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John G. Foster

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Gender Male
Death149 years ago
Date of birth May 27,1823
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Whitefield
New Hampshire
United States
Date of died September 2,1874
DiedNashua
New Hampshire
United States
BooksSubmarine Blasting in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: Removal of Tower and Corwin Rocks
Battles and wars Siege of Veracruz
Battle of Cerro Gordo
Allegiances United States
Union
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Date of Upd.
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John G. Foster Life story


John Gray Foster was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject in 1869.

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