Brig. Gen. George W. Getty

[jkBluesman]

Brig. Gen. George Washington Getty (b. 1819, d. 1901). „If I was ordered to march my division across the Atlantic Ocean, I’d do it. At least, I would march them up to their necks in the sea, and then withdraw and report that it was impractical to carry out the order”, Getty once remarked. The pragmatic general was born in Washington and graduated from West Point in 1840. He served in the artillery and won a brevet in the American-Mexican War. Further campaign experience came from fighting the Seminoles in Florida in 1849-1850 and 1856-1857. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861 he was stationed as captain in Dakota Territory but returned home as fast as he could. He joined the Army of the Potomac and commanded four batteries during the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. He distinguished himself at Yorktown, Gaines’ Mill and Malvern Hill. After the Federal withdrawal to Washington he served in the subsequent Maryland Campaign which culminated at Antietam on September 17. His service at “Burnside’s Bridge” won him promotion to brigadier general the same month. Gen. Ambrose Burnside gave him command of a division for the Fredericksburg Campaign. In December during the battle he was ordered to attack the Confederates on the heights behind the town. It proved impractical to take the enemy position and Getty ordered a withdrawal after his division suffered heavy casualties. In March 1863 his unit was sent to Suffolk, Virginia and defended it successfully against all Southern attempts to capture it. In the same campaign he planned and executed the capture of Fort Huger in April. During the Gettysburg Campaign he made a diversion action against Richmond trying to keep Confederates units from reinforcing Gen. Robert E. Lee in Pennsylvania. In early 1864 he was made inspector general of the Army of the Potomac. He resigned from that position for the Overland Campaign and received command of the 2nd Division in the VI corps of his friend Gen. John Sedgwick. In the Wilderness Getty secured the strategic important crossroads of Brock and Orange Plank Road. However, his attack on the afternoon failed as he obeyed an order to assault without waiting for support. On the battle’s second day he was wounded when a Confederate attack drove the Federals back. Getty did not return to the army until it had begun to besiege the Southerners in Petersburg. He did not stay long in the trenches as his division was ordered to Washington to defend the capital against Gen. Jubal Early’s raid. Getty served subsequently in the Shenandoah Valley under Gen. Philip Sheridan and was breveted to major general of volunteers in August. Getty’s stand at Cedar Creek on October 19 enabled his commander to rally his troops and turn defeat into victory. Back at Petersburg, his division belonged to the Union force that initially broke through the enemy trenches on April 2, 1865. During the following Appomattox Campaign he fought at Saylor’s Creek and witnessed Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9. After the war he stayed in the army as colonel. From 1871 to 1877 he commanded the artillery school at Fort Monroe and retired six years later. He moved to Forest Glen, Maryland until and lived as farmer until his death on October 1, 1901. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Ldr: 5
Tact: 4
Init: 4
Cmd: 4
Cav: 0

Teaches: Disciplined, Hardy, Fast

[Gil R.]

Copied, thanks.

[Gil R.]

Here’s Getty, which I edited so that there’d be another general in the game who can teach the new artillery-related special abilities in the upcoming patch. Note that I changed the bit about his commanding four batteries on the Peninsula, since according to the OOB in “Gates of Richmond” it was five batteries, and they were formally known as the Artillery Reserve’s 2nd Brigade.

I do have one question, at the very end.

Maj. Gen. George Washington Getty (b. 1819, d. 1901). “If I was ordered to march my division across the Atlantic Ocean, I’d do it. At least, I would march them up to their necks in the sea, and then withdraw and report that it was impractical to carry out the order,” Getty once remarked. The pragmatic general was born in Washington and graduated from West Point in 1840. He served in the artillery and won a brevet in the Mexican-American War. Further campaign experience came from fighting the Seminoles in Florida in 1849-1850 and 1856-1857. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861 he was stationed as captain in Dakota Territory but returned home as fast as he could. He joined the Army of the Potomac and commanded a reserve artillery brigade as a lieutenant colonel for the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, during which distinguished himself at Yorktown, Gaines’ Mill and Malvern Hill. Two months after the Union withdrawal from the Yorktown Peninsula he served in the Maryland Campaign that culminated in the Battle of Antietam on September 17. His service in the heated fighting at “Burnside’s Bridge” won him promotion to brigadier general the same month. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Army of the Potomac following this battle, gave him command of a division for the Fredericksburg Campaign that ended in disaster for the Union on December 13. During the battle he was ordered to attack the Confederates on the heights behind the town, but it proved impractical to take the enemy position and Getty ordered a withdrawal after his division suffered heavy casualties. In March 1863 his unit was sent to Suffolk, Virginia and defended it successfully against the Confederates’ besieging forces. In the same campaign he planned and executed the capture of Fort Huger on the James River in April. During the Gettysburg Campaign that summer he participated in a largely unsuccessful diversionary action against Richmond, in an attempt to keep Confederate units from reinforcing Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in Pennsylvania. In early 1864 he was made inspector general of the Army of the Potomac, but he soon resigned from that position for Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign of May-June and received command of the 2nd Division in the VI Corps of his friend Gen. John Sedgwick. In the Battle of the Wilderness, Getty helped secure the strategically important crossroads of Brock Road and Orange Plank Road with an assault on Gen. A.P. Hill’s corps on May 5. However, his subsequent attack in the afternoon failed, as he obeyed an order to assault without waiting for support. On the battle’s second day he was wounded when a Confederate attack drove the Union forces back. Getty did not return to active duty until the Siege of Petersburg had begun. He did not stay long in the trenches, though, since his division was ordered back to Washington, D.C. to defend the capital against Gen. Jubal Early’s raid in July. Getty served subsequently under Gen. Philip Sheridan for the rest of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign and was brevetted to major general of volunteers in August. His stand at Cedar Creek on October 19 enabled his commander to rally his troops and turn defeat into victory. Back at Petersburg, his division joined to the Union force that initially broke through the enemy trenches on April 2, 1865. During the following Appomattox Campaign, the last of the war in the Eastern Theater, he fought at Saylor’s Creek and witnessed Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9. After the war he stayed in the army as colonel. From 1871 to 1877 he commanded the artillery school at Fort Monroe and retired six years later (Did he retire in 1883, then? Or is this a mistake? It could be, since 1871-77 is a six-year period.). He moved to Forest Glen, Maryland and lived as farmer until his death on October 1, 1901. Getty was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Bio by Joern Kaesebier)

