WEITZEL, GODFREY
\wˈa͡ɪtsə͡l], \wˈaɪtsəl], \w_ˈaɪ_t_s_əl]\
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(1835-1884), planned the capture of New Orleans in 1862. He commanded a division at Port Hudson and in the Lafourche campaign. He superintended the construction of defenses at Bermuda Hundred, James River and Deep Bottom. He commanded a corps at Fort Harrison in 1864, and was second in command at Fort Fisher. He commanded all the forces north of the Potomac after March, 1865.
By John Franklin Jameson