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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 6: Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)
yer. He served as colonel of volunteers in the Mexican War, and afterward went to Congress. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, and was commander of the Army of the Southwest from December, 1861, to August, 1862. He conducted an active campaign against Van Dorn and Price, during which he won the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7-8, 1862, and was made major-general of volunteers that same month. Later, he was unable to hold Arkansas and was compelled to march to the Mississippi River. He was in command of the Department of Missouri, September, 1862, to May, 1863, and of Kansas, January, 1864, to January, 1865, after which he was at the head of that of the Northwest. He negotiated treaties with several Indian tribes, and was mustered out of the volunteer service April 30, 1866. He died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, December 26, 1866. Major-General Frederick Steele (U. S.M. A. 1843) was born in Delhi, New York, January 14, 1819, and served in the Mexican War. He
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 7: Confederate armies and generals (search)
Masterful as well as Indefatigable and Indomitable leader of Cavalry. Simon Bolivar, Buckner, defender of his native Kentucky in 1861 and in 1865; led a Corps to victory at Chickamauga. Richard Taylor skillful defender of the Trans-Mississippi Territory. Theophilus Hunter, Holmes, defender of the James River in 1862 and Arkansas in 1863. Join Clifford, Pemberton, Baffled the assailants of Vicksburg through three campaigns, yielding to only Heavy Odds. From 1887 to 1890, he was go Bankhead Magruder, defender of the Virginia Peninsula in 1861. William Wing Loring, with Robert E. Lee in West Virginia in 1861. Samuel Jones, commander Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Sterling Price fought on both sides of the Mississippi River. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, brigade, division and Corps commander. Dabney Herndon Maury, defender of the lower Mississippi in 1862-4. Earl Van Dorn, a daring and Resourceful Army commander. John Cabel Breckinridge, defender of th