Kearny, Philip, Jr.

Life Span
to
Full name
Philip Kearny Jr.
Place of Birth
New York, NY
Burial Place
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
Family
Philip Kearny, Sr. (father), Susan Watts Kearny (mother), Agnes Maxwell (mistress and second wife)
Education
Columbia (King’s College)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
Near Williamsburg, Virginia, forty-thousand pursuing Union troops clash with the Confederate rearguard
At Eltham's Landing, Confederate units thwart Union attempts to cut off their retreat from Yorktown
- Largest battle yet in the eastern theater fought at Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond
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