Gordon Granger
Born: November 6, 1821
Birthplace: Joy Wayne County, New York
Father: Gaius Granger 1797 – 1863
(Buried: Cambria Cemetery No. 1, Cambria, Michigan)
Mother: Catherine Taylor 1800 – 1825
(Buried: Johnson Burial Ground, Wayne County, New York)
Wife: Maria H. Letcher 1842 – 1887
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Children:
Gordon Ellen Granger
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Education:1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (35th in class)
Occupation before War:1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regt.
1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles Regt.
1847 – 1852: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles Regiment
1847: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Contreras and Churchbusco
1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec
1852 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles Regiment
Civil War Service:
1861: Captain United States Army Mounted Rifles Regiment
1861 – 1866: Captain United States Army 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1861: Assistant Adjutant General on Southeast Missouri Expedition
1861: Served in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
1861: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Wilson’s Creek
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment
1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Commander of 5th Division of Cavalry Army of the Mississippi
1862: Commander of Union Army of Kentucky
1862 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1863: Commander of Reserve Corps Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia
1863: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Chickamuga
1863 – 1864: Commander of Union Army IV Army Corps
1863: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Chattanooga
1863: Served in the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee
1864: Union Army Commander in the Siege of Fort Gaines, Alabama
1864: Union Army Commander in the Siege of Fort Morgan, Alabama
1864 – 1865: Commander of District of West Florida & South, Alabama
1865: Commander of Union Army 13th Army Corps
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry at Capture of Mobile, Alabama
1865: Brevetted Major General Gallantry at Forts Gaines & Morgan
1865 – 1866: Commander of Union Army Department of Kentucky
1866: Mustered out of Service on January 15th
Occupation after War:
Founder of Juneteenth Independence Day
1861 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1866 – 1869: Colonel United States Army, 25th Infantry Regiment
1867 – 1869: United States Army Commander District of Memphis, Tennessee
1869 – 1870: Awaiting Orders from the United States Army
1870 – 1876: Colonel United States Army 15th Infantry Regiment
1871 – 1873: United States Army Commander of District, New Mexico
1875 – 1876: United States Army Commander of District, New Mexico
Died: January 10, 1876
Place of Death: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Age at time of Death: 53 years old
Burial Place: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky
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