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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 6: Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)
ern Department, and was at the head of the Department of Kansas, November, 1861, to March, 1862, then of the South, until September, and of the Tenth Corps from January to June, 1863, and in May, 1864, he succeeded Major-General Sigel in the command of the Department of West Virginia. Hunter was the first general to enlist colored troops, and presided at the court which tried the Lincoln conspirators. He was retired in 1866, having been brevetted major-general, and died in Washington, February 2, 1886. Major-General George Crook (U. S.M. A. 1852) was born near Dayton, Ohio, September 8, 1828. He spent the nine years before the opening of the Civil War in California. As brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Cumberland, he commanded a division of cavalry. He succeeded Major-General David Hunter in the command of the Department of West Virginia in August, 1864, and shortly afterward was made major-general of volunteers. He was active in the Shenandoah campaign un
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunter, David 1802-1886 (search)
as brigadiergeneral, in the battle of Bull Run, where he was severely wounded. In August he was made major-general of volunteers; served under Fremont in Missouri; and superseded him in November. In the spring of 1862 he was in command of the Department of the South. He commanded the Department of West Virginia in the summer of 1864, where he was active for a while. For his various services he was brevetted major-general in 1865. He was retired in 1866, and died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 2, 1886. In the spring of 1862 General Hunter was in command of the Department of the South. He declared martial law in his department. Giving a free interpretation to his instructions from the War Department, he took measures for organizing regiments of negro troops; and to facilitate the business of recruiting he issued a general order, April 25, 1862, which proclaimed the absolute freedom of all the slaves within his department, declaring that slavery and martial law, in a free country,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
, Aug. 28, 1861. Captain, 31st Mass. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1862. Mustered out, May 8, 1862. Major, 1st La. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Feb. 6, 1863. Engaged at Port Hudson, May 27 and June 14, 1863; Mansura, La., May 23, 1863; and Cox's Plantation, July 13, 1863; Colonel, June 15, 1863. Present at the battles of Francisville, La., Oct. 10, 1863, and Donaldsonville, La. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 12, 1865. Died at Lowell, Mass., Feb. 2, 1886. Flood, Martin. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 3d Wis. Infantry, June 29, 1861. Major, May 4, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, May 31, 1863. Major, Veteran Reserve Corps, Dec. 4, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Jan. 20, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 1, 1868. Frankle, Jones. Born in Prussia. Major, 17th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Served in North Carolina, on the staff of General Foster as inspector of the department. Provost M