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John Fulton Reynolds. (1820-1863)
1841: graduated from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; commissioned Lieutenant, Third U.S. Artillery. 1846: promoted to First Lieutenant; served under Gen. Zachary Taylor in the war with Mexico; breveted Captain after Battle of Monterey. 1847: breveted Major for special gallantry after Battle of Buena Vista. 1858: served in the Utah Expedition under Albert Sidney Johnston. 1860: assigned to U.S. Military Academy; served as Commandant of Cadets. 1861: commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of 14th Infantry; appointed Brigadier-General and assumed command of First Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves. 1862: appointed Military Governor of Fredericksburg, VA; captured by Confederate Army and held in Libby Prison; after prisoner exchange appointed Major General and given command of First Corps of the Army of the Potomac. 1863 July 1: killed on first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, PA
Additional Resources for John Fulton Reynolds
Anderson, Kalina K. "The Girl He Left Behind." America's Civil War 12:3 (July 1999):49-53.
Harding, Jeffrey J. Gettysburg's Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt. The History Press, 2022. https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467151597
Harding, Jeffrey and Pitkin, Mary Stanford. "The Lost Story of Kate Hewitt, the Secret Love of Gettysburg's First Hero." Civil War Times Magazine (August 12, 2020) https://www.historynet.com/the-lost-story-of-kate-the-secret-love-of-gettysburgs-first-hero.htm
Hintz, Kalina Ingham. "'Dinna Forget': The Gettysburg Monuments to General John F. Reynolds." The Gettysburg Magazine 31 (July 2004):88-111.
Hintz, Kalina Ingham. "My Life as a Military Cadet Here." The Gettysburg Magazine25 (July 2001):23-39.
Hintz, Kalina Ingham. "When the General Fell: The Monumental Death of John F. Reynolds." Blue & Gray Magazine, Gettysburg 22 (Spring 2005): 2, 24-28.
Hoffsomer, Robert D., ed. "Sergeant Charles Veil's Memoir on the Death of Reynolds." Civil War Times Illustrated 21:4 (August 1982):16-25.
Keller, Oliver J. "Soldier General of the Army: John Fulton Reynolds." Civil War History 4:2 (June 1958)119-128.
Longacre, Edward G. "John F. Reynolds, General."Civil War Times Illustrated 2:5 (October 1972):35-43.
McCoy, Thomas F. "Recollections of General Reynolds" in Annals of the War(Philadelphia, 1879),pp. 384-391.
Nichols, Edward J. Toward Gettysburg: A Biography of General John F. Reynolds. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 1958. The most complete and definitive biography of Maj. General John Fulton Reynolds yet written.
Riley, Michael A. For God's Sake, Forward: General John F. Reynolds, USA. Gettysburg, PA: Farnsworth House Military Impressions, 1995. Brief biography of John Fulton Reynolds.
Rosengarten, J.G. William Reynolds, Rear-Admiral U. S. N. John Fulton Reynolds, major-general U. S. V., colonel Fifth U. S. infantry. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1880. Nineteenth century abbreviated biography of William and John Fulton Reynolds.
Watson, Diane E. Reynolds: The Last Six Miles. Gettysburg: Americana Souvenirs and Gifts, 1999. Details the "final hours" of General John F. Reynolds.
