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U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Gettysburg National Military Park - The Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg; Civil War Trust - Gettysburg Confederate order of battle
Youngest Confederate general officer on date of appointment. Assigned a division in Wheeler's corps. During Atlanta campaign raid, mortally wounded in an action at Franklin, Tennessee, September 2, 1864. Left with William H. Harrison family; died a few days later, probably September 4, 1864, aged 24. Kemper, James Lawson: Brigadier general
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest ...
Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett is the first general killed in the Civil War. July 25, 1861: First Battle of Mesilla: New Mexico (New Mexico Territory at the time) Confederate: Confederate victory secures the southern part of the New Mexico Territory for the CSA. August 5, 1861: Battle of Athens: Missouri / Iowa: Union
Some of these acres are now among the 4,998 acres (2,023 ha) of the Gettysburg National Military Park. [167] In 2015, the Trust made one of its most important and expensive acquisitions, paying $6 million for a four-acre (1.6 ha) parcel that included the stone house that Confederate General Robert E. Lee used as his headquarters during the battle.
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.
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 ...
The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. The park, in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area, is managed by the National Park Service . [ 4 ]