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Mar 26, 1786 Died on 27 Jun 1843 (aged 57)
United States Army officer
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About Abraham Eustis
- Abraham Eustis (March 26, 1786 – June 27, 1843) was a lawyer and notable U.S.
- Army officer, eventually rising to become a Brevet Brigadier General.
- He saw service in Florida and became a notable artillery specialist and the first commander of Fort Monroe, located at the entrance to the harbor of Hampton Roads in Virginia. In the State of Florida, Lake Eustis and the town of Eustis were each named in his honor.
- Camp Abraham Eustis, a World War I-era U.S.
- Army base along the James River, was named for him.
- Later renamed Fort Eustis and now located in the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, it is part of an expanded and active facility, Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
