Sykes, George

Life Span
to
Full name
George Sykes
Place of Birth
Dover, DE
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
3
Family
William Sykes (father), Elizabeth Goldsborough (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone, USA, arrested in his Washington hotel room and imprisoned
Friends of imprisoned Brigadier General Charles Stone seek aid from the Massachusetts Legislature
- 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
- Battle of Gettysburg
At Gettysburg, V Corps troops hold, just, the threatened right flank of the Union line at Little Round Top
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
Mexican War
Gettysburg Campaign
How to Cite This Page: "Sykes, George," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6678.