John Grubb Parke (22 September 1827-16 December 1900) was a Union Army Major-General during the American Civil War.
Biography[]
John Grubb Parke was born in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania on 22 September 1827, and he graduated from West Point in 1849 and worked as a surveyor before being commissioned a Brigadier-General of volunteers at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. He was promoted to Major-General following the Battle of Fort Macon and served under Ambrose E. Burnside in the Army of the Potomac before commanding the IX Corps at the Siege of Vicksburg. He went on to serve as Burnside's chief-of-staff during the Overland Campaign, and he took over the IX Corps from Burnside after the Battle of the Crater and led it into battle at Globe Tavern, Peebles' Farm, and Boydton Plank Road. He also acted as commander of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fort Stedman and led the IX Corps through to Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, after which he led the corps in Washington DC. He was mustered out on 15 January 1866, became an engineer, served as superintendent of West Point from 1887 to 1889, and died in Washington DC in 1900.
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