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George Archibald McCall (March 16, 1802 – February 25, 1868) was a United States Army officer who became a brigadier general and prisoner of war during the American Civil War. He was also a naturalist. ==Biography== McCall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Archibald McCall (1767-1843), a descendant of the Schuyler family and the Van Cortlandt family through his ancestors Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Gertrude Schuyler,〔Keen, Gregory Bernard. The Descendants of Jöran Kyn of New Sweden. Delaware, 1913. Pages 200-205. https://books.google.com/books?id=L4A_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=gage+kemble+descendants&source=bl&ots=PeS7YhdRzg&sig=xuGjGNAtQZ4Onxd7VMzfI3IzsDc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BbkQVbS2NcWpgwTrpIP4Bw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=gage%20kemble%20descendants&f=false. Accessed March 23, 2015.〕 and Elizabeth Cadwalader. He was appointed from Pennsylvania to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1822. He was assigned to the 1st U.S. Infantry then the 4th U.S. Infantry before serving as aide-de-camp to Gen. Edmund P. Gaines into the beginning of the Second Seminole War. He distinguished himself during the Mexican-American War under Zachary Taylor, receiving brevet promotions to major for gallantry at Palo Alto and to lieutenant colonel for Resaca de la Palma. He retired with 31 years service as Colonel and Inspector General of the Army in 1853. At the beginning of the Civil War, McCall helped organize Pennsylvania volunteers as major general of the state militia and was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in May 1861. He helped organize and led the famous Pennsylvania Reserves Division, which served as the 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, and 3rd Division, V Corps. He was one of the oldest West Point graduates to serve in the war. McCall served in the Peninsula Campaign and was wounded and captured at Frayser's Farm, Virginia, in June 1862. He was imprisoned in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Previous illness was aggravated by his confinement in prison, and after his exchange (for Simon Bolivar Buckner) in August, McCall resigned due to poor health in March 1863. In retirement, McCall farmed in Pennsylvania. He died at his "Belair" estate in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Christ Church Cemetery in his native Philadelphia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George A. McCall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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