[Major General John White Geary of 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in Civil War battle pin] [graphic]. [between 1863 and 1865]

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[Major General John White Geary of 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in Civil War battle pin] [graphic]. [between 1863 and 1865]

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Photograph of identified general is mounted within shield-shaped medal that lists names of battles in which he fought on the border: Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Chancellorsville, Savage Station, Charles City Crossroads, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, and Antietam.

1 photograph : tintype ; 12.5 x 11 cm (frame)

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1865)

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Geary, John White, 1819-1873

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John W. Geary was a lawyer, politician and Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865). He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on 30 December 1819. After serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War (1846-1848), Geary went to California for the 1849 gold rush. While in California, Geary became the first governor of San Francisco from 1850 to 1851 and was later governor of the Kansas Territory from 1856-1857. Following his term as governor, Geary returned to Pennsylvania and w...