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1819 AD (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
July 8th, 1819 AD (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
1844 AD (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
1848 AD (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
1862 AD (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
May 5th, 1864 AD (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
Winfield Scott Hancock (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
Alexander Hays (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry hays-alexander
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
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