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John Gibbon 1827-96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he fought in the second battle of Bull Run, at South Mt., at Antietam, and in the Wilderness campaign (1864). After the war he fought in the Indian wars in the West. He commanded one of the columns that moved against the Sioux in 1876. The next year he fought an inconclusive battle with the Nez Percés at Big Hole in W Montana. He wrote Personal Recollections of the Civil War, which was published posthumously in 1928.

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Gibbon, John (1827–96) Union army officer, born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania. Gibbon gained fame at Gettysburg (1863) when his division repulsed Gen. George E. Pickett's charge and then successfully defended Cemetery Hill. As a commander he was known as a firm disciplinarian (his unit was called the “Iron Brigade”).

As a youth Gibbon moved with his family to North Carolina, where his parents remained when war broke out. His three brothers fought for the Confederacy.

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