Gen John Gibbon

I am a US Army Officer, veteran of the Mexican War, Civil War, and the Indian Wars. Except when laid up by wounds, I was in the field or at the front.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

Not to brag, but I was the only person to fight at the Angle at @GettysburgNMP, attend President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, serve as a surrender commissioner at @AppomattoxNPS, and was the leader of the "Montana Column" that Custer didn't wait for @LittleBigNPS

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

@CivilWarHistory My relief was great when he replied, "I sent him word I was a Captain in the United States Army and I intend to remain one."
- John Gibbon Source: Gibbon papers Historical Society of Pennsylvania

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

@CivilWarHistory "I (Buford) got a letter by the last mail from home with a message in it from the Governor of Kentucky. He sends me word to come to Kentucky at once and I shall have anything I want."
With a good deal of anxiety I (Gibbon) asked, "What did you answer, John?"

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

The Montana Column was the infantry heavy force coming from western Montana that was to act as a blocking force along the Little Bighorn. My last words to Custer were reported as, "Now, Custer, do not be selfish, give us chance to get into the fight." Custer laughed in response.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

Not to brag, but I was the only person to fight at the Angle at @GettysburgNMP, attend President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, serve as a surrender commissioner at @AppomattoxNPS, and was the leader of the "Montana Column" that Custer didn't wait for @LittleBigNPS

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

During the Gettysburg Address, I grew impatient while listening to Edward Everett's address, and walked the battlefield with my aide, Lt Frank Haskell (later KIA at Cold Harbor). We made it back in time to hear the President speak.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

@AppomattoxNPS Gen Gibbon was severely wounded repelling "Longstreet's Charge", on the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Two of his brothers participated in that attack with the 28th North Carolina. One was the regimental surgeon, the other a commissary officer.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

Just ordered @SpaceXStarlink. I cannot wait to install it and join the information superhighway. It isn't lost on me that @elonmusk is really the only person in business or government who is really taking risk to bring broadband to the forgotten people of rural America - Thanks!

[Civil War On This Day @CivilWarOTD]

General John Gibbon died #OTD in 1896. He was 68. A Pennsylvanian by birth, he spent much of his youth in North Carolina, where his family owned slaves. He left to attend @WestPoint_USMA, and graduated in the Class of 1847.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

Awesome tribute to a great hero!

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

If you haven't done so already, be sure to donate to the American Battlefield Trust @Battlefields today (before midnight) to help save two of the battlefileds I fought on - Cold Harobr @RichmondNPS and Gettysburg @GettysburgNMP !

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

Happy Birthday to a legendary soldier and gentlemen - the victor of Gettysburg, and the Army of the Potomac's most successful commander, GEN George G. Meade @genggmeade! Check out @Miss_Bellatrix fantastic post on the life of one of America's finest soldiers.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

@genggmeade @SouthwestCW @EmergingCWBlog @Gazette665 @GettysburgNMP @USGrantNPS @CivilWarMed @bloodnight @Battlefields @Miss_Bellatrix @CivilWarTrails I did not know that, but I can't say I blame them for not green lighting that plan! I think the main point is Meade was not going to turn back once he got across the river. Grant's contribution was synchronizing the entire Union Army, Meade knew what it would take to win.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

@Miss_Bellatrix Don't forget the only Union General to break the Confederate line...GEN George Gordon Meade @gengmeade. I had the honor of supporting his attack, although I was hit and evacuated. Our attack ran out of energy, and our divisions had to retire to our starting points.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

I graduated from West Point in 1847, just missing active service in the Mexican War. I was originally scheduled to graduate in 1846, but I was held back a year because I failed English grammar. I learned well, as I later wrote three books! #irony

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

GEN George Meade @genggmeade and I were the only two division commanders to break through the Confederate line at Fredericksburg in December 1863. It is fitting that he is my first follower on Twitter!

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

I was commanding Battery B, 4th US Artillery at Camp Floyd in Utah in 1860 when President Lincoln was elected. As the situation back east began to deteriorate, we waited for news or orders to come via Pony Express.

[Gen John Gibbon @fieldorfront]

If only GEN Hancock had Twitter during the Wilderness fight, maybe I would have received that "order" of his! #friction