Wadsworth, James Samuel

Life span

10/30/1807—05/08/1864

Life Summary

Full name

James Samuel Wadsworth

Place of Birth

Geneseo, NY

Burial Place

Geneseo, NY

Birth Date Certainty

Exact

Death Date Certainty

Exact

Gender

Male

Race

White

Sectional choice

North

Origins

Free State

Education

Harvard

Yale

Occupation

Politician

Military

Political Parties

Democratic

Free Soil

Military

Union Army

Date	Event
05/19/1862	Maryland slaveholders meet President Lincoln to complain about non-enforcement of Fugitive Slave Act
04/27/1863—04/30/1863	The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
05/01/1863	Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
05/02/1863	"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
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
06/30/1863	The leading First Corps of the Army of the Potomac camps four miles west of Gettysburg
07/01/1863	Attack of Confederate infantry on dismounted Union cavalry begins the collision of armies at Gettysburg
07/01/1863	General John Reynolds killed in action within two hours of battle commencing at Gettysburg