John Sedgwick
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican military officer (1813-1864)
United StatesLived 1813 to 1864 · aged 50Fame55.1
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John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be killed in the war, along with Major Generals James B. McPherson, Joseph K. Mansfield and John F. Reynolds.
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Sedgwick during the Civil War
General Sedgwick (seated right) with Colonels Albert V. Colburn and Delos B. Sackett in Harrison's Landing, Virginia, during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.
Horse artillery headquarters in Brandy Station, Virginia, February 1864. Sedgwick stands at the far right between Generals George G. Meade and Alfred Torbert, along with staff officers.
The Death of General Sedgwick by Julian Scott
Monument to commemorate the death of General John Sedgwick at Spotsylvania National Military Park, Virginia
A statue of General Sedgwick at West PointIn their orbit 2
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Lived 1813 to 1864 · aged 50
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