Ldr: 5
Tact: 4
Init: 4
Cmd: 4
Cav: 0

Teaches: Disciplined, Hardy, Efficient Fire (I’m giving him this artillery-only ability instead of “Fast”)

Start date: 41

[jkBluesman]

ORIGINAL: Gil R.

Maj. Gen. George Washington Getty (b. 1819, d. 1901). “If I was ordered to march my division across the Atlantic Ocean, I’d do it. At least, I would march them up to their necks in the sea, and then withdraw and report that it was impractical to carry out the order,” Getty once remarked. The pragmatic general was born in Washington and graduated from West Point in 1840. He served in the artillery and won a brevet in the Mexican-American War. Further campaign experience came from fighting the Seminoles in Florida in 1849-1850 and 1856-1857. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861 he was stationed as captain in Dakota Territory but returned home as fast as he could. He joined the Army of the Potomac and commanded a reserve artillery brigade as a lieutenant colonel for the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, during which distinguished himself at Yorktown, Gaines’ Mill and Malvern Hill. Two months after the Union withdrawal from the Yorktown Peninsula he served in the Maryland Campaign that culminated in the Battle of Antietam on September 17. His service in the heated fighting at “Burnside’s Bridge” won him promotion to brigadier general the same month. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Army of the Potomac following this battle, gave him command of a division for the Fredericksburg Campaign that ended in disaster for the Union on December 13. During the battle he was ordered to attack the Confederates on the heights behind the town, but it proved impractical to take the enemy position and Getty ordered a withdrawal after his division suffered heavy casualties. In March 1863 his unit was sent to Suffolk, Virginia and defended it successfully against the Confederates’ besieging forces. In the same campaign he planned and executed the capture of Fort Huger on the James River in April. During the Gettysburg Campaign that summer he participated in a largely unsuccessful diversionary action against Richmond, in an attempt to keep Confederate units from reinforcing Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in Pennsylvania. In early 1864 he was made inspector general of the Army of the Potomac, but he soon resigned from that position for Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign of May-June and received command of the 2nd Division in the VI Corps of his friend Gen. John Sedgwick. In the Battle of the Wilderness, Getty helped secure the strategically important crossroads of Brock Road and Orange Plank Road with an assault on Gen. A.P. Hill’s corps on May 5. He arrived first at the crossroads, so he was not attacking there. However, his subsequent attack in the afternoon failed, as he obeyed an order to assault without waiting for support. On the battle’s second day he was wounded when a Confederate attack drove the Union forces back. Getty did not return to active duty until the Siege of Petersburg had begun. He did not stay long in the trenches, though, since his division was ordered back to Washington, D.C. to defend the capital against Gen. Jubal Early’s raid in July. Getty served subsequently under Gen. Philip Sheridan for the rest of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign and was brevetted to major general of volunteers in August. His stand at Cedar Creek on October 19 enabled his commander to rally his troops and turn defeat into victory. Back at Petersburg, his division joined to the Union force that initially broke through the enemy trenches on April 2, 1865. During the following Appomattox Campaign, the last of the war in the Eastern Theater, he fought at Saylor’s Creek and witnessed Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9. After the war he stayed in the army as colonel. From 1871 to 1877 he commanded the artillery school at Fort Monroe and retired six years later (Did he retire in 1883, then? Or is this a mistake? It could be, since 1871-77 is a six-year period.). He moved to Forest Glen, Maryland and lived as farmer until his death on October 1, 1901. Getty was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Bio by Joern Kaesebier)

Ldr: 5
Tact: 4
Init: 4
Cmd: 4
Cav: 0

Teaches: Disciplined, Hardy, Efficient Fire (I’m giving him this artillery-only ability instead of “Fast”)

Start date: 41

He retired from the army in 1883. Efficient Fire is fine with me as it makes him more efficient. [;)]

[Gil R.]

Thanks! Getty's all done, then.

[jkBluesman]

Did you see my remark on the Wilderness? It is not a big thing.
Otherwise great to know that so many of my bios make it into the next patch.

[Gil R.]

No, I had missed the comment. Okay, I took out the mention of A.P. Hill, so now Getty is back to securing without assaulting. (Looking at a map of the battle, I saw that's where Hill was attacked, so I thought you might be referring to that action.

I still need to edit nine more bios to get us up to 300 even, so I'm bound to include a few more of yours. Can't let Battleline get all the glory!

[jkBluesman]

ORIGINAL: Gil R.

I still need to edit nine more bios to get us up to 300 even, so I'm bound to include a few more of yours. Can't let Battleline get all the glory!

Well, in the end you do not have much choice as he has written much more than I have.

[Gil R.]

Don't give up so easily! Haven't you ever heard the fable of the tortoise and the hare?