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Peter Gansevoort

American army officer (1749-1812) · United States · On the map · Died at 62

Peter Gansevoort was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort was also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville.

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Lived 1749 to 1812 · aged 62