Brigadier General John McCausland

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Confederate_Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birthDate 1836-03-14
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_McCausland_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Cavalry_Brigade
gptkbp:culturalImpact Portrayed in literature
gptkbp:deathDate 1927-06-12
gptkbp:descendant Scottish_immigrants
gptkbp:education gptkb:Virginia_Military_Institute
gptkbp:famousFor Raiding_Union_supply_lines
gptkbp:historicalContext Civil War era
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalRole Confederate_cavalry_officer
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Civil War raider
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigadier General John McCausland
gptkbp:influenced Confederate_cavalry_tactics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:knownFor Cavalry_raids_in_West_Virginia
gptkbp:legacy Controversial military leader
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:1st_Virginia_Cavalry
gptkb:American_Civil_War
Colonel
Guerrilla warfare
Hit-and-run tactics
Cavalry skirmishes
Cavalry leader
Controversial_figure_in_Civil_War_history
Raids_in_West_Virginia
gptkbp:militaryService Cavalry commander
gptkbp:nickname The_Raider
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkbp:participatedIn Battle of Antietam
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Shenandoah Valley
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:postWarCareer Farmer
gptkbp:rank Brigadier General
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Huntington,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_McCausland