John Stephen "Jack" Casement (January 19, 1829 – December 13, 1909) was a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a noted railroad contractor and civil engineer. He directed the construction of the Union Pacific's section of the Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the Western United States with the East.
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1 January 1829 Geneva, New York
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Died |
13 December 1909 (aged 80) Painesville, Ohio, US
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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