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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lewis Powell

1844 - 1865

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Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865) was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Powell has received more than 40,650 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Powell is the 1,436th most popular military personnel, the 5,561st most popular biography from United States and the 95th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lewis Powell ranks 1,436 out of 1,468Before him are Alfred Keller, Jalil Zandi, Thomas Gage, Arthur MacArthur Jr., Aleksei Evert, and Moe Berg. After him are Tom Phillips, Yekaterina Zelenko, Jonathan M. Wainwright, Ioannis Frangoudis, Alexander Gorbatov, and John Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Lewis Powell ranks 75Before him are Mutsu Munemitsu, Detlev von Liliencron, Alois Riehl, Camille Lemonnier, Marie Spartali Stillman, and William Wilson. After him are Pyotr Tkachev, Dimitrios Rallis, Verney Lovett Cameron, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Ahmet Mithat, and Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman. Among people deceased in 1865, Lewis Powell ranks 54Before him are Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, William Jackson Hooker, Achille Valenciennes, Otto Ludwig, Nicholas Wiseman, and Antonios Kriezis. After him are Kitsos Tzavelas, Richard Cobden, Philippe Buchez, Samuel Cunard, Stephen Allen Benson, and Isabella Beeton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Powell ranks 5,561 out of 18,182Before him are Moe Berg (1902), Dorothy Arzner (1897), David Ellefson (1964), Loretta Lynn (1932), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), and Alvin Ailey (1931). After him are Barbara Morgan (1951), Lee Meriwether (1935), Ancel Keys (1904), Stan Kenton (1911), Will Rogers (1879), and Tony Accardo (1906).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lewis Powell ranks 95Before him are Anthony McAuliffe (1898), George Pickett (1825), Irvin McDowell (1818), Nathanael Greene (1742), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), and Moe Berg (1902). After him are Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Richard S. Ewell (1817), William Guarnere (1923), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Eugene Sledge (1923), and Smedley Butler (1881).