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Galusha Pennypacker was born supposedly June 1, 1844, but the year is uncertain. Census and other records indicate an earlier year of birth, perhaps 1840–41; his death record cites June 1, 1842. [1] Ages in this article are based on the 1844 date. He was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to a family with a long history of military service.
The idea for a memorial honoring Pennypacker in Philadelphia was the result of a collaboration between the General Pennypacker Memorial Commission and the Pennsylvania State Art Commission. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Work on the design of the memorial was begun by Philadelphia-based sculptor Charles Grafly , [ 1 ] [ 6 ] who had studied at the École des Beaux ...
General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial, Philadelphia, completed by Albert Laessle. Grafly was commissioned to create a memorial to Major General Galusha Pennypacker for Logan Square, Philadelphia. A valorous Civil War officer, Pennypacker had been promoted to general at age 22. [41]
Died: Galusha Pennypacker, American army officer, youngest general appointed to the Union Army during the American Civil War, recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (b.
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Pennypacker, Galusha: Brigadier general, USV (February 18, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865) MOH, Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865) Youngest general in U.S. history Penrose, William Henry: First Lieutenant, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (July 27, 1865) Postwar appointment, nominated January 13, 1866
Galusha Pennypacker is reported to have enlisted in 1861 at age 16. Arthur MacArthur Jr., from Wisconsin, failed to get into West Point in 1861, and instead wangled a place as adjutant of the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the age of seventeen, and was promoted to colonel (and nicknamed "The Boy Colonel") a year later.
Col Galusha Pennypacker. 47th New York; 48th New York; 76th Pennsylvania; 97th Pennsylvania; 203rd Pennsylvania; 3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell 13th Indiana; 9th Maine; 4th New Hampshire; 115th New York; 169th New York; Third Division (incomplete) 1st Brigade BG William Birney. 29th Connecticut (Colored) 7th U.S. Colored Troops: Col James Shaw