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About Jacob B. Sweitzer
Jacob Bowman Sweitzer was a Pennsylvania lawyer and soldier who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War. He and his men were significantly engaged at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, where they reinforced and helped temporarily stabilize the Union defensive line on the second day of fighting.
Everything about Jacob B. Sweitzer →- Occupation
- military officer, lawyer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 4, 1821
- Died
- November 9, 1888