James A. Garfield - San Francisco, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 46.305 W 122° 27.528
10S E 547662 N 4180628
Quick Description: Monument to James Garfield. The monument is located by the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park.
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2008 3:04:03 PM
Waymark Code: WM56G2
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Long Description:"With the start of the Civil War, Garfield enlisted in the Union
Army, and was assigned to command the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
General Don Carlos Buell assigned Colonel Garfield the task of
driving Confederate forces out of eastern Kentucky in November
1861, giving him the 18th Brigade for the campaign. In December, he
departed Catlettsburg, Kentucky, with the 40th and 42nd Ohio and
the 14th and 22nd Kentucky infantry regiments, as well as the 2nd
(West) Virginia Cavalry and McLoughlin's Squadron of Cavalry. The
march was uneventful until Union forces reached Paintsville,
Kentucky, where Garfield's cavalry engaged the Confederate cavalry
at Jenny's Creek on January 6, 1862. The Confederates, under Brig.
Gen. Humphrey Marshall, withdrew to the forks of Middle Creek, two
miles (3 km) from Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on the road to Virginia.
Garfield attacked on January 9. At the end of the day's fighting,
the Confederates withdrew from the field, but Garfield did not
pursue them. He ordered a withdrawal to Prestonsburg so he could
resupply his men. His victory brought him early recognition and a
promotion to the rank of brigadier general on January 11.
Garfield served as a brigade commander under Buell at the Battle
of Shiloh and under Thomas J. Wood in the subsequent Siege of
Corinth. His health deteriorated and he was inactive until autumn,
when he served on the commission investigating the conduct of Fitz
John Porter. In the spring of 1863, Garfield returned to the field
as Chief of Staff for William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army
of the Cumberland."
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