General John Sedgwick, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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The General John Sedgwick monument is located in the Gettysburg National Military Park, along South Sedgwick Avenue, near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
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Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2007
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General John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 - May 9, 1864), was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, and killed by a sniper's bullet at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Sedwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of Cornwall, Connecticut. He attended the U.S. Military Academy, and graduated in 1837.
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