Background
Savage, Richard Henry was born on June 12, 1846 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Richard and Jane Moorhead (Ewart) Savage.
Savage, Richard Henry was born on June 12, 1846 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Richard and Jane Moorhead (Ewart) Savage.
Appointed from California, 1864, and graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1868. Served, Second lieutenant, corps of engineer, 3 years. In Egyptian army, 1871-1874.
Engineer on a railway in South, 1874-1884.
Then lawyer and author in New New York
Traveled in Turkey, Asia Minor, Russia, Siberia, of Korea, China, Japan, Honduras, 1884-1891. Appointed, May 1898, senior major 2d United States volunteer engineers Served through war with Spain.
In November 1898 went with his command to Havana, personally hoisting 1st American flag in Havana or Havana province.
Senior captain (acting major), 27th United States volunteer infantry, July 5 to December, 1899. Brigadier general and chief engineer Spanish war veterans, October 10, 1900.
Elected commander-in-chief National Spanish-American War Veterans, Washington, October 11, 1903. Author: After Many Years.
My Official Wife; Foreign Love and Life.
A Daughter of Judas. The Anarchist. Delilah of Harlem. The Little Lady of Lagunitas.
The Flying Halcyon; Mission Devereaux of the Mariquita.
In the Shadow of the Pyramids. The Last Days of Ismail Khedive. In the Swim; The Princess of Alaska, 1895.
In the Old Chateau, 1896.
His Cuban Sweetheart, 1896. The Hacienda on the Hill, 1900.
The Shield of His Honor, 1900. The Midnight Passenger, 1900.
Brought to Bay, 1900.
Poems, 1900. In the House of His Friends, 1900. In the Esbekieyeh Gardens, 1900.
The Mystery of a Shipyard, 1901.
Special Orders for Commander Leigh, 1902. Foreign a Young Queen's Bright Eyes, 1902. The Golden Rapids of High Life, 1903.
Married Anna Josephine Scheible, of Berlin, Germany, at German embassy, Washington, January 2, 1873.