Background
Getty, Robert N. was born on January 17, 1855 in Fort Hamilton, New York, United States. Son of General C. W. and Elizabeth Graham (Stevenson) Getty.
Getty, Robert N. was born on January 17, 1855 in Fort Hamilton, New York, United States. Son of General C. W. and Elizabeth Graham (Stevenson) Getty.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1878.
Additional Second lieutenant 22d Infantry, June 14, 1878. Promoted through grades to brigadier general, August 5, 1917.
Served with Casey’s scouts against Sioux Indians, 1890-1891, with 5th Army Corps in Cuba, 1898, participating in battles of El Caney and San Juan, and in siege of Santiago.
Married Cornelia T. Colegate, October 14, 1885.