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Marion Perry Maus was a United States Army Brigadier General.
Background
Marion Perry Maus was the son of Isaac Rhodes and Mary Malvina (Greer) Maus, and was born on August 25, 1850 at Burnt Mills, Montgomery County, Md. His maternal grandfather, James Greer, was a Presbyterian minister, born in Scotland, who settled in Georgetown, D. C. , probably about 1800. On the paternal side, his first ancestor in America was Frederick Maus, an Alsatian, who arrived in early colonial times. A great-uncle, Philip Maus, sacrificed his fortune in aiding the Revolutionary cause and also served as a soldier; another relative, Matthew Maus, was a surgeon in the ill-fated Montgomery expedition to Quebec (1775 - 76).
Education
Young Maus attended the local public schools and later Charlotte Hall Academy. In 1870, through the influence of Montgomery Blair, he was appointed a cadet at West Point.
Career
Graduating in 1874, he was assigned to the 16t Infantry, at Fort Randall, in the present South Dakota, and for the next two years took part in a series of actions against bandits and Indians and in the work of expelling prospectors from the Black Hills. He served under Gen. Nelson A. Miles in the winter campaign (1876 - 77) against Lame Deer's band; in the following autumn, as commander of the white and Indian scouts, in the Nez Perce campaign ending in the surrender of Chief Joseph, he won a silver citation for gallantry in action. In 1880, a first lieutenant (Sept. 29, 1879), he was transferred to Texas, and in May 1882, to Arizona, where for several years he rendered notable service against the Apaches. In the fall of 1885 he succeeded Britton Davis as commander of the Apache scouts, and for his conduct in an attack on Geronimo's band and a defensive action against a body of Chihuahua troops (Jan. 10-11, 1886), near the Aros River, Mexico. Further frontier service took him to Colorado and to the theatre of the Ghost Dance troubles which culminated in the battle of Wounded Knee, S. Dak. , December 29, 1890. In November of that year he became a captain. In 1897, as aide-de-camp to Miles, he witnessed some of the operations of the war between Greece and Turkey, and in the following year, in the same capacity, took part in the Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns of the Spanish-American War. He was promoted major, June 16, 1899. In July of that year he was appointed inspector-general of the department of California and the Columbia. Three years later he accompanied Miles in an official tour of the island possessions of the United States. On June 28, 1902, he was made lieutenant-colonel. From 1903 to March 1906, he was on active duty in the Philippines. His next station was Monterey, Cal. , and from there, on receipt of the news of the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, he was transferred to San Francisco to take command of the troops guarding the financial district. He had become a colonel January 24, 1904, and in 1909 he attained the rank of brigadier-general and was assigned to the command of the department of the Columbia. On August 20, 1913, he retired. He died at New Windsor, Md. , and was buried, with full military honors, at Arlington.
Achievements
Maus was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on January 11, 1886 in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico and later achieved the rank of Brigadier General.
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Personality
His long career of exceptionally varied duties was marked by efficient performance, and in his frontier campaigns he displayed a courage, resourcefulness, and endurance that rank him among the most noted of the Indian fighters.
Connections
At Skaneateles, N. Y. , on June 28, 1899, Maus was married to Lindsay, the daughter of Charles H. Poor, who survived him.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Sierra Madre Mountains, Mex., 11 January 1886. Entered service at: Tennallytown, Montgomery County, Md. Birth: Burnt Mills, Md. Date of issue: 27 November 1894.
Citation: "Most distinguished gallantry in action with hostile Apaches led by Geronimo and Natchez."
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Sierra Madre Mountains, Mex., 11 January 1886. Entered service at: Tennallytown, Montgomery County, Md. Birth: Burnt Mills, Md. Date of issue: 27 November 1894.
Citation: "Most distinguished gallantry in action with hostile Apaches led by Geronimo and Natchez."
