George Bell (brigadier general)

George Bell (March 12, 1828 – January 2, 1907) was a United States Army Brigadier General.

He was prominent as a subsistence and commissary officer in the Union Army during and after the American Civil War.

[1] He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853 and was appointed a Second Lieutenant of Artillery.

From 1861 until 1865 he continued to serve in logistics positions, including: Officer in Charge of the depot at Alexandria, Virginia, and Instructor of Commissaries; Assistant Commissary, Army of the Potomac; Chief Commissary, Department of the Susquehanna; and Officer in Charge of the depot at Washington, D.C.. During the war Bell received brevet promotions to Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel and Brigadier General.

Two sons attended West Point, including Major General George Bell Jr.[9]