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Brooks, William Thomas Harbaugh

William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks, detail

Life span:

01/28/1821 to 07/19/1870

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Life Summary

Full name:

William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks

Place of Birth:

Burial Place:

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

Family:

Alme Drake (wife)

Education:

West Point (US Military Academy)

Occupation:

Military

Farmer or Planter

Relation to Slavery:

White non-slaveholder

Military:

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Union Army

Events

Date span begin	Life span End	Event
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
06/09/1863	06/09/1863	The War Department sets up two new Army Departments for the defense of Pennsylvania

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William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks

William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks

William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks, detail

William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks, detail

Bibliography

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