Parke, John Grubb

Life Span
to
Full name
John Grubb Parke
Place of Birth
Coatesville, PA
Burial Place
Philadelphia, PA
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
0
Family
Francis G. Parke (father), Sarah Parke (mother), Ellen Parke (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Episcopalian
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
At dawn, Union artillery begins a heavy bombardment of Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina
Union troops take possession of Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina
On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back
Second Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead
After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues
- In fighting around Peeble's Farm, Union forces further tighten to ring around the key town of Petersburg
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
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