Edwin V. Sumner

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Union Army general United States Army officer human

Edwin V. Sumner was a senior Union Army general during the American Civil War, known for commanding II Corps in major battles and for his long prewar service on the Western frontier.

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Edwin V. Sumner canonical 4
Edwin Vose Sumner 1
General Edwin Vose Sumner 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
birthDate 1797-01-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts ⓘ
burialPlace Oakwood Cemetery ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse, New York
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
commanded Department of the Missouri ⓘ
Department of the Pacific ⓘ
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) ⓘ
surface form: II Corps, Army of the Potomac

regular cavalry units on the Western frontier ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: American Indian Wars

Mexican–American War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1863-03-21 ⓘ
deathPlace New York ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse, New York
educatedAt United States Army (on-the-job military training) ⓘ
familyName Sumner ⓘ
givenName Edwin ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank brevet brigadier general ⓘ
brigadier general ⓘ
colonel ⓘ
major general ⓘ
nickname Bull Sumner ⓘ
notableEvent led II Corps across the Chickahominy River at the Battle of Seven Pines ⓘ
oldest corps commander in the Army of the Potomac in 1862 ⓘ
notableWork command at the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
command at the Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
command at the Battle of Seven Pines ⓘ
command in the Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
command of II Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
service on the Western frontier ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
partOf Army of the Potomac ⓘ
positionHeld commander of II Corps ⓘ
corps commander ⓘ
department commander ⓘ
residence New York ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1863 ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1819 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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

Battle of Fredericksburg → commander → Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → notableCommander → Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Vose Sumner
Seven Days’ Campaign → notableCommanderUnion → Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
Battle of Frayser’s Farm → commander → Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
Battle of Savage’s Station → UnionCommander → Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
Village of Fort Sumner, New Mexico → namedAfter → Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Edwin Vose Sumner