Trivia 1-7-16 Identify

[sarladaise]

John Gross Barnard

 

[Package4]

General John Gross Barnard member of the board to consider blockade strategy

 

[MaryDee]

John G. Bernard, chief engineer for the Army of the Potomac, then the Dept. of Washington, then US Field Armes. Source: wikipedia article, "John G. Bernard."

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Identify this man

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John Gross Barnard.

 

[bixby272]

John Gross Barnard

 

[Sbc]

B.M. Prentiss

 

[lelliott19]

John Gross Barnard

 

[Mike Serpa]

General John G. Barnard - Library of Congress photo #05400v

 

[kholland]

John Gross Barnard

 

[hoosier]

General John G. Barnard

 

[Tomasz]

Isn't that John Barnard? I think he picked the positions for the Union forces at Malvern Hill.

Edit - Yes, Tomasz, it was John Barnard.

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Hoosier

 

[ami]

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John G. Barnard
10th USMA Superintendent (himself 2nd in the Class of 1833); Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac; Chief Engineer of the U.S. armies in the field; declined to become the U.S. Chief Engineer