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The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Damages recovered from a Railroad Company. (search)
Buena Vista, brevetted Major for his distinguished services in the Mexican war, is appointed Major General of the Louisiana Army; Major George Deas, also late of the United States Army, brevetted Major for gallant and distinguished services at Contreras, Churubusco, El Molina, and Chepultepec, is Adjutant General; A. C. Meyers, late of the Army, brevetted Lieutenant Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct throughout the same war, is Quartermaster General; and Major P. G. T. Beauregard, Colonel of Engineers. Major Beauregard was also of the late United States Army, was brevetted for his conduct at Contreras and Churubusco, and Major for his conduct in the battle of Chepultepec, where he was twice wounded. He was recently appointed to the command of West Point, which place he resigned to devote himself to the services of his native State. These gentlemen are said to be of the elite of the army of the late United States; none stand higher for skill, courage, and noble conduct in