GIBBON, JOHN
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born in 1827, served during the Mexican War, and in the Civil War, on the Federal side, taking part in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He is author of an essay on " Our Indian Question."
By John Franklin Jameson
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