Brigadier General Francis P. Blair Jr.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Blair_family
gptkbp:allegiance Union
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-06-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Franklin_County,_Kentucky
gptkbp:burialPlace Blair Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Francis_P._Blair_III
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:1st_Brigade,_17th_Corps
gptkbp:deathDate 1875-07-15
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigadier General Francis P. Blair Jr.
gptkbp:influenced Post-Civil War politics
gptkbp:knownFor Military_leadership_during_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Influence on military strategy
gptkbp:nickname Frank
gptkbp:notableWork Civil War service
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:rank Brigadier General
gptkbp:role Union_Army_officer
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crater
gptkb:Battle_of_Chickamauga
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_Nashville
gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Shenandoah_Valley
gptkb:Battle_of_the_James_River
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Anna_River
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Mobile Bay
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Vicksburg
March to the Sea
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of the Overland Campaign
Battle of the Siege of Atlanta
Battle of the Siege of Mobile
Battle of the Wilderness Campaign
Battle_of_the_Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Blair