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Jacob Zeilin was the first United States Marine Corps non-brevet general.
Background
Zeilin was born on July 16, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob Zeilin, a tavern keeper.
Education
Nothing is known of Zeilin&#;s youth previous to his admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point as a cadet on July 1, He remained here several years, but was not graduated.
Career
On October 1, , Zeilin entered the marine corps as a second lieutenant. After a preliminary training at the marine barracks in Philadelphia and Charlestown, Massachussets, he joined the sloop Erie, stationed on the coast of Brazil, He was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, from September 12, From to he was again at the marine barracks in Charlestown. From to he was with the frigate Columbia, at first on the coast of Brazil and later in the Mediterranean. During the Mexican War he was attached to the frigate Congress of the Pacific Squadron and participated in several landing expeditions in California and Mexico. For gallantry in action at the San Gabriel River
Brigadier General Jacob Zeilin was born on July 16, , in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.
He attended the U.S. Military Academy from to but left before his graduation and wouldn't be commissioned into the US Marine Corps until October 1,
His first station was shore duty in the Philadelphia and Virginia yards before being assigned to the USS Erie in In he returned to shore duty, this time at yards in Massachusettes and New York, before being posted to another boat aboard the USS Columbus in
Brigadier General Zeilin patrolled to Brazil and along the coast of South America before moving to the USS Congress in to support the Mexican-American war.
He participated in the Conquest of California, the action at San Gabriel River, the Capture of Los Angeles, and the Battle of La Mesa. He was briefly assigned the Commandant of San Diego before he returned to Mexico for the capture of the Guaymas and Mazatlan.
Brigadier General Zeilin would then be assigned to the Perry Expedition and landed with Commodore Matthew Perry during his mission to Japan.
He served shore duty at Norfolk, Washington, and Wabash until the beginning of the Civil War. Brigadier General Zeilin initially
Jacob Zeilin, USMC
The American Battlefield Trust Conference this year was to have featured a tour of mine about the Marine Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. It has been postponed until In the meantime, I wanted to share some of my research into the Marines of This is Part III of a three-part series.
The Marine battalion’s second-ranking officer, Brevet Major Jacob Zeilin, deserves a second and deeper look. He is one of the most significant officers in Marine Corps history.
Zeilin turned 55 five days before First Manassas. Born in Philadelphia, he studied at West Point from to before dropping out due to poor grades in math and chemistry. He took a commission as a Marine Corps lieutenant in , serving until his retirement in
In his long service, Zeilin had five important highlights:
California. He commanded the Marine detachment aboard USS Congress, which was part of Robert Stockton’s expedition to capture California. He helped secure Los Angeles and San Diego, becoming commander of the latter city for a time.
Perry Expedition. Zeilin commanded the strong Marine force assigned to Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s expedition to open Japan to the west. Perry’s
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Zeilin, Jacob
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ZEILIN, Jacob, officer of marines, b. in Philadelphia. Pa., 16 July, ; d. in Washington, D. C., 18 Nov., He entered the marine corps and was commissioned a 2d lieutenant, 1 Oct., , promoted to 1st lieutenant, 12 Sept., , and cruised in the &#;Columbus&#; and &#;Congress&#; in '8 during the Mexican war. He participated in the operations on the Pacific coast and in &#;defence of Monterey, 15 July, , was transferred to command the marines in the frigate &#;Congress,&#; and took part with Com. Robert F. Stockton in the conquest of California. He was brevetted major for gallantry in the action at crossing San Gabriel river, 9 Jan., , and took part in the capture of Los Angeles and in the battle of La Mesa. He was military commandant at San Diego in , and participated in the capture of Guaymas in September, , and in the action at San Jose, 30 Sept., During October, , and till the end of the war, he was at Mazatlan, where he took part in frequent skirmishes with the Mexicans, who had been obliged to evacuate the city. He was commissioned captain, 14 Sept., , and served at New York in , and in Norfolk
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