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Kearny, Philip

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Kearny, Philip (1814–1862)

US military leader. In 1859 he served in the army of Napoleon III in Italy and received the French Croix de Guerre for his actions. With the outbreak of the American Civil War 1861, Kearny returned to the USA and was named brigadier general of the New Jersey militia. He was killed in action near Chantilly, Virginia.

Kearny, born in New York, received a law degree from Columbia University 1833. Choosing a career in the military, he obtained a commission in the US Dragoons 1837. He was trained in cavalry techniques in France and saw action in the Mexican War 1846–48, where he lost an arm. He was the nephew of Stephen W Kearny.



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