Maj. Gen. John G. Parke
Born: September 22, 1827
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Died: December 16, 1900
Washington, D.C.
​West Point: June 1849
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2nd Lieutenant: June 1849
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1st Lieutenant: 1856
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Captain: September 9, 1861
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Brig. Gen: U. S. Volunteers: November 23, 1861
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Maj. Gen: U. S. Volunteers: July 18, 1862
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Retired as Colonel: July 2, 1889
Brig. Gen. John G. Parke
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June 1849: West Point Graduate - 2nd in class of 43 - 2nd Lieutenant
June 1856: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
1857-1861: Chief surveyor of party charged with creating the boundary between northwest United States and British North America
September 9, 1861: Promoted to Captain
November 23, 1861: Promoted to Brig. Gen. U. S. Volunteers
December 1861 - April 1862: Commander, 3rd Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
February 8, 1862: Battle of Roanoke Island
March 14, 1862: Battle of New Berne
March 23 - April 26, 1862: Siege of Fort Macon
September 14, 1862: Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
July 18, 1862: Promoted to Major General, U. S. Volunteers
July 22 - September 3, 1862: Commander, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
September 17 - October 4, 1862: Commander, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
November 7, 1862 - January 25, 1863: Burnside's Chief of Staff during Fredericksburg Campaign
March 19 - April 11, 1863: Commander, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
June 14 - August 18, 1863: Commander, IX Corps, Army of the Tennessee
January 26 - March 16, 1864: Commander, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
May 5-7, 1864: Wilderness Campaign
May 7-20, 1864: Spotsylvania Campaign
Chief of Staff, IX Corps
December 30, 1864 - January 11, 1865: Commander, Army of the Potomac during Gen. Meade's Army
April 26 - June 5, 1865: Commander, District of Alexandria
June 7-26, 1865: Commander, XXII Corps
1887-1889: Superintendent of West Point
July 2, 1889: Retired from Army as a Colonel
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. pgs 618-619
J. G. Parke. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. May 24, 2011. web.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 359-360
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