Foster, John Gray

Life Span
to
Full name
John Gray Foster
Place of Birth
Whitefield, NH
Burial Place
Nashua, NH
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
1
Family
Mary Foster (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
In North Carolina, Union infantry land at Winton on the Chowan River to disrupt Confederate supply lines
In North Carolina, Union cavalry and infantry rendezvous on the Chowan River.
In North Carolina, Confederate defenders turn back a Union cavalry attack on the Weldon Railroad Bridge
Date Title
John Gray Foster to Ulysses S. Grant, September 20, 1866, Tallahassee, Florida.
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