John sedgwick civil war biography page
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John sedgwick civil war biography page
Major General John Sedgewick
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| Sedgewick, John |
| September 13, 1813 Cornwall Hollow, CT |
| May 9, 1864 Spotsylvania, Virginia |
| Union |
Sedgewick was named for his grandfather, a Revolutionary War general who served with George Washington.
He attended Sharon Academy briefly and taught school for 2 years before entering West Point. He graduated in 1837, ranked ?? out of ??
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in his class. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the U.S. artillery. He fought in the Seminole Wars, was involved in the Trail of Tears episode, and received 2 brevet promotions in the Mexican War, to captain for Contreras and Churubusco, and to major for Chapultepec.
After returning from Mexico he transferred to the cavalry and served in Kansas, the Utah Expedition, and in the Indian Wars.
At the start of the Civil War, he served as a Colonel and Assistant Inspector General of the Military Department of Washington.
He missed the early action of the war a