Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925
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Wilson, James Harrison
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Wilson, James H. (James Harrison), 1837-1925.
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Wilson, James H. (James Harrison), 1837-1925.
Gen. James Harrison Wilson.
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Gen. James Harrison Wilson.
Wilson, James H.
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Gi, Reishin, 1837-1925
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ウィルソン, ジェームス・ハリソン
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魏礼森
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Soldier, railroad builder, and author.
Military engineer, Civil War general and cavalry commander, post-war railroad man.
American soldier and engineer.
Born in Shawneetown, Ill., Major General James Harrison Wilson served as topographical chief of the Army of the Potomac and as an aide-de-camp to George McClelland during the early years of the Civil War. In 1864 he was appointed chief of the Cavalry Bureau in Washington, D.C., and commanded a division of the cavalry in the Army of the Potomac under Major General Philip Sheridan during the Overland and Shenandoah Valley campaigns. Later the same year he was transferred west to serve as chief of cavalry for the Military Division of the Mississippi under William Tecumseh Sherman. Following the Civil War, Wilson worked as a railroad construction engineer and executive, returning to the Army in 1898 to serve as a major general in Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.
Soldier and railroad builder.
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3806582
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50015540
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Cavalry
Cavalry Bureau (Washington, DC)
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Nashville, Battle of, Nashville, Tenn., 1864
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Railroads
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Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864
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Railroad builders
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Tennessee
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Cuba
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Mississippi River Valley
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Cuba
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China
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Illinois--Shawneetown
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