Zenas Bliss
Military Person
1835 – 1900
Who was Zenas Bliss?
Zenas Randall Bliss was an officer and general in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He formed the first unit of Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts, and his detailed memoirs chronicled life on the Texas frontier. He was the father of Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Zenas Work Bliss.
Bliss was a native of Rhode Island and graduated from West Point in 1854. He served most of his thirty-seven-year career on the Texas frontier, and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During the Civil War he was captured by Confederate forces and held as a prisoner of war. Bliss received the Medal of Honor for his actions while leading his regiment at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1835
Johnston - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- Rhode Island
- Died
- Jan 2, 1900
Washington, D.C. - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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