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George Jerrison Stannard (October 20, 1820 – June 1, 1886) was a Vermont farmer, teacher, government official and Union general in the American Civil War.[1]

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  1. 73 relations: Abner Doubleday, Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War, Andersonville (novel), Army of the James, Army of the Potomac, Bakersfield, Vermont, Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Proctor's Creek, Battle of Williamsburg, Benjamin Butler, Brevet (military), Brigadier general (United States), Burlington, Vermont, Cadmus M. Wilcox, Caledonia County, Vermont, Cemetery Hill, Cemetery Ridge, Charles Adam Heckman, Colonel (United States), Confederate States Army, David J. Eicher, David Lang (Civil War), Dixon Stansbury Miles, Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Edwin H. Stoughton, First Battle of Bull Run, First Congregational Church of Bennington, Fort Harrison, Francis V. Randall, Freedmen's Bureau, Georgia, Vermont, Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg campaign, Guerrilla warfare, I Corps (Union Army), II Corps (Union Army), James L. Kemper, John S. Mosby, Karl Gerhardt, Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vermont), Lieutenant colonel (United States), List of American Civil War generals (Union), Major general (United States), Maryland campaign, Non-commissioned officer, Peninsula campaign, ... Expand index (23 more) »

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Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and Abner Doubleday are Union Army generals.

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Ambrose R. Wright

Ambrose Ransom "Rans" Wright (April 26, 1826 – December 21, 1872) was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and Confederate general in the American Civil War.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Andersonville (novel)

Andersonville is a novel by MacKinlay Kantor concerning the Confederate prisoner of war camp Andersonville prison during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Army of the James

The Army of the James was a Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Bakersfield, Vermont

Bakersfield is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.

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Battle of Chaffin's Farm

The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.

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Battle of Cold Harbor

The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3.

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Battle of Harpers Ferry

The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Proctor's Creek

The Battle of Proctor's Creek -- also referred to as Drewry's Bluff or Fort Darling -- was fought from May 12 to May 16, 1864, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Williamsburg

The Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. George J. Stannard and Benjamin Butler are Union Army generals.

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Brevet (military)

In the military, a brevet is a warrant that gives a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward, but which may not confer the authority and privileges of real rank.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Burlington, Vermont

Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County.

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Cadmus M. Wilcox

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 – December 2, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Caledonia County, Vermont

Caledonia County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont.

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Cemetery Hill

Cemetery Hill is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863).

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Cemetery Ridge

Cemetery Ridge is a geographic feature in Gettysburg National Military Park, south of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that figured prominently in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to July 3, 1863.

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Charles Adam Heckman

Charles Adam Heckman (1822-1896) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and Charles Adam Heckman are Union Army generals.

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Colonel (United States)

A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery.

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David J. Eicher

David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space.

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David Lang (Civil War)

David Lang (May 9, 1838 – December 13, 1917) was a land surveyor, Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War, civil engineer, and Florida politician.

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Dixon Stansbury Miles

Dixon Stansbury Miles (May 4, 1804 – September 16, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and the Indian Wars.

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Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives

An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 until 1995, the doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress.

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Edwin H. Stoughton

Edwin Henry Stoughton (June 23, 1838December 25, 1868) was appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, but his appointment expired after it was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate. George J. Stannard and Edwin H. Stoughton are 2nd Vermont Brigade, People of Vermont in the American Civil War, Union Army generals and Vermont Brigade.

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First Battle of Bull Run

The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas.

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First Congregational Church of Bennington

The First Congregational Church of Bennington, also known as the Old First Church, is a historic church in Old Bennington, Vermont.

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Fort Harrison

Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War.

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Francis V. Randall

Francis V. Randall (February 13, 1824 – March 1, 1885) was an attorney, farmer, college administrator, and military officer from Vermont.

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Freedmen's Bureau

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction, assisting freedmen (i.e., former slaves) in the South.

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Georgia, Vermont

Georgia is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.

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Gettysburg Battlefield

The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Gettysburg campaign

The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee in summer 1863.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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I Corps (Union Army)

I Corps (First Corps) was the designation of three different corps-sized units in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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II Corps (Union Army)

There were five corps in the Union Army designated as II Corps (Second Army Corps) during the American Civil War.

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James L. Kemper

James Lawson Kemper (June 11, 1823 – April 7, 1895) was a lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia.

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John S. Mosby

John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname "Gray Ghost", was an American military officer who was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War.

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Karl Gerhardt

Karl Gerhardt (1853-1940) was an American sculptor, best known for his death mask of President Ulysses S. Grant and a portrait bust of Mark Twain.

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Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vermont)

Lakeview Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located off of North Avenue in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont.

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Lieutenant colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel.

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List of American Civil War generals (Union)

The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Maryland campaign

The Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War.

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Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.

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Peninsula campaign

The Peninsula campaign (also known as the Peninsular campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March to July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater.

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Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge (July 3, 1863), also known as the Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Charge, was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Major General George G. Meade's Union positions on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania during the Civil War.

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Second Battle of Petersburg

The Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg).

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Siege of Petersburg

The Richmond–Petersburg campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War.

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St. Albans (town), Vermont

Saint Albans, commonly abbreviated as St.

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Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and Stonewall Jackson are American amputees.

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Upper Canada Rebellion

The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in December 1837.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Winfield Scott Hancock

Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. George J. Stannard and Winfield Scott Hancock are Union Army generals.

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XVIII Corps (Union Army)

XVIII Corps was a North Carolina corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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12th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment are 2nd Vermont Brigade.

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13th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 13th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and 13th Vermont Infantry Regiment are 2nd Vermont Brigade.

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14th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 14th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and 14th Vermont Infantry Regiment are 2nd Vermont Brigade.

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15th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 15th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a nine-months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and 15th Vermont Infantry Regiment are 2nd Vermont Brigade.

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16th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 16th Vermont Infantry Regiment (or 16th VVI) was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and 16th Vermont Infantry Regiment are 2nd Vermont Brigade.

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2nd Vermont Brigade

The 2nd Vermont Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.

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2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. George J. Stannard and 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment are Vermont Brigade.

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9th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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See also

2nd Vermont Brigade

Vermont Brigade

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Stannard

Also known as George Jerrison Stannard, George Stannard.

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