Gouverneur Kemble Warren
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Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a prominent American civil engineer and Union Army general during the Civil War, best known for his crucial role at the Battle of Gettysburg and later work on U.S. river and harbor improvements.
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| instanceOf |
Union Army general
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civil engineer → human → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
United States Military Academy
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| employer |
United States Army
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United States Army Corps of Engineers → |
| familyName |
Warren
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| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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military engineering → topographical engineering → |
| genre |
military history subject
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| givenName |
Gouverneur
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| hasHonor |
memorial statue at Gettysburg National Military Park
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| hasPart |
Warren statue at Little Round Top (as a memorial to him)
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| middleName |
Kemble
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| militaryBranch |
Union Army
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| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general → |
| notableEvent |
relieved of command by Philip Sheridan at the Battle of Five Forks
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| notableFor |
contributions to U.S. coastal and internal waterway improvements
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directing Union troops to occupy Little Round Top → postwar engineering work on rivers and harbors in the United States → recognizing the strategic importance of Little Round Top → service in the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers → |
| notableWork |
U.S. river and harbor improvements
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defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg → surveys and maps of the American West → |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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military officer → |
| participantIn |
American Civil War
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Battle of Chancellorsville → Battle of Five Forks → Battle of Gettysburg → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House → Battle of the Wilderness → Peninsula Campaign → Siege of Petersburg → |
| positionHeld |
chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac
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commander of V Corps, Army of the Potomac → officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| workLocation |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Virginia battlefields → various U.S. rivers and harbors → |
Referenced by (4)
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Emily Warren Roebling
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Emily Warren Roebling → |
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Little Round Top
("Gouverneur K. Warren")
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Emily Warren Roebling
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