James B. McPherson

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American Civil War military personnel Union Army general person

James B. McPherson was a prominent Union major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his death at the Battle of Atlanta.

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Label Occurrences
James B. McPherson canonical 12
James Birdseye McPherson 1
Union Army general James B. McPherson 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military personnel ⓘ
Union Army general ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
birthCountry United States of America ⓘ
birthDate 1828-11-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Clyde, Ohio ⓘ
Sandusky County, Ohio ⓘ
burialPlace Clyde, Ohio ⓘ
burialSite McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
commandedUnit Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
commissionedInto U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: Corps of Engineers
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
dateOfArmyOfTheTennesseeCommand 1864-03 ⓘ
deathCountry United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1864-07-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

near Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName McPherson ⓘ
fullName James B. McPherson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Birdseye McPherson
givenName James ⓘ
graduationYear 1853 ⓘ
killedIn Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
memorializedBy Fort McPherson ⓘ
surface form: Fort McPherson, Georgia

McPherson Square ⓘ
surface form: McPherson Square, Washington, D.C.

equestrian statue in McPherson Square ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
militarySchoolClassRank first in his class ⓘ
notableBattle Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Battle of Champion Hill ⓘ
Battle of Raymond ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
surface form: Vicksburg Campaign
position commander of the Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
preWarOccupation U.S. Army engineer ⓘ
preWarServiceLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Harbor defenses of New York ⓘ
surface form: New York Harbor defenses
promotedToMajorGeneralOfVolunteers 1862-10 ⓘ
rank Major General ⓘ
religion Presbyterian background (inferred, not certain) ⓘ
servedUnder Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Division of the Mississippi → notableCommander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
Fort McPherson → namedAfter → James B. McPherson ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War → notableUnionCommander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee → commander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee → notableCommander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
McPherson Square → namedAfter → James B. McPherson ⓘ
McPherson Square → dedicatedTo → James B. McPherson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army general James B. McPherson
Battle of Big Black River Bridge → commander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
McPherson County, Kansas → namedAfter → James B. McPherson ⓘ
Battle of Champion Hill → commander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
James B. McPherson → fullName → James B. McPherson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Birdseye McPherson
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge → commander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
Battle of Resaca → commander → James B. McPherson ⓘ
McPherson County, South Dakota → namedAfter → James B. McPherson ⓘ