Camp meetings
Major General John Gibbon Camp #4 meets once per quarter at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month (January, April, July, October) in person at the Waukesha Public Library and via Zoom (unless an alternate location or time is required).
About Major General John Gibbon
MG John Gibbon (1827-1896) was a Pennsylvania-born West Point graduate who served in the Seminole War and on the frontier. He joined the Union Army even though three of his brothers chose to fight with the Confederate forces. He began as General Irvin McDowell's chief of artillery and was made a brigadier general in May 1862. He fought at Gainesville, Second Bull Run and Antietam; at South Mountain, his command was named the Iron Brigade. He was wounded at both Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. After his recovery after Gettysburg, he fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox. He was promoted to major general in 1864 and continued in the regular army until 1891. He spent most of his years after the war on the frontier and led the relief column to Little Big Horn in 1876; it arrived in time to bury George Custer and all his men.
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