List of Famous people with last name Gansevoort

Peter Gansevoort

First Name Peter

Last Name Gansevoort

Born on July 17, 1749

Died on July 2, 1812 (aged 62)

Born in United States of America, New York

Peter Gansevoort was 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 was also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville.

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