General Henry Warner Slocum, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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The General Henry Warner Slocum monument is located in the Gettysburg National Military Park, along Slocum Avenue (Stevens Knoll), near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM1JX5
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2007
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General Henry Warner Slocum (September 24, 1827 - April 14, 1894), was a Union generial during the American Civil War and later served in the United States House of Representatives from New York. Slocum was one of the youngest major generals in the army.
Slocum was born in Delphi, a hamlet in Onondaga County, New York. He attended Cazenovia Seminary and worked as a teacher. He obtained an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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