Governor Kemble Warren

General Warren

Governor Kemble Warren (born January 8, 1830 in Cold Spring , New York , † August 8, 1882 in Newport , Rhode Island ) was a general in the United States Army .

Life

Warren attended the US Military Academy West Point and graduated in 1850 as one of the best in his class, after which he became an officer in the Engineer Corps of the United States Army.

When the American Civil War broke out, he became a lieutenant colonel , soon afterwards commander of the 5th New York Infantry Regiment, with which he fought at Big Bethel and off Yorktown , before taking over a brigade in the V Corps , which he led at the Battle of Gaines Mill (see Seven Day Battle ) was wounded.

After continuing to excel in the Battle of Malvern Hill and the Second Battle of Bull Run , he was promoted to Brigadier General of the Volunteers. He retained command of the brigade before joining the Potomac Army staff as an engineer officer . During the Battle of Gettysburg, he was promoted to Major General, and he was the first to recognize the importance of the Little Round Top for the army's left flank and to take the first steps to defend the hill.

Memorial to Warren in Gettysburg. ( Karl Gerhardt , 1888)

After the battle, instead of the wounded General Hancock, he took command of the II. Corps, and in 1864 the V, which he held during Grant's "overland campaign" (see, inter alia, Battle of the Wilderness , Battle of Spotsylvania Court House , Battle of Cold Harbor ) and during the siege of Petersburg .

In the spring of 1865, Warren's Corps was part of Sheridan's armed forces during the Appomattox campaign . However, Sheridan was dissatisfied with Warren's performance and sacked him after the battle at Five Forks . Only after his death was he rehabilitated by a committee of inquiry.

After the war, Warren continued to serve with the pioneers and as an engineer in bridge construction. In 1876 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . He died on August 8, 1882 in Newport, Rhode Island.

He was the brother of Emily Warren Roebling .

literature

David M. Jordan: "Happiness Is Not My Companion". The Life of General GK Warren . Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Ind. 2001, ISBN 0-253-33904-9 .

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Notes and individual references

↑ Governor is used here as a first name and not as a title or official title. GK Warren got his first name based on the name of a friend of his father, the MP Governor Kemble (1786-1875).

personal data
SURNAME	Warren, Governor Kemble
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Warren, GK
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	General of the US Army
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cold Spring , New York (State)
DATE OF DEATH	August 8, 1882
Place of death	Newport , Rhode Island

[1] Governor is used here as a first name and not as a title or official title. GK Warren got his first name based on the name of a friend of his father, the MP Governor Kemble (1786-1875).