Life span: 10/09/1822 to 02/08/1880TabsLife SummaryFull name: George SykesPlace of Birth: Dover, DEBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 3Family: William Sykes (father), Elizabeth Goldsborough (wife)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: MilitaryMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union ArmyUS military (Post-Civil War) Events Date span begin Life span End Event 02/09/1862 02/09/1862 Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone, USA, arrested in his Washington hotel room and imprisoned 03/28/1862 03/28/1862 Friends of imprisoned Brigadier General Charles Stone seek aid from the Massachusetts Legislature 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 07/01/1863 07/03/1863 Battle of Gettysburg 07/02/1863 07/02/1863 At Gettysburg, V Corps troops hold, just, the threatened right flank of the Union line at Little Round Top 01/15/1866 01/15/1866 More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army Major TopicsMexican WarGettysburg Campaign Documents Images George Sykes George Sykes, detail George C. Meade and his generals, Culpeper, Virginia, September 1863 Bibliography