Maj. Gen. Gouvereur Warren
Born: January 8, 1830
Cold Spring, New York
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Died: August 8, 1882
Newport, Rhode Island
1850: West Point Graduate
1850: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant
1861: 1st Lieutenant
May 14, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel
September 26, 1862: Brigadier General
August 8, 1863: Major General
May 27, 1865: Resigned commission
Reverted to rank of Major
1879: Lieutenant Colonel
Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
1850: West Point Graduate - 2nd of 44 cadets
1850: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant in Corps of Topographical Engineers
Start of the war, was a 1st Lieutenant and was an instructor of mathematics at West Point
June 10, 1861: Battle of Big Bethel
April 5 - May 4, 1862: Siege of Yorktown
June 25 - July 1, 1862: Seven Days Battle
June 27-28, 1862: Battle of Gaines Mill - Bruised in the knee by a shell fragment, but kept fighting
August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
September 26, 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General
December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
May 1-3, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville
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July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg
August 8, 1863: Promoted to Major General
October 14, 1863: Battle of Bristoe Station
May 4 - June 24, 1864: Overland Campaign - Led the V Corps
August 18 - 21, 1864: Battle of Globe Tavern
September 30, 1864: Battle of Peeble's Farm
June 9, 1864 - March 25, 1865: Siege of Petersburg
March 29 - April 9, 1865: Appomattox Campaign
April 1, 1865: Battle of Five Forks
May 27, 1865: Resigned his commission as Major General of Volunteers, reverting to his rank of Major in the Corp of Engineers
1879: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
1882: Died from complications of diabetes
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 891
Gouverneur K. Warren. 28 August 2022. web. 2 January 2023
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 541-542
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