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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McClellan , Henry Brainerd 1840 - (search)
McClellan, Henry Brainerd 1840-
Educator; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 1840; graduated at Williams College in 1858; joined the Confederate army in 1862; was made assistant adjutant-general of cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia in 1863; was also chief of staff to Gens. Wade Hampton and James E. B. Stuart.
He became principal of the Sayre Female Institute in Lexington, Ky., in 1870.
He published Life and campaigns of Maj.-Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, commander of the cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCook , Robert Latimer 1827 - (search)
McCook, Robert Latimer 1827-
Military officer; born in New Lisbon, O., Dec. 28, 1827; another son of Major McCook; studied law and practised in Cincinnati.
In 1861 he was commissioned colonel of the 9th Ohio Regiment, which he had organized.
He first served in the West Virginia campaign under McClellan; later was transferred with his brigade to the Army of the Ohio, fought in the battle of Mill Spring, Ky., Jan. 19, 1862, where he was severely wounded; and in March, 1862, was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers.
Having rejoined his brigade before his wound had healed, he was murdered by guerillas while lying in an ambulance near Salem, Ala., Aug. 6, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McDowell , Irvin 1818 -1885 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Malvern Hill , battle of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marcy , Randolph Barnes 1812 -1887 (search)
Marcy, Randolph Barnes 1812-1887
Military officer; born in Greenwich, Mass., April 9, 1812; graduated at the United States Military Academy and commissioned brevet second lieutenant in the 5th Infantry in July, 1832; promoted to first lieutenant in 1837; captain in 1846; major and paymaster in 1859; colonel and inspector-general in 1861; brigadier-general and inspector-general in 1878; and was retired Jan. 2, 1881.
At the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers; was chief of staff to General McClellan (his son-inlaw) till 1863; and served principally on inspection duty through the war. He died in Orange, N. J., Nov. 22, 1887. General Marcy was author of Explorations of the Red River in 1852; The Prairie traveller; and Thirty.
Years of army life on the border.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battle of Mechanicsville , or Ellison's Mill , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Myer , Albert James 1827 - (search)
Myer, Albert James 1827-
Signal-officer; born in Newburg, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1827; graduated at Geneva College in 1847; became a physician, and in 1854 was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army.
From 1858 to 1860 he was on special duty in the signal service, and in the latter year he was appointed chief signal-officer, with the rank of major.
In June, 1861, he was made chief signalofficer on General Butler's staff, and afterwards on that of General McClellan, and was very active during the whole peninsular campaign. Colonel Myer took charge of the signal bureau in Washington, March 3, 1863, and for service at various points, and especially in giving timely signals that saved the fort and garrison at Allatoona, Ga., he was brevetted through all the grades from lieutenant-colonel to brigadier-general.
In 1866 he was appointed colonel and signal-officer of the United States army, and introduced a course of signal studies at West Point and Annapolis.
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