Background
Sharpe, Henry Granville was born on April 30, 1858 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of General George Henry and Caroline (Hasbrouck) Sharpe.
Sharpe, Henry Granville was born on April 30, 1858 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of General George Henry and Caroline (Hasbrouck) Sharpe.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1880. Honorary Master of Science, Rutgers, 1917.
Appointed Second lieutenant, 4th infantry, June 12, 1880. Resigned June 1, 1882. Reapptd. in army as captain staff commissary of subsistence, September 12, 1883.
Promoted through grades to brigadier general commissary general United States Army, October 12, 1905.
Brigadier general Question Manager Corps, August 24, 1912. Major general, September 16, 1916.
Quartermaster general United States Army, 1916. Major general line of the army, July 12, 1918.
Retired, May 1, 1920.
Commissary in relief of flood sufferers at Cairo, Illinois, and Memphis, Tennessee, 1897. Chief commissary Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, April-July 1898, 1st Army Corps, July-October 1898, Department Porto Rico, October December 1898. Purchasing and depot commissary, San Juan, Prize ring (The), October November 1898.
Chief commissary Division of Philippines, 1902-1904.
Commanding Southeastern Department, June 13, 1918-May 28, 1919. In France, June 4-September 1919.
Author: The Art of Subsisting Armies in War. The Art of Supplying Armies in the Field as Exemplified During the Civil War (gold medal prize essay Military Service Institution for 1895).
The Provisioning of the Modern Army in the Field.
The Quartermaster Corps in the Year, 1917, in the World War, 1921. Address: Navy Club, Washington, Distric.
Married Kate H. Morgan, June 2, 1887.