Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Confederate_Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birth_date 1822-06-05
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Magnolia_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joseph_Kershaw_Jr.
gptkb:William_Kershaw
James Kershaw
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:South_Carolina_Brigade
gptkbp:death_date 1894-01-04
gptkbp:education gptkb:South_Carolina_College
gptkbp:has_units gptkb:Kershaw's_Brigade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw
gptkbp:influence Civil War history
Southern identity
Civil War memorials
Southern military strategy
Southern historical memory
Reconstruction era policies
Post-war Southern politics
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina
gptkb:Kershaw's_Brigade
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kershaw
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:political_position gptkb:Senate
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:plant
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Kershaw
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hill's_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6