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after the
Confederate evacuation, and at this time he was made major-general.
He was given command of the Middle Department in June, and headed the Eighth Army Corps when it was organized in July.
In January, 1863, he went back to the Department of the East, which had been recreated, and remained there until July 18th.
He was retired from the army on August 1, 1865, and died in
Troy, New York, November 10, 1869.
was born in
Franklin, Ohio, October 4, 1809.
He became a lawyer, and was minister to
Brazil, 1851-53.
When the
Civil War broke out he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, and commanded a brigade at the
battle of Bull Run.
His force was transferred to the Department of Western Virginia, and he aided in saving that valuable region to the
Union.
In the new Mountain Department,
Schenck had an independent Brigade, and he commanded the
Federal right at the
battle of Cross Keys.
He was given a division of the First Corps, Army of Virginia, when the
Mountain troops were merged in that army.
He was severely wounded at
Second Bull Run, where his gallantry won him promotion to major-general of volunteers.
After recovery, he was given the Eighth Army Corps (troops of the Middle Department), December 22, 1862.
He resigned from the Army December 3, 1863, having been elected member of Congress, where he served until 1870.
In 1871, he was a member of the commission which drew up the treaty of
Washington, and from 1871 to 1876 was
United States minister to
Great Britain.
He died in
Washington, March 23, 1890.
was born in
Brookville, Indiana, April 10, 1827.
He became a lawyer and served in the
Mexican War. At the commencement of the
Civil War he headed the Eleventh Indiana Infantry, and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in September, 1861.
At
Fort Donelson and
Shiloh he was in command of a division, and after the former battle he was promoted to major-general of volunteers.
In 1863, he superintended the construction of the defenses of
Cincinnati.
In March, 1864, he took command of the Eighth Army Corps and was defeated by
Lieutenant-General Early at the
Monocacy.
He resigned from the army in November, 1865.
After the war he was appointed Governor of
New Mexico, and from 1881 to 1885 was
United States minister to
Turkey.
Major-General Wallace was the author of
Ben-Hur, the
Prince of India, and other well-known books, in addition to enjoying great popularity as a lecturer.
He died at
Crawfordsville Indiana, February 15, 1905.
Ninth Army Corps
The troops that
Major-General Burnside took with him to
North Carolina in December, 1861, which were then known as
Burnside's Expeditionary Corps and which made a record for themselves at
Roanoke Island, New Berne, and elsewhere, were merged in the Department of North Carolina in April, 1862.
They and some others from the Department of the South were transferred to the Army of the Potomac in July, and on the 22d, the Ninth Army Corps came into existence.
At first, it contained less than five thousand men. Its commanders were
Major-Generals Burnside,
J. L. Reno,
Brigadier-General J. D. Cox,
Major-Generals John Sedgwick,
W. F. Smith,
J. G. Parke,
Brigadier-General R. B. Potter, and
Brevet Major-General 0.
B. Willcox. Two divisions went to the assistance of
Pope, and fought at
Second Bull Run and
Chantilly.
Afterward, the corps distinguished itself at
South Mountain,
Antietam, and
Fredericksburg.
After the latter battle,
Burnside was transferred to the Department of the Ohio (March, 1863) and two divisions of the corps (one having gone to the Seventh) went West with him. The corps took part in the
siege of Vicksburg, and was itself besieged in
Knoxville, where it suffered great hardships.
Early in 1864, the corps was ordered East for reorganization, with
Burnside at the head.
At the end of May, it became part of the Army of the Potomac, having acted as a separate command through the earlier battles of
Grant's campaign.
It was very prominent in the siege of
Petersburg, and the famous mine was constructed and exploded in front of its lines.
The flags of the Ninth Corps were the first that were shown on the public buildings of
Petersburg.
In June, 1865, the corps was
