sick leave of absence to October 31, 1875; and then was again in command of the District of New Mexico, October 31, 1875, to January 10, 1876. On January 10, 1876, Granger died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he was serving in command of the District of New Mexico. He is buried in Lexington Cemetery in Kentucky. Dates of rank See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) References Further reading Dupuy, Trevor N., Curt Johnson, and David L. Bongard. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. . Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Conner, Robert C. General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind 'Juneteenth'. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2013. . External links History of Juneteenth 1822 births 1876 deaths American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Juneteenth People from Wayne County, New York People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Union Army generals United States Army colonels United States Military Academy alumni