George Sykes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 144 years ago |
Date of birth | October 9,1822 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Dover |
Delaware | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 8,1880 |
Died | Historic Old Morgue At Fort Brown |
Brownsville | |
Texas | |
United States | |
Place of burial | West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States |
Battles and wars | Second Seminole War |
Mexican–American War | |
American Civil War | |
Other names | Tardy George, Slow Trot Sykes |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1179442 |
George Sykes Life story
George Sykes was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and served in numerous conflicts, including the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War.