Statistics for occurrence #1 of “U. S. A.” in entry baird-absalom of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...n Georgia and in the Atlanta campaign.
In Sherman's march to the sea he commanded a division of the 14th Army Corps, and also in the advance through the Carolinas.
He was brevetted major-general, U. S. A. , in March, 1865; promoted brigadier-general and inspector-general in 1885; and retired in 1888.
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