John G. Foster
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 150 years ago |
Date of birth | May 27,1823 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Whitefield |
New Hampshire | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 2,1874 |
Died | Nashua |
New Hampshire | |
United States | |
Books | Submarine Blasting in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: Removal of Tower and Corwin Rocks |
Battles and wars | Siege of Veracruz |
Battle of Cerro Gordo | |
Allegiances | United States |
Union | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 717452 |
John G. Foster Life story
John Gray Foster was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject in 1869.