Reynolds, JOHN FULTON

Reynolds, JOHN FULTON, an American general, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 20th September 1820, graduated at West Point in 1841, and became commandant there in 1859. As brigadier-general he fought at Mechanicsville and Gaines's Mills, and was taken prisoner at Glendale, but exchanged in August 1862. At the second battle of Bull Run his own bravery induced his brigade to stand fast, and so prevented a complete rout. In November he was commissioned major-general, and in 1863 commanded a corps at Fredericksburg. He was killed at Gettysburg, where he commanded the left wing, on 1st July 1863. The state erected a granite shaft on the spot where he fell, and his men a bronze heroic statue on the field; and in 1884 an equestrian statue was unveiled in Philadelphia.