John "Uncle John" Sedgwick
Birthplace: Cornwall Connecticut
Father: Benjamin Sedgwick 1781 – 1857
(Buried: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery Cornwall Hollow Connecticut)
Mother: Olive Collins 1783 – 1859
(Buried: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery Cornwall Hollow Connecticut)
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Education:
1830 – 1831: Attended Cheshire Academy
1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (24th in class)
Occupation before War:
1837 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1839 – 1849: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Churubusco Mexico
1849 – 1855: Captain, United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1855 – 1861: Major, United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
1861: Colonel United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment
1861: Served in the Defenses of Washington D.C.
1861 – 1864: Colonel of United States Army 4th Cavalry Regiment
1861: Acting Inspector General for Department of Washington, D.C.
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1861 – 1862: Brigade Commander in Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Division Commander during the Virginia Peninsula Campaign
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Glendale, Virginia
1862 – 1864: Major General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1863: Commander of Ninth Army Corps Army of the Potomac
1863 – 1864: Commander of Sixth Army Corps Army of the Potomac
1863: Corps Commander at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Corps Commander at Battle of Rappahannock Station, Virginia
1863: Corps Commander at Battle of Mine Run, Virginia
1864: Killed by Confederate Sharpshooter at Battle of Spotsylvania
Died: May 9, 1864
Place of Death: Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 50 years old
Burial Place: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery, Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut
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