Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862
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General in Civil War.
American soldier and general for the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Nephew of Stephen Kearny, Philip was educated at Columbia Law School. He entered the military in 1836 and served in the French army in 1859 in Italy and in the Italian army in 1861. During the Civil War he was appointed Brigadier General in command of the 1st New Jersey Brigade and in May 1862 he gained command of the 1st Division, 3rd Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He was killed Sept. 1, 1862 on a reconnoitering patrol in Chantilly, Arizona.
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