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Maj. Gen. Gouvereur Warren

 

 

 

 

Born: January 8, 1830

Cold Spring, New York

Died: August 8, 1882

Newport, Rhode Island

1850: West Point Graduate

1850: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant

1861: 1st Lieutenant

May 14, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel

September 26, 1862: Brigadier General

August 8, 1863: Major General

May 27, 1865: Resigned commission

Reverted to rank of Major

1879: Lieutenant Colonel

Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren

1850: West Point Graduate - 2nd of 44 cadets

1850: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant in Corps of Topographical Engineers

Start of the war, was a 1st Lieutenant and was an instructor of mathematics at West Point

June 10, 1861: Battle of Big Bethel

April 5 - May 4, 1862: Siege of Yorktown

June 25 - July 1, 1862: Seven Days Battle

June 27-28, 1862: Battle of Gaines Mill - Bruised in the knee by a shell fragment, but kept fighting

August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run

September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam

September 26, 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General

December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg

May 1-3, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville

July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg

August 8, 1863: Promoted to Major General

October 14, 1863: Battle of Bristoe Station

May 4 - June 24, 1864: Overland Campaign - Led the V Corps

August 18 - 21, 1864: Battle of Globe Tavern

September 30, 1864: Battle of Peeble's Farm

June 9, 1864 - March 25, 1865: Siege of Petersburg

March 29 - April 9, 1865: Appomattox Campaign

April 1, 1865: Battle of Five Forks

May 27, 1865: Resigned his commission as Major General of Volunteers, reverting to his rank of Major in the Corp of Engineers

1879: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

1882: Died from complications of diabetes

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 891

Gouverneur K. Warren. 28 August 2022. web. 2 January 2023

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 541-542

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