Maj. Gen. Andrew Humphreys
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Born: November 2, 1810
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Died: December 27, 1883
Washington, D.C.
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1831: West Point Graduate
1831: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant
1836: Resigned Commission
1848: Captain
August 6, 1861: Major
April 28, 1862: Brigadier General
July 8, 1863: Major General
March 13, 1865: Brevet Brigadier General
May 26, 1865: Brevet Major General
Maj. Gen. Andrew Humphreys
July 1, 1831: West Point Graduate - 13th out of 33 cadets
July 1, 1831: Assigned to 2nd Artillery Regiment at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
Seminole Wars
September 30, 1836: Resigned Commission
July 7, 1838: Reappointed as 1st Lieutenant in Topographical Engineers
1844: Charge of Central office of t he Coast Survey at Washington
1848: Promoted to Captain
1850: Directed to survey and investigate the Mississippi River Delta
1853-1857: Worked on the Pacific Railroad Surveys with Secretary of War Jefferson Davis
August 6, 1861: Promoted to Major
Chief Topographical Engineer in Army of the Potomac
April 28, 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General
September 12, 1862: Assumed command of Division in the V Corps of the Army of the Potomac
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September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
May 21-23, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville
July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg
July 8, 1863: Promoted to Major General and accepted Gen. Meade's offer to be his Chief of Staff
14 October 1863: Battle of Bristoe Station
November 26 - December 1, 1863: Mine Run Campaign
May 4 - June 24, 1864: Overland Campaign
Siege of Petersburg
March 13, 1865: Brevet Brigadier General in Regular Army
May 26, 1865: Brevet Major General in Regular Army
1866: Became permanent Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers
June 30, 1879: Retired
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Andrew A. Humphreys. 1 November 2022. web. 15 December 2022.
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 417
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 240-242
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