Civil War Union Major General, 16th Pennsylvania Governor. A man of many jobs from coast to coast: Military service as a Colonel in the Mexican War, Postmaster of California, first Mayor of San Francisco, Territorial Governor of Kansas, Colonel of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry in 1861, Brigadier General in April l862, twice wounded at Cedar Mountain in August l862, fought at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg with distinction, sent west to Chattanooga, then on to the March to the Sea, and, in 1866, elected Governor of Pennsylvania, serving two terms. He died 18 days after leaving office in January l873. A large statue stands on Culp's Hill in Gettysburg, and another atop his grave in Harrisburg Cemetery.
Civil War Union Major General, 16th Pennsylvania Governor. A man of many jobs from coast to coast: Military service as a Colonel in the Mexican War, Postmaster of California, first Mayor of San Francisco, Territorial Governor of Kansas, Colonel of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry in 1861, Brigadier General in April l862, twice wounded at Cedar Mountain in August l862, fought at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg with distinction, sent west to Chattanooga, then on to the March to the Sea, and, in 1866, elected Governor of Pennsylvania, serving two terms. He died 18 days after leaving office in January l873. A large statue stands on Culp's Hill in Gettysburg, and another atop his grave in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970
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