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John White Geary (December 30, 1819 – February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco , a governor of the Kansas Territory , and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania .
Hilary's first husband, John W. Geary II, died in 1995; she would later marry and divorce Peter Green, a British investment banker. In 2004, she married industrialist and financier Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. , who later served as the United States Secretary of Commerce under President Donald Trump. [ 11 ]
Colonel John W. Geary – promoted to brigadier general April 25, 1862; Colonel Gabriel De Korponay – discharged due to illness March 26, 1863; Colonel Thomas J. Ahl – resigned March 18, 1864; Colonel John H. Flynn – commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg while still at the rank of captain
The divisions were commanded by Generals Williams and John W. Geary. At the Battle of Gettysburg, the XII Corps distinguished itself by its gallant defense of Culp's Hill on July 2–3, 1863. General Slocum was in command of the right wing at Gettysburg, which left Alpheus S. Williams, of the 1st Division, in command of the corps; Thomas H ...
At the Battle of Chancellorsville on 1–4 May 1863, Battery F was assigned to John W. Geary's 2nd Division in the XII Corps under Henry Warner Slocum. [17] When the XI Corps was routed on 2 May, Army of the Potomac commander Joseph Hooker ordered XII Corps artillery chief Clermont L. Best to form a battery facing west at the Fairview clearing ...
The command of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, consisting of the XI Corps under Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard and the 2nd Division of the XII Corps under Brig. Gen. John W. Geary. Hooker commanded the 10,000-man Union force engaged at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, which included three divisions, one from each of the Union armies, commanded by:
John W. Geary (1819–1873), mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania and general in the American Civil War; Thomas J. Geary, (1854-1929), U.S. Representative from California; Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet (1756-1825), English politician; Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet (1810-1877), English politician
Republican candidate John W. Geary defeated Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Results. 1866 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election [1]