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John Fulton Reynolds (September 21, 1820 – July 1, 1863) [1] was a career United States Army officer and a general in the American Civil War.One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed at the start of the battle.
He fought for the Union during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. Buford is best known for his actions in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, by identifying Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge as good High Ground , and by placing vedettes (the cavalry equivalent of "picket lines") to the west ...
Henry Baxter (September 8, 1821 – December 30, 1873) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.At the Battle of Gettysburg, his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes's division, slaughtering hundreds in a surprise attack on BG Alfred Iverson's brigade, and held the north flank of the Union position for much of the day before ...
Last surviving Union General of U.S. Regular Army, d. April 13, 1933 Son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin Butler: Ammen, Jacob: Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862) USMA, 1831 Resigned January 14, 1865 Anderson, Robert: Brigadier general, USA (May 15, 1861) Major general, USA (February 3, 1865) USMA, 1825 Retired October 27, 1863 Andrews ...
The Gallant Dead: Union & Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005. ISBN 0-8117-0132-8. Tagg, Larry. The Generals of Gettysburg. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-882810-30-9. Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University ...
Gettysburg is a 1993 American epic war film about the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. Written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell , [ 3 ] the film was adapted from the 1974 historical novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara . [ 4 ]
Zook was born in Tredyffrin, Chester County, Pennsylvania.His parents were David and Eleanor Stephens Zook and his paternal ancestors were of the Mennonite faith. At an early age, he moved with his parents to the home of his maternal grandmother at Valley Forge and the tradition of George Washington's winter encampment there during the American Revolutionary War fueled a lifelong interest in ...
Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) [1] was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War.He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.