Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile and an unsuccessful candida
Kilpatrick between circa 1863 and circa 1865
Harper's Weekly rendering of Kilpatrick's raid
Union Cavalry General Judson Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick and his 3rd Division staff, March 1864
Ulric Dahlgren
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Ulric Dahlgren was an American military officer who served as colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the son of Union Navy Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren and nephew to Confeder
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
…decided to bolt down the Virginia Peninsula where Ben Butler's Army of the James was stationed. Meanwhile, the general was dismayed to find out that Ulric Dahlgren's brigade (detached from the main force) had not made it across the James River. Eventually 300 of the latter's troopers stumbled into camp, Dahlgren…
Col. Ulric Dahlgren (seen here as a captain)
Ulric Dahlgren
Ambuscade and death of Colonel Dahlgren from Harper's Weekly
Dahlgren's gravestone in Laurel Hill Cemetery