Gordon Granger
Date of Birth: November 6, 1822
Hometown: Joy, NY
Education: West
Point, 1845
Final Wartime Rank: Major General
Final Peacetime Rank: Colonel
Date of Death: January 10, 1876
Place of Death: Santa Fe, NM
Buried At:
Lexington, KY
Major Battles: Wilson's Creek, New Madrid, Island 10, Siege of Corinth, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Mobile
Interesting Fact(s): Granger's gallantry, at Chickamauga, saved the day. Assigned to reserve duty, his Corps marched to Chickamauga, without orders, to reinforce George Thomas' XIV Army Corps.
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