William Sidney Graves (27 March 1865-27 February 1940) was a Major-General of the US Army who commanded the United States' expedition during the Russian Civil War in the Siberian Intervention.
Biography[]
William Sidney Graves was born on 27 March 1865 in Mount Calm, Texas, Confederate States of America. He graduated from West Point in 1889 and served in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War, becoming a company commander. In 1918, he was given command of the US 8th Infantry Division, and he led 8,000 US Army troops in the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War. His distaste for Alexander Kolchak's autocratic and monarchist White Army forces in Siberia led to the Americans remaining neutral during the conflict, staying in Siberia only to oversee the railroad's security. On 1 April 1920, the US forces left Siberia after overseeing the Czech Legion's evacuation through Vladivostok, and he retired in 1928 with the rank of Major-General. Graves died on 27 February 1940.