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James Gillpatrick Blunt
July 21, 1826 – July 27, 1881 Major General James G. Blunt was a prominent Union officer who served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. James Gillpatrick (sometimes spelled "Gilpatrick") Blunt was born on July 21, 1826, probably on his family's farm near Trenton, Maine. He was the son of John and…
James Mitchell Ashley
November 14, 1824 – September 16, 1896 James M. Ashley was a five-term Ohio Congressman and Radical Republican leader who introduced the House proposal that would become the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. James Mitchell Ashley was born on November 14, 1824, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. He was the…
James Monroe Trotter
February 7, 1842–February 26, 1892 Born on February 7, 1842 (some sources state that he was born on November 8, 1842 or on February 8, 1842) in Grand Gulf, Mississippi, James Monroe Trotter was born a slave. His mother was Letitia, a slave, and his father was Richard S. Trotter, a white man and his…
John Alexander Logan
February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886 Often referred to as "Black Jack" by his men, Major General John A. Logan rose from a volunteer with the Illinois Infantry in 1861, to command the Union Army of the Tennessee by the end of the American Civil War. John Alexander Logan was born February 6, 1826,…
John Armor Bingham
January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900 An influential congressman from Ohio during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, John Bingham drafted the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. John Armor Bingham was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, on January 21, 1815. He was the son of Hugh Bingham and…
John Brough
September 17, 1811–August 29, 1865 Born on September 17, 1811, in Marietta, Ohio, John Brough had a difficult childhood. His father died when Brough was only eleven years of age. Born on September 17, 1811, in Marietta, Ohio, John Brough had a difficult childhood. His father died when Brough was only eleven years of age.…
John Charles Fremont
January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890 John C. Fremont was a famous American explorer, U.S. Senator from California, and controversial political general who served in both theaters of the American Civil War John Charles Fremont was born in Savannah, Georgia, on January 21, 1813. He was the first of three children of Charles Fremon…
John Clifford Pemberton
August 10, 1814 – July 13, 1881 Vilified by Northerners for leaving the U.S. Army to fight for the South, and by Southerners for surrendering Vicksburg, Pennsylvanian, John C. Pemberton rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Early Life and Education Future Confederate Lieutenant General John…
John Gray Foster
May 27, 1823 – September 2, 1874 A prominent general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, John G. Foster served briefly as commander of the Department of the Ohio from December 12, 1863 to February 9, 1864. John Gray Foster was born on May 27, 1823, in Whitefield, New Hampshire. He…
John Henry Grate
1845–1949 John Henry Grate served in the 6th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and served as the commander of Ohio’s and eventually the national Grand Army of the Republic near the end of his life. John Henry Grate was born in Edinburg, Portage County, Ohio on August 1, 1845. His father…