Alfred Pleasonton
✓ Source-basedfallingUnion Army general (1824-1897)
United StatesLived 1824 to 1897 · aged 72Alfred Pleasonton was a United States Army officer and major general of volunteers in the Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg campaign, including the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war, Brandy Station.
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General Pleasonton (right) and Captain George Custer (left) on horseback in Falmouth, Virginia
General Alfred Pleasonton and staff in Warrenton, Virginia
General Pleasonton in Warrenton, Virginia
Genernal Pleasonton advancing from Orleans to Waterloo via Warrington in a snow storm
Pleasonton in Falmouth, Virginia, 1864
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Alfred Pleasonton was a United States Army officer and major general of volunteers in the Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg campaign, including the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war, Brandy Station. In 1864, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi theater, where he defeated Confederate General Sterling Price in two key battles, including the Battle of Mine Creek, the second largest cavalry battle of the war, effectively ending the war in Missouri. He was the son of Stephen Pleasonton and the younger brother of Augustus Pleasonton.
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