James B. McPherson
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James Birdseye McPherson was a career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the general staff of Henry Halleck and later
Portrait c. 1863 by Mathew Brady
McPherson's house in Clyde
Lithograph of McPherson
James Birdseye McPherson c. 1862 by Barr & Young
John Sedgwick
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John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be killed in the war,
James B. McPherson
…and Department of the Tennessee. McPherson was the second-highest-ranking Union officer to be killed in action during the war (the highest ranking was John Sedgwick). When Sherman received word of McPherson's death, he openly wept. He then penned a letter to Emily Hoffman in Baltimore, stating…
Sedgwick during the Civil War
General Sedgwick (seated right) with Colonels Albert V. Colburn and Delos B. Sackett in Harrison's Landing, Virginia, during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.
Horse artillery headquarters in Brandy Station, Virginia, February 1864. Sedgwick stands at the far right between Generals George G. Meade and Alfred Torbert, along with staff officers.
The Death of General Sedgwick by Julian Scott