PARKE, John Grubb

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 22 1827, Chester Cty PA

Died: December 16 1900, District of Columbia

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1849, engineer duty.

War Service: November 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde in Burnside's North Carolina expedition, July 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, served as Burnside's chief of staff in Maryland campaign and Fredericksburg, commanded IX Corps at Vicksburg and Jackson, Knoxville, chief of staff to Burnside from Wilderness to Petersburg, commanded IX Corps at Hatcher's Run, Ft Stedman, Appomattox campaign.

Post War: Army service, surveyor, commandant of West Point, retired 1889.