James B. Steedman
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James Blair Steedman was an American printer, contractor and lawyer who rose to the rank of general in the Union Army during the Civil War. A printer by trade, as well as a soldier during the Texas Wa
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Steedman as a brigadier general
Steedman (seated, left) and his staff
Monument to James B. Steedman in Toledo, Ohio
Atlanta campaign
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The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the western theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Major Gen
James B. Steedman
…all forces there until May 1864, during which he was promoted to the rank of major general on April 20. Steedman also participated in much of the Atlanta campaign, and then commanded the District of Etowah in the Department of the Cumberland from June 15 to November 29, and again from January 5, 1865. In between…
Union Major-General William Sherman and his staff on July 18, 1864, on the lines before Atlanta, Georgia.
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Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson