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George Crockett Strong
Born(1832-10-16)October 16, 1832
Stockbridge, Vermont, U.S.
DiedJuly 30, 1863(1863-07-30) (aged 30)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Place of burial
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Service/branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1857–1863
Rank Major General
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

George Crockett Strong (October 16, 1832 – July 30, 1863) was a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.

Biography

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Strong was born in Stockbridge, Vermont, and attended Williston Seminary but left after 1851. Strong's ancestors all came to from England, and they all arrived in early colonial New England as part of the Puritan migration to New England between 1620 and 1640.[1] He attended Union College, but left for the U.S. Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1857. He served as an ordnance officer with the rank of lieutenant on the staff of General McDowell at the First Battle of Bull Run. He later served on the staffs of Generals George B. McClellan and Benjamin Butler.

"Cadet Life at West Point by an Officer of the United States Army" (Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1862), although published anonymously, is attributed to Strong.

Strong commanded an expedition sent from Ship Island against Biloxi, Mississippi, in April 1862, and another sent against Ponchatoula, and was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in November 1862. He was wounded on July 18, 1863, while leading the assault against Fort WagneronMorris Island, South Carolina, and died of tetanusinNew York City. He posthumously received a commission as major general, dated from the day of the battle. Strong is buried in Green-Wood CemeteryinBrooklyn, New York, where there is a monument dedicated to his memory.[2]

His name is the first name listed on the monument to those who died during the "Great Rebellion" in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Beneath his name are the names of all the others who died from this town. The memorial claims he graduated 3rd in his class at West Point.

Fort Strong, a U.S. Coast Artillery fort at the northern end of Deer Island in Boston Harbor, was named after him in 1899.

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Strong was portrayed by Jay O. Sanders in the film Glory (1989).

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References

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  1. ^ The Gender of Racial Politics and Violence in America: Lynching, Prison Rape, & the Crisis of Masculinity, pg. 344
  • ^ Jeffrey I. Richman, Green-Wood Cemetery Historian and Director of the Civil War Project..
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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