Gibbon, John

Life Span
to
Full name
John Gibbon
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, PA
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
1
No. of Children
4
Family
 John Heysham Gibbons (father), Catharine Lardner Gibbons (mother), Francis "Fannie" North Moale (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
Union infantrymen finally take Marye's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg
- Union reinforcements prevented from reaching Chancellorsville at Battle of Salem Church
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Gettysburg
Lee's attack on the Union center ends with the failure of Pickett's Charge
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness ends and Union maneuvering continues
At Ream's Station in Virginia, Confederate units make a powerful effort to regain the control of the vital Weldon Railroad
At dawn, the Army of Northern Virginia makes one last effort to break out the Union encirclement
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
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