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Military Members In Expanded Family of Launcelot Granger Since 1600's

Major General - Gordon Granger 1822 - 1876 John Martin Granger's cousins line (John Granger to Gordon Granger) Picture supplied by:

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free.

General Granger fought at the Battle of Chickamauga and saved the day.

He is most famous for his actions commanding the Reserve Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga . There on September 20 , 1863 , the second day of the battle, he reinforced, without orders, Major General George H. Thomas's XIV Corps on Snodgrass Hill. This action staved off the Confederate attackers until dark, permitting the Federal forces to retreat in good order and helping earn the sobriquet "Rock of Chickamauga" for Thomas.

He was born in Wayne Co., NY in 1822 and graduated West Point 1845.

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Rev War: Private Daniel Granger - Unknown Granger Line

Private Daniel Granger's description of cooking on the march, 17 October 1777:

We struck up a fire by a large Stump, on with [camp] Kittle, to make some hasty Pudding, & an other Kettle to heat some water to steep some Tea ... when don I took a long Board from a Fence, lade one end on the fence & the other on a stump, took off my Kittle of Pudding, turned it out in six Piles on the Board ... when the Mess came & saw the Pudding on a Board, it made some sport, we had Sugar in our Packs which we used with our Pudding & Tea, (our Meat had been cooked) we ate as fast as possible, expecting every moment to hear the drums beating ..

( I ) Zadock GRANGER, the great-great-grandfather of Henry Francis GRANGER, was born in Suffield county, Connecticut; enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment, and served as a colonel during the revolutionary war. Later he removed to Halford's Landing, the present site of Rochester, New York. His younger brother was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rev War Info on brother to John Martin Granger Granger, Ithamar, Washington. Receipt dated Washington, Feb. 19, 1781, for bounty paid said Granger by Seth Gillit, on behalf of a class of the town of Washington, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, certificate signed by Ezra Hoyt, Muster Master for Berkshire Co., stating that he had received said Granger and James Pinrows, who were turned over to him by Seth Gillet, of Washington, as two of the quota of said town, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, descriptive list dated Lenox, Aug. 20, 1781, of men raised in Berkshire Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, and delivered to William Walker, Superintendent for said county; Capt. Sloan's co., Col. Roseter's regt.; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion, light; hair, dark; occupation, laborer; residence, Washington; engaged for town of Washington; term, 3 years; reported deserted; also, receipt dated Lenox, signed by William Walker, Superintendent, stating that he had received said Granger, who enlisted into the Continental Army for the term of 3 years to the credit of the town of Washington. [See Thomas Granger.] Granger, Ithamar. Private, Capt. Daniel Sacket's co., Col. Woodbridge's regt.; enlisted Aug. 20, 1777; discharged Oct. 22, 1777; service, 2 mos. 2 days, in Northern department; company raised for 3 months; also, Capt. Samuel Sloper's co., Col. Israel Chapin's (3d) regt.; enlisted Nov. 5, 1779; discharged Nov. 22, 1779; service, 22 days, travel included, at Claverack; regiment raised to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.