Life span: 01/14/1836 to 12/04/1881TabsLife SummaryFull name: Hugh Judson KilpatrickPlace of Birth: Wantage Township, NJBurial Place: West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy, West Point, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: Simon Kilpatrick (father), Julia Wickham Kilpatrick (mother), Alice Kilpatrick (first wife), Luisa Fernandez de Valdivieso (second wife)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryDiplomatRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: Johnson Administration (1865-69)Grant Administration (1869-77)DiplomatMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 06/09/1863 06/09/1863 Thousands of cavalrymen clash at Brandy Station, Virginia, in the largest cavalry battle of the war 06/17/1863 06/17/1863 In Virginia, a future director of the Metropolitan Museum wins the Medal of Honor while under arrest 06/17/1863 06/17/1863 Union cavalry try to break through the Confederate cavalry screen at Aldie in Loudoun County, Virginia 06/21/1863 06/21/1863 Near Upperville, Virginia, Union cavalry again clashes with the Confederate cavalry screen 06/28/1863 06/28/1863 Three young Union cavalrymen are promoted as brigade commanders, including one named Custer 06/30/1863 06/30/1863 Heavy fighting with Union cavalry at Hanover, Pennsylvania again delays Stuart's Confederate cavalry 07/08/1863 07/09/1863 Union forces pursue Lee's into Maryland and Stuart's covering Confederates clash with Union cavalry 07/14/1863 07/14/1863 Federal cavalry defeat the rearguard of Lee's army at Falling Waters but the main force escapes 09/13/1863 09/13/1863 Union cavalry capture Culpeper, Virginia after a sharp mounted action through the town 08/31/1864 09/01/1864 Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough Major TopicsSherman's March Documents Subject Docs Date Title 04/12/1865 William T. Sherman to Ulysses S. Grant, Smithfield, North Carolina, April 12, 1865 Addressee Docs Date Title 06/02/1866 William Seward to Judson Kilpatrick, Washington, DC, June 2, 1866 Images Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, detail Bibliography
