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Sherman Family Photographs
Description: Carte de visite photograph of General John Sedgwick, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. John Segwick was born on September 13, 1813 in Cornwall, Connecticut. He attended the American Military Academy and graduated 24 of 50 in 1837. He served in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, the Utah War, the Indian Wars and in the Union Army in the American Civil War. Sedgwick was killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 9, 1864. He was buried near his birthplace, Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04351
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Sherman Family Photographs