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Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
Holmesburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry gibbon-john
e Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
West Point (New York, United States) (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
Irwin McDowell (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
John Gibbon (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersbur War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
March 13th, 1865 AD (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
1896 AD (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
February 6th, 1896 AD (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
1847 AD (search for this): entry gibbon-john
Gibbon, John -1896 Military officer; born near Holmesburg, Pa., April 20, 1827; graduated at West Point in 1847; served to the close of the Mexican War in the artillery. During the Civil War he was chief of artillery to General McDowell till May, 1862, when he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. His brigade was in constant service, and Gibbon was soon promoted colonel, U. S. A., and major-general, U. S. V. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received the brevet of major-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. He published The artillerist's manual. He died in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896.
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