John C. Frémont
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Discovery, Exploration
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, Explorers, American Civil War, Civil Wars, Coups, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: John C. Frémont’s exploits as an explorer helped to propel the American people westward toward Oregon and California. When the continental nation he helped to create was faced with civil war, he fought to maintain the Union and end slavery.
Early Life
When John Charles Frémont was born on January 21, 1813 in Savannah, Georgia, his parents were not married. In 1811, Ann Beverly Whiting had left her elderly husband John Pryor to run away with Charles Frémon, a young French emigrant who taught dancing and French. For several years the...
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