John Gibson Parkhurst (April 17, 1824 – May 6, 1906) was an officer in the

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

during the

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and later was as diplomat. He was born the youngest of eight children of Stephen and Sally (née Gibson) Parkhurst in

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. One of his older siblings died before he was born. Parkhurst served as Colonel of the

9th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 9th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Ninth Michigan Infantry organized at Fort Wayne (Detroit), near Detroit, Michigan, from independent companies recruited th ...

and became

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for the Department of the Cumberland; being Brevet (military)}brevetted to

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when the war ended. The lawyer served as United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1866 to 1869 and United States Minister to Belgium from 1888 to 1889.

References

* quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-852268mf?rgn=main;view=text * civilwar.archives.msu.edu/collection/7-1C-16/parkhurst/ * archives.msu.edu/findaid/025.html

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkhurst, John Gibson 1824 births 1906 deaths People from Oneida County, New York People of Michigan in the American Civil War Union Army colonels American diplomats