Sedgwick, John

Life Span
to
Full name
John Sedgwick
Place of Birth
Cornwall, CT
Burial Place
Cornwall, CT
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
1
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Family
Benjamin Sedgwick (father), Olive Collins Sedgwick (mother) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Educator
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
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 Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville
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
On the Mexican border, U.S. Army troops make a brief incursion into Matamoras
On the Mexican border, the U.S. Army forces the surrender of Matamoros to Juarez-backed troops.
In Brownsville, Texas, General Philip Sheridan removes General John Sedgwick from his command.
How to Cite This Page: "Sedgwick, John," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/39360.