Gordon Granger

Birth Date

1821-11-06

Death Date

1876-01-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Joy, Wayne County, New York, soldier. New York native. Son of Gaius and Catherine Taylor Granger. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1845. Brevetted major on September 2, 1861. Promoted to brigadier general on March 26, 1862. Promoted to major general on September 17, 1862, and took command of the Army of Kentucky. Commander of the IV Corps in the Army of the Cumberland from 1863-1864.

George W. Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers And Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy At West Point, N.Y.: From Its Establishment, In 1802, to 1890, With the Early History of the United States Military Academy, 3rd ed. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1891). entry #1265.
Find A Grave, "Gordon Granger (1821-1876)," Memorial #5894120, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894120 (accessed January 7, 2019).

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