Newton, John

Life Span
to
Full name
John Newton
Place of Birth
Norfolk, VA
Burial Place
West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Disputed
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
Family
Thomas Newton (father), Margaret Jordan Pool (mother), Anna M. Starr (wife, 1848)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Engineer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
At Eltham's Landing, Confederate units thwart Union attempts to cut off their retreat from Yorktown
- 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
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
In Georgia, Sherman's direct assault on Confederate positions on Kennesaw Mountain fails with heavy losses
How to Cite This Page: "Newton, John," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/6313.