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,
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
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's 1864 O
John Sedgwick
…and the Battle of Salem Church. His corps was the last to arrive at the Battle of Gettysburg and did not see much action. Sedgwick was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 9, 1864 by a long-range shot from a Whitworth sharpshooter, and is remembered for an ironic remark among his last words: "They couldn't hit an…
1887 illustration of the battle
Spotsylvania Courthouse, 1864
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, Army of the Potomac
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, II Corps