SEDGWICK, JOHN
\sˈɛdɡwɪk], \sˈɛdɡwɪk], \s_ˈɛ_d_ɡ_w_ɪ_k]\
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(1813-1864), graduated at West Point in 1837, and served in the Seminole and Mexican Wars. In the opening phase of the Rebellion he led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac, and commanded a division at Fair Oaks, the Seven Days' Battles, and Antietam. He was a corps general at Chancellorsville, and directed the left wing at Gettysburg. In November, 1863, he captured a Confederate division at the River Rapidan. In the terrible fighting of the Wilderness General Sedgwick was as usual foremost, and was killed at Spottsylvania.
By John Franklin Jameson
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