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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greer, James Augustin 1833- (search)
Greer, James Augustin 1833- Naval officer; born in Cincinnati, O., Feb. 28, 1833; joined the navy in January, 1848; commanded the iron-clad Benton, April 16, 1863, during the passage of the batteries at Vicksburg and in subsequent actions. In 1873 as commander of the Tigress he found the wreck of the Polaris at Littleton Island, North Greenland; was promoted rear-admiral in April, 1892; retired in February, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schofield, John McAllister 1831- (search)
the Civil War broke out. He was chief of Lyon's staff at Wilson's Creek, and in November, 1861, was made brigadier-general of volunteers, commanding the Missouri militia. In April, 1862, he commanded the District of Missouri, and in October the Army of the Frontier, with which he drove the organized Confederate forces into Arkansas. In November, 1862, he was made major-general of volunteers. In the Atlanta campaign, in 1864, he was conspicuous; also in the campaign against Hood in Tennessee until the battle of Nashville, when he was transferred to North Carolina, taking possession of Wilmington, and was active until the surrender of Johnston. He was brevetted major-general, United States army, in March, 1865; was Secretary of War ad interim on the resignation of General Grant in 1868; resigned in 1869; and was assigned to the Department of Missouri. He was promoted lieutenant-general in February, 1895, and retired in September following. He published Forty-six years in the army.