Judson Kilpatrick
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| Hugh Judson Kilpatrick | |
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| Personal | |
| Date & Place of Birth | January 14, 1836 Wantage Township, near Deckertown, New Jersey |
| Parents | Simon Kilpatrick Julia Wickham |
| Religion | unknown |
| Spouse | Luisa Fernandez de Valdivieso (m. 1867) |
| Children | Laura Delphine Kilpatrick |
| Date & Place of Death | December 4, 1881 Santiago, Chile |
| Place of Burial | West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York |
| Military | |
| Education | United States Military Academy West Point, New York Class of 1861 |
| Branch of Service | United States Army |
| Years of Service | 1861-1865 |
| Highest rank awarded | Major General (brevet) |
| Commands held | 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
| Battles participated in | Big Bethel 2nd Bull Run Chancellorsville Brandy Station Gettysburg Dahlgren Raid Resaca March to the Sea Monroe's Crossroads |
| Post-war career | United States Minister to Chile Playwright: Allatoona: An Historical and Military Drama in Five Acts (1875) The Blue and the Gray: Or, War is Hell (posthumous, 1930). |
