March 28. James Cooper
Died of a ‘fever’ at Columbus Ohio
May 4. MG Amiel W. Whipple
KIA Chancellorsville Va.; shot by a sharpshooter
May 3. MG Hiram G. Berry
KIA Chancellorsville Va.
May 27. Edward Chapin
KIA Port Hudson La.
May 28. Edmund Kirby
WIA on May 3
June ??. Admiral Andrew H. Foote
Died of disease
July 1. MG John F. Reynolds
KIA Gettysburg ; shot by a sharpshooter
July 2. Stephen Weed
KIA Gettysburg
July 3. MG S. K. Zook
KIA Gettysburg
July 3. Elon J. Farnsworth
KIA Gettysburg
July 7. Strong Vincent
WIA on July 2 at Gettysburg, Died of wounds
July 21. Edward N Kirk
WIA at Mufreesboro on December 31 1862; Never recovered and died of wounds
July 26 James A. Mulligan
KIA near Winchester Va.
July 30. MG George C. Strong
WIA Fort Wagner on July 18
September 20. William H. Lyttle (or Lytle)
WIA Chickamauga Tn. on June 3.
October 31. Louis Blenker
Died due to injuries from the fall from a horse; had been discharged prior to death
November 11. William P. Sanders
WIA on November 10; Died at Knoxville Tn.
December 16. John Buford
Died from Typhoid fever
December ??? Michael Concoran
Died from injuries suffered when a horse fell on him. This incident combined from his ill health due to recently being a POW caused him not to recover.
Shooting Stars and Falling Stars Generals Who Died in the American Civil War Union Army
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