Maj. Gen. John G. Parke

Born: September 22, 1827

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Died: December 16, 1900

Washington, D.C.

Parke, John G.

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West Point: June 1849

2nd Lieutenant: June 1849

1st Lieutenant: 1856

Captain: September 9, 1861

Brig. Gen: U. S. Volunteers: November 23, 1861

Maj. Gen: U. S. Volunteers: July 18, 1862

Retired as Colonel: July 2, 1889

June 1849: West Point Graduate - 2nd in class of 43 - 2nd Lieutenant

June 1856: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant

1857-1861: Chief surveyor of party charged with creating the boundary between northwest United States and British North America

September 9, 1861: Promoted to Captain

November 23, 1861: Promoted to Brig. Gen. U. S. Volunteers

December 1861 - April 1862: Commander, 3rd Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expedition

July 18, 1862: Promoted to Major General, U. S. Volunteers

July 22 - September 3, 1862: Commander, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

September 17 - October 4, 1862: Commander, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 19 - April 11, 1863: Commander, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

June 14 - August 18, 1863: Commander, IX Corps, Army of the Tennessee

January 26 - March 16, 1864: Commander, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 5-7, 1864: Wilderness Campaign

May 7-20, 1864: Spotsylvania Campaign

Chief of Staff, IX Corps

December 30, 1864 - January 11, 1865: Commander, Army of the Potomac during Gen. Meade's Army

April 26 - June 5, 1865: Commander, District of Alexandria

June 7-26, 1865: Commander, XXII Corps

1887-1889: Superintendent of West Point

July 2, 1889: Retired from Army as a Colonel

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. pgs 618-619

J. G. Parke. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. May 24, 2011. web.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 359-360