The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . HUGH JUDSON KILPATRICK. Bom near DockerfowD, N. J., Jan. 14,1836. Gradu-ate at U. y. Military Academy, and Piittred army. May8, 1H(-1. Captain 6th N. Y. Vols., May 9; wounded atBig Bethel, June 10. Col. 2d N. Y. Cav., Bee, in the Rappahannock and Maryland cam-paigns and the second Bnll Rnn battle. Commanded abrigade of cavalry in StonemanV raid, and became , Jnne, ISfi;^. Commanded a division at Gettye-burir, and the cavalry on Shermans march to the Vole.
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . HUGH JUDSON KILPATRICK. Bom near DockerfowD, N. J., Jan. 14,1836. Gradu-ate at U. y. Military Academy, and Piittred army. May8, 1H(-1. Captain 6th N. Y. Vols., May 9; wounded atBig Bethel, June 10. Col. 2d N. Y. Cav., Bee, in the Rappahannock and Maryland cam-paigns and the second Bnll Rnn battle. Commanded abrigade of cavalry in StonemanV raid, and became , Jnne, ISfi;^. Commanded a division at Gettye-burir, and the cavalry on Shermans march to the Vole., June, l8tjr>. Resigned in regular army,Dec., 1865, and his volunteer commission, Jan. 1. Minister to Chili, Nov., 18fi5; recalled,1868* reappointed and died at hie poot, Dec. 4, GEORGE SYKES. Born in Dover, Dfl., Oct. !i, 1S2-2. Graduate at V. Academy. 1S42. Gained the brevet of captainin the Mexican War, and perved constantly on thefrontier, in expeditions and agains^t the Indians, 1848-fil. Commanded a battalion ol regular troops at BullRun. , 1S61. In command of the regularinfantry in the defence of Washington. I861-fi9, andthe division of regulars in the Peninsular campaign ofIftfiS. Succeeded Gen. Meade in command of the 5thCorps, June. lH(i3. Brevetted Col. for eallanlry atGairess Mills; for Gettysburg; and services during the war. Col, 2(.Hh tj. S, Jan.,^868.
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