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John Sedgwick

1813 - 1864

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John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864) was an American military officer who served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He was wounded three times at the Battle of Antietam while leading his division in an unsuccessful assault against Confederate forces, causing him to miss the Battle of Fredericksburg. Under his command, the VI Corps played an important role in the Chancellorsville Campaign by engaging Confederate troops at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Salem Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sedgwick has received more than 910,983 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). John Sedgwick is the 1,946th most popular military personnel (down from 1,567th in 2019), the 10,036th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,185th in 2019) and the 167th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Sedgwick ranks 1,946 out of 2,058. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Thomas Blamey, Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Lewis H. Brereton. After him are Max Horton, Yuliia Paievska, Franciszek Gągor, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Zebulon Pike, and Mikhail Tolstykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, John Sedgwick ranks 79. Before him are Isaac Pitman, Stephen Mallory, Radhanath Sikdar, Henry Ward Beecher, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, and John Rae. After him are George Alexander Macfarren, David Dixon Porter, George Peter Alexander Healy, John Cassin, Lot M. Morrill, and Zachariah Chandler. Among people deceased in 1864, John Sedgwick ranks 70. Before him are José Justo Corro, Adelaide Anne Procter, Jacques Jasmin, John Clare, William T. Anderson, and Juris Alunāns. After him are Leonidas Polk, Benjamin Silliman, William Smith O'Brien, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Sedgwick ranks 10,036 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Bacher (1905), Charles Brackett (1892), Bridget Regan (1982), Eugene Pallette (1889), John Perry Barlow (1947), and Royce D. Applegate (1939). After him are Anthony Rapp (1971), Richard A. Falk (1930), Kirk Acevedo (1971), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Carlos Alazraqui (1962), and Mike Vogel (1979).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John Sedgwick ranks 167. Before him are John Schofield (1831), Gail Halvorsen (1920), Thomas C. Hart (1877), John Sullivan (1740), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), and Lewis H. Brereton (1890). After him are Zebulon Pike (1779), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), George Rogers Clark (1752), Sterling Price (1809), David Dixon Porter (1813), and Naomi Parker Fraley (1921).

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