John Gibbon

John Gibbon (April 20, 1827 – February 6, 1896) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.

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    The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.
    —Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)