George Crockett Strong

George Crockett Strong (October 16, 1832 – July 30, 1863) was a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.

He served as an ordnance officer with the rank of lieutenant on the staff of General McDowell at the First Battle of Bull Run.

Strong commanded an expedition sent from Ship Island against Biloxi, Mississippi, in April 1862, and another sent against Ponchatoula, and was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in November 1862.

He was wounded on July 18, 1863, while leading the assault against Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, and died of tetanus in New York City.

Strong is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, where there is a monument dedicated to his memory.