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LIST  OF  67  UNION  GENERALS  IN  BATTLE  OF  GETTYSBURG.


                            MAJOR  GENERALS  (14)

1)  * George  G. Meade

Date of Rank:       November 29, 1862
Born:       December 31, 1815   Cadiz, Spain
Died:        November 6, 1872
Cause of Death:       Pneumonia
Buried:         Laurel Hill Cemetery

2)    Daniel  Butterfield:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     October 31, 1831  Utica, N.Y.
Died:     July 17, 1901  Cold Spring, N.Y.
Cause of Death:     not mentioned
Buried:     West Point

3)  * John F. Reynolds:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     September 20, 1820  Lancaster, Pa.
Died:     July 1, 1863
Cause of Death:     Shot from his horse by a Rebel
Buried:     Lancaster, Pa.

4)  * Abner Doubleday:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:    June 26, 1819  Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Died:     January 26, 1893  Mendham, N.J.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

5)  * John  Newton:

Date of Rank:     March 30, 1863
Born:     August 25, 1822   Norfolk, Virginia
Died:     May 1, 1895   New York Residence
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     West Point

6)  * Winfield S. Hancock:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     February 14, 1824  one of twin brothers
Died:     February 9, 1886  Governors Island
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown

7)    Daniel E. Sickles:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1982
Born:     October 20, 1819    NYC
Died:     May 3, 1914,  at residence in New York.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

8)   David B. Birney:

Date of Rank:     May 20, 1863
Born:     May 29, 1825   Huntsville, Alabama
Died:     October 18, 1864   Philadelphia, Pa.
Cause of Death:     fell ill with a virulent species of malaria.
Buried:     Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia.

9)  * George Sykes:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     October 9, 1822  Dover, Delaware
Died:     February 8, 1880   Brownsville, Texas
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     West Point in New York

10) *  John Sedgwick:

Date of Rank:     July 4, 1862
Born:     September 13, 1813 at Cornwall Hollow in the
             Connecticut Berkshires.
Died:     May 9, 1864    Spotsylvania
Cause of Death:     killed instantly by sharp shooter's bullet.
Buried:     His native village of Cornwall Hollow.

11)  * Oliver O. Howard:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:    November 8, 1830    Leeds, Maine
Died:     October 26, 1909  Burlington
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Lake View Cemetery

12)   Carl  Schurz:

Date of Rank:     March 17, 1863
Born:     March 2, 1829  Rhenish village of Liblar, near
             Cologne, Prussia.
Died:     May 14, 1906  91st St. residence N.Y.C.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, N.Y.

13) * Henry W. Slocum:

Date of Rank:     July 4, 1862
Born:     September 24, 1827 at Delphi, (also called Delphi Falls),
              a  hamlet in Onondaga county, N.Y.
Died:     April 14, 1894    Brooklyn, N.Y.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Green-Wood Cemetery

14) * Alfred Pleasanton:

Date of Rank:     June 22, 1863
Born:     July 7, 1824   city of Washington
Died:     February 17, 1897   Washington
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Congressional Cemetery.

                      BRIGADIER   GENERALS  (53)

1)  * Marsena  R. Patrick:

  Date of Rank:     March 20, 1862
  Born:     March 11, 1811. near Watertown, N.Y.
  Died:     July 27, 1888  Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio
  Cause of Death:     natural
  Buried:     in the Home Cemetery

2) * Seth  Williams:

 Date of Rank:     September 23, 1861
 Born:     March 22, 1822    Augusta, Maine
 Died:     March 23, 1866  Boston
 Cause of Death:    congestion of the brain
 Buried:     Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta

3)  * Rufus  Ingalls:

Date of Rank:     May 23, 1863
Born:     August 23, 1818  Denmark, Maine
Died:      January 15, 1893  New York City
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:      Arlington National Cemetery

4)  * Gouverneur  K. Warren:

