militia general in the American Revolutionary War
1749 CE to 1812 CE
Peter Gansevoort (July 17, 1749 – July 2, 1812) is a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777.
Gansevoort is also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville.
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