Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character
John G. Foster
Union general who served in North Carolina.
minor
Also known as Foster, General Foster, General J. G. Foster
First appearance: i
John G. Foster shows up with force in Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Not directly mentioned in excerpts; omitted as no clear presence.
John G. Foster first appears in 0003 i.
In Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line: Not directly mentioned in excerpts; omitted as no clear presence.
Later, in The Relief of Knoxville: Foster is mentioned as the commander of the 4th corps under Granger, tasked with the relief movement.
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- Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line
- The Relief of Knoxville
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