Date of Rank:     September 26, 1862 **
Born:      January 8, 1830  Cold Spring, N.Y.
Died:     August 8, 1882    Newport, Rhode Island
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:       in Island cemetery

5)  * Henry J. Hunt:

Date of Rank:     September 15, 1862
Born:     September 14, 1819   Detroit, Michigan
Died:     February 11, 1889  Soldier's Home in Washington.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Soldier's Home in Washington

6)  * Robert O. Tyler:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     December 22, 1831   hamlet of Hunter, New York.
Died:     December 1, 1874   Boston, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:     declining health
Buried:     Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford

7)    James S. Wadsworth:

Date of Rank:     August 9, 1861
Born:     October 30, 1807   Geneseo, New York
Died:     May 8, 1864
Cause of Death:           while leading his men in an attempt to
                                           repel an assault, he was shot off
                                           his horse a bullet entering the
                                           back of his head and lodging in
                                           his brain.
Buried:    Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo.

8)   Solomon Meredith:

Date of Rank:     October 6, 1862
Born:     May 29, 1810  Guilford County, North Carolina
Died:     October 2, 1875  Oakland, Indiana
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:      Riverside Cemetery

9)    Lysander  Cutler:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     February 16, 1807   Worcester County, Mass.
Died:     July 30, 1866.    Milwaukee
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Forest Home Cemetery

10)  John C. Robinson:

Date of Rank:     April 28, 1862
Born:     April 10, 1817    Binghamton, N.Y.
Died:     February 18, 1897    Binghamton, N.Y.
Cause of Death:    natural
Buried:    Spring Forest Cemetery

11)  * Gabriel  R. Paul:

Date of Rank:      April 18, 1863
Born:     March 22, 1813          St. Louis, Mo.
Died:     May 5, 1886   Washington
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery.

12)    Henry Baxter:
 Date of Rank:  March 12, 1863
 Born:  September 8, 1821  Sidney Plains, Delaware County,
           New York.
Died:  December 30, 1873.  Jonesville
Cause of Death:  pneumonia
Buried:  Jonesville Cemetery

13)    Thomas A. Rowley:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     October 5, 1808   Pittsburgh
Died:     May 14, 1892
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Allegheny Cemetery

14)   George J. Stannard:

Date of Rank:     March 11, 1863
Born:     October 20, 1820    Georgia, Vermont
Died:     June 1, 1886          Washington
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Lake View Cemetery, Burlington Vermont

15)   John  C. Caldwell:

Date of Rank:     April 28, 1862
Born:     April 17, 1833   Lowell, Vermont
Died:     August 31, 1912    Calais, Maine
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     next to his wife in East Machias.

16)   Samuel  K. Zook:


Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     March 27, 1821   Chester County, Pa.
Died:     July 2, 1863  Gettysburg
Cause of Death:     fatally wounded in the abdomen
Buried:     Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.

17)  * John Gibbon:

Date of Rank:     May 2, 1862
Born:     April 20, 1827   Philadelphia, Pa.
Died:     February 6, 1896   Baltimore
Cause of Death:     Natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

18)   William Harrow

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     November 14, 1822   Winchester, Kentucky
Died:     September 27, 1872.  New Albany, Indiana
Cause of Death:     killed in train accident
Buried:     Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon

19)  * Alexander S. Webb:

Date of Rank:     June 23, 1863
Born:     February 15, 1835    New York City
Died:     February 12, 1911  residence Riverdale, N.Y.
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     West Point

20)  * Alexander Hays:

Date of Rank:     September 29, 1862
Born:     July 8, 1819     Franklin, Pennsylvania
Died:     May 5, 1864
Cause of Death:     killed by a confederate bullet
Buried:     Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh

21)  * William  Hays:

Date of Rank:     December 27, 1862
Born:     May 9, 1819   Richmond, Virginia
Died:     February 7, 1875  Fort Independence, Boston
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:    first buried in Yonkers, N.Y. then West Point in 1894.

