Gustavus Sniper
German-born Union brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War
About Gustavus Sniper
Lived 1836 – 1894 (aged 57–58). Gustavus Sniper was a military leader and politician.
Biography Sniper was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden. He emigrated with his family to Syracuse, New York in 1842, where he was educated in Syracuse public schools, and supplemented his education by attending night school.
After the war, he was elected county clerk, deputy collector of internal revenue, and to the New York State Assembly three times.
Sniper died in 1894 at his home at 504 North Prospect Street, and was buried in Syracuse's Woodlawn Cemetery.
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German-born Union brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War
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