PARKE, John Grubb
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.