Major General Henry Halleck

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1815-01-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Westernville,_New_York
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Presidio_of_San_Francisco
gptkbp:children gptkb:Henry_Halleck_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:deathDate 1872-01-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famousFor Civil War strategy
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Henry_Wager_Halleck
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Military_leadership_during_the_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General Henry Halleck
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:General_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Siege of Corinth
gptkbp:knownFor Halleck's_strategy_in_the_Western_Theater
gptkbp:legacy Influence on military strategy
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nickname Old Brains
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Army_of_the_Mississippi
gptkb:Department_of_the_Missouri
gptkbp:notableWork Military Memoirs
Military_History_of_the_Civil_War
Report_on_the_Organization_of_the_Army
gptkbp:occupation Engineer
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:San_Francisco_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:postWarCareer Author
Civil engineer
Lawyer
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:role Chief of Staff
gptkbp:services 0-1
gptkbp:serviceYears 1839-1872
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Halleck
gptkbp:strategicGoals Union_General
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant