John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be killed in the war, along with Major Generals James B. McPherson, Joseph K. Mansfield and John F. Reynolds.
- Occupation
- military officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 13, 1813
- Died
- May 9, 1864
