Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character
Andrew A. Humphreys
Union general and chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac.
minor
Also known as Humphreys, General Humphreys
First appearance: i
Andrew A. Humphreys shows up with force in LVIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Chief-of-staff of the Army of the Potomac, assigned to command the 2nd Corps succeeding Hancock.
Andrew A. Humphreys first appears in 0003 i.
In LVIII: Chief-of-staff of the Army of the Potomac, assigned to command the 2nd Corps succeeding Hancock.
Later, in LXIV: Humphreys commands the 2nd Corps, which advances and captures intrenched picket-lines during the assault.
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- Army of the Potomac
- Grant's Inner Circle
- Protagonist
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- LVIII
- LXIV
- The Capture of Petersburg—Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg—The Capture of Richmond—Pursuing the Enemy—Visit to Sheridan and Meade
- The Correspondence and Surrender at Appomattox
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