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23 de set. de 1996 · Kill Cavalry’s Nasty Surprise. Union General William Sherman considered Judson Kilpatrick, his cavalry chief, 'a hell of a damn fool.'. At Monroe's Cross Roads, N.C., his carelessness and disobedience of orders proved Sherman's point. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman had made a swift and steady advance through Georgia and South Carolina ...
12 de jun. de 2006 · He was born Hugh Judson Kilpatrick near Deckertown, New Jersey, on January 14, 1836. His father was a farmer, but in his teens young Kilpatrick decided against agriculture as his own profession. Politics attracted him–an interest which remained with him through the years–and before he reached 20 he was stumping rural New Jersey on behalf of a local Congressman seeking renomination.
Not far behind was the main force of 3,500 men under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. The Union Army’s largest and most adventurous cavalry raid since Chancellorsville was underway. What became known as the “Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid” sprang from the fertile mind of Judson Kilpatrick, one of the Army of the Potomac’s “boy generals.”
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile, and a failed political candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Known as "Kilcavalry" (or "Kill-Cavalry") for using tactics in battle that were considered as a ...
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson ? Description: Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Three-quarter length photograph of man seated wearing a uniform with left hand resting on table and holding a hat. Subject.LCSH: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865: Subject.TGM: Cartes de visite Soldiers
In early February 1864, he passed on a plan to raid Richmond to Senator Jacob Howard of Michigan. Howard apparently told President Lincoln of the plan and the President summoned Kilpatrick to Washington for a briefing on February 12, 1864. Kilpatrick’s wife and baby son had died in the previous three months and he was desperate for ...