22)    J.H. Hobart Ward:

Date of Rank:     October 4, 1862
Born:     June 17, 1823     New York City
Died:     July 24, 1903  Monroe, New York
Cause of Death:     run over by train and killed.
Buried:                After a Masonic funeral in Brooklyn, N.Y.,
                             his body was brought back to Monroe for
                             burial in Community Cemetery.



23)   Charles K. Graham:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:        June 3, 1824   New York City
Died:     April 15, 1889   Lakewood, New Jersey
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Woodlawn Cemetery,  New York

24) * Andrew A. Humphreys:

Date of Rank:     April 28, 1862
Born:     November 2, 1810    Philadelphia, Pa.
Died:     December 27, 1883  Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:      Congressional Cemetery there.

25)   Joseph B. Carr:

Date of Rank:     September 7, 1862
Born:     August 16, 1828   Albany, New York
Died:     February 24, 1895  In Troy
Cause of Death:       natural
Buried:     Buried in Troy

26)  *  James Barnes:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     December 28,  1801  Boston, Mass.
Died:     February 12, 1869  Springfield, Mass.
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Springfield Cemetery

27) *  Romeyn B. Ayres:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:    December 20, 1825  Montgomery County,N.Y.
Died:     December 4, 1888  Fort Hamilton, N.Y.harbor
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

28) * Stephen H. Weed:

Date of Rank:     June 6, 1863
Born:     November 17, 1831   Potsdam, N.Y.
Died:     July 3, 1863   Gettysburg, Pa. (Little Round Top)
Cause of Death:   from a rebel bullet into his chest.
Buried:     Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp, S.I.,N.Y.

29)   Strong Vincent:

Date of Rank:     July 3, 1863
Born:     June 17, 1837    Waterford, Pennsylvania
Died:     July 7, 1863   Gettysburg, Pa. (Little Round Top)
Cause of Death:    shot down by Rebels during battle
Buried:      Erie Cemetery

30)   Samuel W. Crawford:

Date of Rank:     April 25, 1862
Born:     November 8, 1829   Franklin County, Pa.
Died:     November 3, 1892  Philadelphia
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Laurel Hill Cemetery

31) * Horatio G. Wright:

Date of Rank:     September 16, 1861
Born:     March 6, 1820  Clinton, Connecticut
Died:     July 2, 1899     Washington
Cause of Death:       natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

32) *  Alfred T. A. Torbert:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     July 1, 1833    Georgetown, Delaware
Died:     August 291880  off Cape Canaveral
Cause of Death:               lost his life in the wreckage of the
                                       steamer Vera Cruz while enroute from
                                       N.Y. to Mexico.
Buried:     Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in Milford, Del.

33)   Joseph J. Bartlett:

Date of Rank:     March 30, 1863
Born:     November 21, 1834   Binghamton, N.Y.
Died:     January 14, 1893   Baltimore
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

34) * David A. Russell:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     December 10, 1820  Salem, N.Y.
Died:     September 19, 1864..   Battle of Winchester
Cause of Death:     Shot through the heart
Buried:     Evergreen Cemetery, Salem.

35) * Albion I. Howe:

Date of Rank:     June 11, 1862
Born:     March 13, 1818    Standish, Maine
Died:     January 25, 1897    Cambridge, Mass.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge

36) * Thomas Hewson Neill:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     April 9, 1826   Philadelphia, Pa.
Died:     March 12, 1885  Philadelphia, Pa.
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     West Point

37)   Alexander  Shaler:

Date of Rank:     May 26, 1863
Born:     March 19, 1827     Haddam, Connecticut.
Died:     December 28, 1911  New York City
Buried:     He lived in Ridgefield, N.J. Buried Ridgefield.

