Colonel John M. Corse

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkbp:awardedBy Congressional Medal of Honor
gptkbp:awards Medal of Honor
gptkbp:birthDate 1835-01-01
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Corse_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:1st_Brigade,_4th_Division,_Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkbp:commander gptkb:130th_Illinois_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:contributedTo Union victory
gptkbp:deathDate 1893-01-04
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:historicalRole Union officer
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Civil War hero
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonel John M. Corse
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:influenceOn Military tactics
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Siege_of_Atlanta
gptkbp:knownFor Military leadership
gptkbp:legacy Military memorials
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:American_Civil_War
Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService Union_Army_service
gptkbp:nickname The Hero of Allatoona
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
Battle of Allatoona
gptkbp:notableEvent Defended Allatoona Pass
gptkbp:participatedIn March to the Sea
gptkbp:participatesIn Civil War battles
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:postWarCareer Civil engineer
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkbp:rank Colonel
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:General_Sherman
Regimental commander
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Corse
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkbp:unitAwards 130th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment