Grave File: GEN Gordon Granger (1821-1876)

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Grave File: GEN Gordon Granger (1821-1876)

10/26/2001

Grave File

Find a Grave features a headstone (image submitted by Steve Dunn), located at the Lexington Cemetary in Lexington, Kentucky, belonging to General Gordon Granger--a white, Union general responsible for occupying Galveston, Texas, and declaring freedom for the enslaved individuals in the city, which would become known as "Juneteenth," Freedom Day, or Jubilee Day--that lists his birth date (11/6/1821) and death date (1/10/1876). The short biography, written by John "J-Cat" Griffith, provides a brief summary of Granger's military career with the Union Army throughout the Civil War. 

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