George Sykes

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George Sykes was a United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding the V Corps in the Army of the Potomac.

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George Sykes canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
awardReceived brevet promotions for gallant service ⓘ
birthDate 1822-10-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Dover, Delaware ⓘ
burialPlace West Point Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
commanded Regular Army division of the V Corps ⓘ
V Corps ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1880-02-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Fort Brown, Texas ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Sykes ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
memberOf Army of the Potomac ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
major general ⓘ
nickname Tardy George ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Second Bull Run ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
notableWork Command of the V Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Second Seminole War ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of V Corps ⓘ
promotion Promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in 1862 ⓘ
Promoted to major general of volunteers in 1863 ⓘ
residence New York (during parts of his career) ⓘ
serviceEnd 1874 ⓘ
serviceNumberOrID West Point graduate of the class of 1842 ⓘ
serviceStart 1842 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Union V Corps → notableCommander → George Sykes ⓘ
George Sykes → fullName → George Sykes ⓘ
subject linked to: Major General George Sykes
Sykes Avenue → namedAfter → George Sykes ⓘ