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Kilpatrick was born in New Jersey.
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He began his military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1861.
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He married Alice Nailery.
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On May 9, 1861, he became 5th New York Infantry. This was after he had served a short term of being a commissioned second lieutenant.
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On June 10, 1861, he was the first officer of the union army to get wounded in the war. This happened at the Battle of Big Bethel.
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In September of 1861 he became lieutenant colonel of the 2nd New York cavalry.
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He was put in jail in 1862 under suspicion that he had sold confiscated Confederate livestock and provision for personal gain.
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while the war was not very active, he served as a staff officer.
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In February of 1863, Hooker created a cavalry corps and Kilpatrick won leadership of it.
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On June 14, 1863, Kilpatrick was given the task of a brigadier general.
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In July of 1863, he earned the nicknames "Kill Cavalry" and "little kill."
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In November of 1863 his young wife died.
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In January of 1864 his infant son died.
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In February of 1864 the plan to free federal POWs in Richmond failed.
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July 22, 1864, the battle of Atlanta took place.
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Kilpatrick’s raid in atlanta wain on August 18-22, 1864.The force of 4,500 men went around atlanta tearing up railroad tracks as they fought the way around west to east in little towns below Atlanta.
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a major engagement of the Union Cavalry in the east
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April 9, 1865, the civil war ended.
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