The Author
John B. Wilson was born and grew up in Imperial, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Duquesne University, receiving a B.A. degree in history in 1963 and an M.A. degree in American history in 1966. He joined the Organizational History Branch, Center of Military History, in 1968 and served there until he retired in 1997. He compiled Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades in the Army Lineage Series and is the author of several articles on the organizations of divisions and separate brigades.
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