38)   Frank Wheaton:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     May 8, 1833   Providence, Rhode Island
Died:     June 18, 1903    Washington
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Arlington National Cemetery

39)  Francis C. Barlow:

Date of Rank:     September 19, 1862
Born:     October 19, 1834     Brooklyn, New York
Died:     January 11, 1896   New YorkCity
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:        Brookline

40) * Adelbert Amos:

Date of Rank:     May 20, 1863
Born:     October 31, 1835  Rockland, Maine
Died:     April 13, 1933     Ormond, Florida
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

41)   Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich, Baron Von Steinwehr:

Date of Rank:     October 12, 1861
Born:    September 25, 1822  Blankenburg, Duchy of Bruns.
Died:     February 25, 1877    Buffalo, N.Y.
Cause of Death:       natural
Buried:     Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.

42)   Alexander  Schimmelfennig:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:      July 20, 1824  Lithauen, Prussia
Died:     September 5, 1865  Wernersville, Pa.
Cause of Death:     victim of a most virulent type of tuberculosis.
Buried:     Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania

43) Alpheus Starkey Williams:

Date of Rank:     May 17, 1861
Born:     September 20, 1810    Sabrook, Connecticut
Died:     December 21, 1878  Washington
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit

44) *  Thomas H. Ruger:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     April 2, 1833    Lima, New York
Died:     June 3, 1907     Stamford, Connecticut
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     West Point

45) * Henry H. Lackwood:

Date of Rank:     August 8, 1861
Born:     August 17, 1814     Kent County, Delaware
Died:     December 7, 1899    Georgetown, D.C.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:     Naval Academy Cemetery,  Annapolis

46)  John  W. Geary:

Date of Rank:     April 25, 1862
Born:     December 30, 1819   Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Died:     January, 1873     Harrisburg
Cause of Death:      suddenly striken and died
Buried:      Harrisburg Cemetery,  Harrisburg

47) * George S. Greene:

Date of Rank:     April 28, 1862
Born:     May 6, 1801   Apponaug, Rhode Island
Died:     January 28, 1899  Morristown, N.J.
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     Warwick, Rhode Island

48) * John Buford:

Date of Rank:     July 27, 1862
Born:     March 4, 1826   Woodford County, Kentucky
Died:     December 16, 1863  Washington
Cause of Death:      natural
Buried:     West Point

49) * Wesley Merritt:

Date of Rank:  June 29, 1863
Born:    June 16, 1834    New York City
Died:     December 3, 1910.    Natural Bridge, Va.
Cause of Death:     natural
Buried:   West Point

50) *  David McMurtrie Gregg:

Date of Rank:     November 29, 1862
Born:     April 10, 1833   Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Died:   August 7, 1916    Reading, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death:    natural
Buried:   Charles Evans Cemetery    Reading, Pennsylvania

51) * Judson Kilpatrick:

Date of Rank:    June 14, 1863
Born:    January 14, 1836    near Deckertown, New Jersey
Died:   December 4, 1881    Santiago, Chile
Cause of Death:    natural
Buried:   West Point

52)   Elon J. Farnsworth:

Date of Rank:    June 29, 1863
Born:    July 30, 1837
Died:    July 3, 1863    Gettysburg, Pa. (Pickett's Charge)
Cause of Death:    Shot to death
Buried:   Rockton        Michigan

53)  * George A. Custor:

Date of Rank:    June 29, 1863
Born:   December 5, 1839      Harrison County , Ohio
Died:    June 25, 1876   Battle of Little Big Horn   Montana
Cause of Death:  mortally wounded in battle
Buried:   Military funeral at West Point


NOTE:   Those that have the asterisk * next to the name are West Point
Graduates . (39).  Non-West Point Graduates are (28).



This concludes the total transcribing of the List of 67 Union Generals in
Battle of Gettysburg .

Researched and Transcribed by:  Miriam Medina

Source:  Generals in Blue...Lives of the Union Commanders
Author:  Ezra J. Warner
Publisher:   Louisiana State University Press
Copyright:  1964


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