GETTY, GEORGE W.
\ɡˈɛti], \ɡˈɛti], \ɡ_ˈɛ_t_i]\
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born in 1819, was promoted major-general for gallantry during the Civil War, serving in the Virginia campaign and having a command at Yorktown, Antietam, Fredericksburg and the Wilderness. He defended Washington, and served in the Shenandoah campaign. He retired in 1883.
By John Franklin Jameson
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