William H. French
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 143 years ago |
Date of birth | January 13,1815 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Baltimore |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 20,1881 |
Died | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Years of service | 1837–1880 |
Books | The 1864 Field Artillery Tactics |
Service/branches | United States Army |
Union Army | |
Job | Army officer |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Current partner | Caroline Read French |
Place of burial | Rock Creek Cemetery/Churchyard, Washington, D.C., United States |
Parents | Anna Rosetta Halverson French |
Children | Rosalie French Conklin |
F. Halverson French | |
Grandchildren | John French Conklin |
Battleswar | Second Seminole War; |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1157465 |
William H. French Life story
William Henry French was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army General in the American Civil War. He rose to temporarily command a corps within the Army of the Potomac, but was relieved of active field duty following poor performance by his command during the Mine Run Campaign in late 1863.