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    Philip Kearny Jr. (/ˈkɑːrni/; June 1, 1815 – September 1, 1862) was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War...
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    General Philip Kearny of American Civil War fame. Stephen Watts Kearny was the fifteenth and youngest child of Philip and Susanna Watts Kearny. His father...
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    4%) from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 census. Kearny is named after Civil War general Philip Kearny. It began as a township formed by an act of the...
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    census, the county population was 3,983. The county is named in honor of Philip Kearny, a general during the American Civil War that died during the Battle...
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  • kearny in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kearny may refer to: Cresson Kearny (1914–2003, American author and researcher Kearny fallout meter Kearny...
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    Philip Kearny is an 1888 bronze sculpture of Philip Kearny by Henry Kirke Brown, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of...
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  • the Union Army of the Potomac, which had served under Major General Philip Kearny. Intended for award to any Union officer who had performed acts of extreme...
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    During the ensuing battle, Union division commanders Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny were both killed, but the Union attack halted Jackson's advance. Defeated...
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  • infrequently Aldebaron Philip Sheridan Sheridan's first horse Almond Eye Benjamin F. Butler Bayard Philip Kearny Kearny's secondary horse; Kearny was killed at...
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    General Philip Kearny (1815–1862), a popular figure in the Civil War. The fort should be distinguished from the similarly named Fort Kearny in Nebraska...
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    Heintzelman commanding: divisions of Brig. Gens. Joseph Hooker and Philip Kearny. IV Corps, Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes commanding: divisions of Brig...
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    the battle, Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny. Stevens was fatally shot within the area of the present-day park while Kearny was killed just to the west....
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  • who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War; and Philip Kearny, a United States Army (Union Army) and French Imperial Guard soldier...
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    of California under U.S. rule. Another possible namesake is General Philip Kearny. It is sometimes erroneously assumed to be named after the (differently...
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    Andrew Jackson, Tennessee Mother Joseph, Washington Kamehameha I, Hawaii Philip Kearny, New Jersey Helen Keller, Alabama John E. Kenna, West Virginia William...
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  • Oliver O. Howard Andrew A. Humphreys Henry Jackson Hunt David Hunter Philip Kearny Erasmus D. Keyes John McArthur George B. McClellan Alexander McDowell...
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    In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County (without an extra "e") to match the last name of Philip Kearny. List of townships in Kansas List of...
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    history. Special attention is given to Civil War hero Major General Philip Kearny Jr. for whom the town is named, including a display of furniture from...
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    of the city of Washington. The fort was named in honor of Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny of the Union Army, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly on September...
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    Watts III. Ann Watts. Susan Watts (1795–1823), who married her cousin Philip Kearny (1780–1849). Elizabeth Watts (d. 1866), who married Henry Laight. Mary...
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    from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020. "Philip Kearny". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on December 30...
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    Brigade    Brevet BG William S. Harney 1st US Dragoons, Company F – Capt Philip Kearny 2nd US Dragoons – Brevet Col Edwin V. Sumner 3rd US Dragoons – Ltc Thomas...
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    the Medal of Honor in 1893 for his heroism at Fair Oaks.) Brig. Gen. Philip Kearny, who had lost his left arm, visited Howard and joked that they would...
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    hat, or over their left breast. The idea is attributed to Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, who ordered the men in his division to sew a two-inch square of red...
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    volunteers from New Jersey played an important part in the war, including Philip Kearny and George B. McClellan, who led the Army of the Potomac early in the...
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    B Inconclusive Union forces nearly being cut off, Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny are killed. September 12–15, 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry West Virginia...
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    Heintzelman, consisted of the divisions of:[citation needed] Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny (brigades of Brig Gen. John C. Robinson, Brig Gen. David B. Birney,...
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    Hallett Johnson (1888–1968), diplomat and ambassador to Costa Rica Philip Kearny (1815–1862), major general in the United States Army, notable for his...
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    Philip Kearny, an officer from the Mexican–American War, led a brigade of New Jersey regiments under Brigadier General William B. Franklin. Kearny distinguished...
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    Napoleon III during his periodic visits to Vichy. The American officer Philip Kearny was attached to a cavalry unit of the Imperial Guard at the 1859 Battle...
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