Jump to navigation

Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, detail

Life span:

11/02/1810 to 12/27/1883

Tabs

Life Summary

Full name:

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, PA

Burial Place:

Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

Occupation:

Military

Military:

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

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, detail

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, detail

George C. Meade and his generals, Culpeper, Virginia, September 1863

George C. Meade and his generals, Culpeper, Virginia, September 1863

Bibliography

How to Cite This Page: "Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/12011.