General William Shafter

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_William_Shafter

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:Teddy_Roosevelt gptkb:Battle_of_San_Juan_Hill gptkb:Battle_of_El_Caney gptkb:Battle_of_Santiago_de_Cuba
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Mexican_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Philippine_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Spanish_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date	1835-10-16
gptkbp:birth_place	gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:burial_place	gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children	gptkb:William_Shafter_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Cuban_Campaign
gptkbp:death_date	1906-04-12
gptkbp:education	gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General William Shafter
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:military_strategy
gptkbp:influenced_by	gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:known_for	leadership in the Spanish-American War
gptkbp:military_unit	gptkb:Coast_Artillery_Corps gptkb:Quartermaster_Corps gptkb:Military_Police_Corps gptkb:artillery gptkb:National_Guard gptkb:Union_Army gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac gptkb:Volunteer_Army gptkb:American_Expeditionary_Forces gptkb:Ordnance_Corps gptkb:Army_of_the_West gptkb:Cuban_Army gptkb:Engineer_Corps gptkb:Cavalry gptkb:military gptkb:Philippine_Scouts gptkb:Military_Intelligence_Corps gptkb:infantry gptkb:Army gptkb:Signal Artillery Division
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Pecos_Bill
gptkbp:notable_command	gptkb:5th_Corps
gptkbp:notable_event	gptkb:Spanish-American_War
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:General_Joseph_Wheeler
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:Major_General
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:service_years	1861-1906
gptkbp:spouse	Mary Shafter
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:General_Leonard_Wood
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:U._S._involvement_in_the_Spanish-American_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4