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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Civil War Union Major General. Known as Kil-cavalry during the war because he pushed his men and horses to the brink of fatigue. He was in constant combat during the Civil War, and emerged as one of the more controversial Union military figures.
Nov 20, 2007 · Maj.-Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was born on 14 January 1836 at Wantage Township, Sussex Borough, New Jersey, U.S.A. G. 1 He was the son of Colonel Simon Kilpatrick and Julia Wickham. 1 He married, secondly, Luisa Valdivieso Araoz. 1 He died on 4 December 1881 at age 45 at Santiago, Chile G. 1.
Apr 1, 2011 · Hugh Judson Kilpatrick: Cavalry Leader. In February 1863, Kilpatrick was given command of a brigade in the Army of the Potomac’s newly established cavalry corps. That summer, as Robert E. Lee...
Jan 12, 2024 · Upon his return to Chile, Kilpatrick contracted Bright’s disease (inflammation of the kidneys) and died at Santiago on December 2, 1881, at the relatively young age of forty-six. Kilpatrick was buried at West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York.
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Hugh J. Kilpatrick. Date of Birth - Death January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, or Judson Kilpatrick as he was more commonly known, began his military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1861 at the outbreak of the war.
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After the war Kilpatrick served as the US Minister to Chile, and he died in Santiago in 1881. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was a Union cavalry general and the first regular Union officer injured in the Civil War.
