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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Gouverneur Kemble Warren Biography Gouverneur Kemble Warren Image WARREN,
Gouverneur Kemble (1830-82). An American soldier, born at Cold Spring, N. Y.
He graduated at West Point in 1850, and took part as chief topographical
engineer in the Sioux Expedition of 1855 and participated in the action of Blue
Water. From 1859 to 1861 he was assistant professor of mathematics at West
Point, but in May of the latter year he accepted a lieutenant colonelcy in the
Fifth New York Volunteers. He took part in the battle of Big Bethel on June 10,
and in August he was commissioned colonel of his regiment. He took part in the
Peninsular campaign, and later commanded a brigade of the Army of the Potomac
during the Maryland campaign. A few days after the battle of Antietam he was
commissioned brigadier general of volunteers, but in February, 1863, he was
relieved of his brigade, and was appointed chief topographical engineer of the
Army of the Potomac, a position which he filled at the time of the battle of
Fredericksburg. In May, 1863, he was promoted to be a major general of
volunteers, and soon afterward was appointed chief engineer of the Army of the
Potomac. At the battle of Gettysburg he was the first to recognize the
importance of Little Round Top, and for his promptness and gallantry in securing
possession of it he was brevetted colonel in the regular army. From March, 1864,
to April, 1865, he commanded the Fifth Corps and participated in the important
battles of the Richmond campaign. After the battle of Five Forks be was relieved
of his command by General Sheridan. A court of
inquiry relieved his reputation of any stain. In May, 1865, he resigned his
commission in the volunteer service, and during the following years he was
employed on surveys and harbor improvements. He published several books,
including Explorations in the Dacota
Country (1855-56); Preliminary Report
of Explorations in Nebraska and Dacota in the Years 1855-57 (1858); and An
Account of the Fifth Army Corps at the Battle of Five Forks (1866). Consult
the Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. ii
(Washington, 1886). The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XXIII (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 332. |