Life span: 10/16/1832 to 07/30/1863TabsLife SummaryFull name: George Crockett StrongPlace of Birth: Stockbridge, VTBurial Place: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 3No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 1Family: David Ellsworth Strong (father), Harriet Fay Sytong (mother), Margaret Ellis Budd (wife) Education: West Point (US Military Academy)OtherOther Education: Union College (NY)Occupation: MilitaryRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/10/1863 07/11/1863 Union troops land on Morris Island and fail in a dawn attack on Fort Wagner 07/18/1863 07/18/1863 On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack 07/18/1863 07/18/1863 The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner 08/01/1863 08/01/1863 General George C. Strong, dead of wounds received at Fort Wagner, is buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Major TopicsUnited States Colored Troops Documents Subject Docs Date Title 07/22/1863 Edward L. Pierce to John Albion Andrew, July 22, 1863 Images George Crockett Strong George Crockett Strong, detail Bibliography
