Life span: 03/29/1829 to 09/19/1864TabsLife SummaryFull name: Robert Emmett RodesPlace of Birth: Lynchburg, VABurial Place: Lynchburg, VABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 1Family: Virginia Hudson Rodes (wife)Education: OtherOther Education: Virginia Military InstituteOccupation: EducatorOtherOther Occupation: Civil EngineerChurch or Religious Denomination: PresbyterianMilitary: Confederate 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 06/13/1863 06/15/1863 In western Virginia, the second Battle of Winchester ends in heavy Union defeat 06/20/1863 06/22/1863 The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania 06/22/1863 06/22/1863 Near Greencastle in Franklin County, a Union cavalry probe meets Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania 06/22/1863 06/22/1863 Twenty year William H. Rihl becomes the first Union soldier killed meeting Lee's invasion 06/27/1863 06/29/1863 In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Confederate troops occupy a town familiar to some of their officers 06/27/1863 06/29/1863 In Carlisle, Rodes' infantry enjoy a brief but comfortable respite at the U.S. Army Cavalry School 06/30/1863 06/30/1863 In Pennsylvania, the Confederate Second Corps begins to pull back to concentrate on Gettysburg 07/01/1863 07/01/1863 At dawn, the last Confederate occupiers of Carlisle, Pennsylvania leave the town 07/01/1863 07/03/1863 Battle of Gettysburg 09/19/1864 09/19/1864 In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces triumph at the hard-fought Third Battle of Winchester Major TopicsGettysburg Campaign Documents Images Robert Emmett Rodes Robert Emmett Rodes, detail Robert Emmett Rodes, engraving Robert Emmett Rodes, engraving, detail Bibliography
