Sprague, John Wilson

Life Span
to
Full name
John Wilson Sprague
Place of Birth
White Creek, NY
Burial Place
Tacoma, WA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
3
No. of Children
6
Family
Otis Sprague (father), Polly Peck Sprague (mother), Lucy Wright (first wife-died 1844), Julia Francis Choate (second wife- died 1886), Abigail Choate Vance (third wife) 
Other Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Government
Local government
Military
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
At the Battle of Atlanta, the Union's Army of the Tennessee defeats Confederate attempts to defend the city
In Georgia, Union Colonel John W. Sprague fights a determined rearguard action and saves his Army's supply trains
Railroads
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