Leopold von Gilsa
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Leopold von Gilsa was a career soldier who served as an officer in the armies of Prussia and later the United States. He is best known for his role in the misfortunes of the XI Corps in the Army of th
Leopold von Gilsa
Francis C. Barlow
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Francis Channing Barlow was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.
Leopold von Gilsa
…and in such profusion that Howard thought he had gone insane. In June 1863, Von Gilsa initially had bad relations with the new division commander, Francis C. Barlow, who put him under arrest for allowing more than one man at a time to leave the column to get water. (The Germans thought Barlow a petty tyrant.) Von…
Barlow, 1855–1865
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and generals during the Overland Campaign. Standing, from left to right, are Barlow (wearing his familiar checked shirt), David B. Birney, and John Gibbon.