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1780 Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz (1 June 1780 â 16 November 1831)[1] was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the “moral” (meaning, in modern terms, psychological) and political aspects of war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege (On War), was unfinished at his death.
1825 John H. Morgan (June 1, 1825 â September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War of 1861-1865. In April 1862, Morgan raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (CSA) and fought in the Battle of Shiloh (April 6 to 7, 1862) in Tennessee. He then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s invasion of that state in August 1862.
1831 John Bell Hood (June 1 1831 â August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness. Arguably one of the best brigade and division commanders in the CSA, Hood gradually became increasingly ineffective as he was promoted to lead larger, independent commands late in the war; his career and reputation were marred by his decisive defeats leading an army in the Atlanta Campaign and the FranklinâNashville Campaign.
1844 Uriah Galusha Pennypacker (June 1, 1844 â October 1, 1916) was a Union general during the American Civil War. He may be the youngest person to hold the rank of brigadier general in the US Army; at the age of 20, he remains the only general too young to vote for the president who appointed him.
1844 John James Toffey (June 1, 1844 â March 13, 1911) was a United States Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor. Serving first as a Private in Company C, 21st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (a nine-month service regiment) from August 28, 1862 to June 19, 1863, he was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in Company F, 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 23, 1863, and was mustered into the unit on August 29, 1863. He participated in the November 23, 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it was there that he performed the act of bravery that garnered him the Medal of Honor.
1937 Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1955 and served until 1959 as a radar technician.
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