What is John L. Gardner?
{{Infobox military person |name=John L. Gardner |birth_date ={{Birth date|1793|08|01}} |death_date ={{Death date and age|1869|02|18|1793|08|01}} |image=John L Gardner 1844.jpg |image_size=284px |caption=<center>'''1844 photo of Gardner taken by [[Mathew Brady]]'''<br><small>Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)</small></center> |birth_place=[[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] |death_place=[[Wilmington, Delaware]] |placeofburial=[[Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green#Cemetery|Immanuel Episcopal Church]],<br>[[New Castle, Delaware]] |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |allegiance={{flagu|United States of America|1795}} *[[Union (American Civil War)]] |branch={{army|USA}} *[[Union Army]] |serviceyears=1812–1865 |rank=[[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|35px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]<br>[[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] |commands= [[4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment|4th U.S. Artillery]] |unit= [[4th Infantry Regiment (United States)|4th U.S. Infantry]]<br>[[7th Infantry Regiment (United States)|7th U.S. Infantry]] |battles= *[[War of 1812]] *[[Mexican–American War]] *[[Seminole Wars#Third Seminole War|Seminole Wars]] *[[American Civil War]] }} '''John Lane Gardner''' (1793–1869) served in the U.S. Army eventually achieving the rank of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier General]] after serving in the [[American Civil War]] having also served in the [[War of 1812]], the [[Seminole War]] and the [[Mexican–American War]] before that. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9011383 John L. Gardner at Find A Grave] *[http://www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/Newspapers/Niles/Nilesg1847MayJun.htm#NR72.218June51847reportonthe The Mexican-American War: Gardner military reports] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030501/http://www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/Newspapers/Niles/Nilesg1847MayJun.htm#NR72.218June51847reportont