Edwin Vose Sumner
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Edwin Vose Sumner (January 30, 1797 – March 21, 1863) was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War.[1] His nicknames "Bull" or "Bull Head" came both from his great booming voice and a legend that a musket ball once bounced off his head.
Edwin Vose Sumner | |
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Nickname(s) | Bull, Bull Head |
Born | (1797-01-30)January 30, 1797 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Died | March 21, 1863(1863-03-21) (aged 66) Syracuse, New York, US |
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States Union |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1819–1863 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | 1st U.S. Cavalry Department of the Pacific II Corps, Army of the Potomac |
Battles/wars | Black Hawk War Mexican–American War Indian Wars Bleeding Kansas |
Spouse(s) | Hannah W. Foster |
Children | 6, including Edwin Jr. and Samuel |
Sumner fought in the Black Hawk War, with distinction in the Mexican–American War, on the Western frontier, and in the Eastern Theater for the first half of the Civil War. He led the II Corps of the Army of the Potomac through the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days Battles, and the Maryland Campaign, and the Right Grand Division of the Army during the Battle of Fredericksburg. He died in March 1863 while awaiting transfer.