Major General Lafayette McLaws

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Confederate_Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
gptkbp:birthDate 1821-01-15
gptkbp:burialPlace Hollywood Cemetery
gptkbp:children Lafayette_McLaws_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:McLaws'_Division
gptkbp:deathDate 1897-07-24
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Lafayette_McLaws_IV
gptkb:Lafayette_McLaws_V
gptkb:Lafayette_McLaws_VII
gptkb:Lafayette_McLaws_III
Lafayette_McLaws_VI
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Role_in_Confederate_military_strategy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General Lafayette McLaws
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership_in_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Military_leadership_during_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:militaryRank Brigadier General
Colonel
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lafayette
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Second_Corps,_Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Georgia,_USA
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Richard_S._Ewell
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_McLaws
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_B._Gordon