page_title: John Gibbon
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: John Gibbon / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Friedhof Arlington English: Arlington Cemetery, VA. Monument of the iron Brigade - Rears this Block of Granite - To the Memory of - Loved Commander
context_page_description: John Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
context_section_description: John Gibbon died in Baltimore, Maryland, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to his famous and influential Artillerist's Manual of 1859, he is the author of Personal Recollections of the Civil War (published posthumously in 1928) and Adventures on the Western Frontier (also posthumous, 1994) along with many articles in magazines and journals, typically recounting his time in the West and providing his opinions on the government's policy toward Native Americans.
  On July 3, 1988, the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a bronze statue of John Gibbon was dedicated in the Gettysburg National Military Park, near the site of his wounding in Pickett's Charge.
  The town of Gibbon in south central Minnesota is named after him, as are Gibbon, Oregon, Gibbon, Nebraska and Gibbon, Washington. The Gibbon River and Falls in Yellowstone National Park also bears his name after his 1872 expedition there.
caption: John Gibbon's grave at Arlington National Cemetery
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