Second Lieutenant (Brevet), 1 July 1857 Second Lieutenant, 18 February 1859 First Lieutenant, 14 May 1861 Captain, 24 March 1862 Major (Brevet), 13 March 1865 Lieutenant Colonel, (Brevet), 13 March 1865 Major, 29 May 1876 Lieutenant Colonel, 19 October 1888 Colonel, 16 May 1895 Brigadier General, 16 February 1897 Brigadier General (Retired), 3 February 1898