Life Span
to
Full name
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Place of Birth
Turin, Italy
Burial Place
Valhalla, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
Family
Mary Isabel Reid (wife) 
Occupation
Military
Diplomat
Other
Other Occupation
Archaeologist, Museum Director
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Catholic (Roman or Irish)
Government
Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Diplomat
Military
Union Army
Foreign military
Date Event
In Virginia, a future director of the Metropolitan Museum wins the Medal of Honor while under arrest
How to Cite This Page: "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/40056.