Life span: 11/02/1810 to 12/27/1883TabsLife SummaryFull name: Andrew Atkinson HumphreysPlace of Birth: Philadelphia, PABurial Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DCBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateOccupation: MilitaryMilitary: Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/17/1860 07/17/1860 Congressional Commission to examine the methods of training at West Point meets for the first time 04/27/1863 04/30/1863 The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee 05/01/1863 05/01/1863 Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia 05/02/1863 05/02/1863 "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville 05/03/1863 05/03/1863 Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville 05/05/1863 05/06/1863 The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville 07/02/1863 07/02/1863 At Gettysburg, Union General Daniel Sickles disregards orders and loses much of his III Corps and his right leg 04/06/1865 04/06/1865 At Sailor's Creek, the Army of Northern Virginia loses almost a quarter of its remaining strength 04/06/1865 04/06/1865 In Virginia, CSA corps commander General Richard S. Ewell is taken prisoner, along with four of his generals Documents Images Andrew Atkinson Humphreys Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, detail George C. Meade and his generals, Culpeper, Virginia, September 1863 Bibliography