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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz) 34 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Military order of foreign wars, (search)
Military order of foreign wars, an organization founded in New York City, Dec. 27, 1894, by the veterans and descendants of veterans of one or more of the five wars waged between the United States and foreign powers. The purpose of this organization is to perpetuate the names and memory of brave and loyal men who took part in establishing and maintatining the principles of the government, and to preserve records and documents relating to said wars, and to celebrate the anniversaries of historic events connected therewith. A commandery may be established in any State. A national commandery was instituted March 11, 1896, with the following officers: Commander-general, Maj.-Gen. Alexander S. Webb, U. S. A.; secretarygeneral, James H. Morgan, New York City; treasurer-general, Edward S. Sayres; registrar-general, Rev. Henry N. Wayne; historian-general, Capt. Samuel E. Cross, U. S. V.; recording-general, Charles D. Walcott.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webb, Alexander Stewart 1835- (search)
Webb, Alexander Stewart 1835- Military officer; born in New York City, Feb. 15, 1835; son of James Watson Webb; graduated at West Point in 1855. Entering the artillery, he served against the Seminoles in Florida in 1856, and from 1857 to 1861 was assistant Professor of Mathematics at West Point. In May, 1861, he was made captain of infantry, and in June, 1863, brigadier-general of volunteers. He was one of the defenders of Fort Pickens; fought at Bull Run and through the campaign on the Peninsula; was chief of staff of the 5th Corps at Antietam and Chancellorsville; served with distinction at Gettysburg, and commanded a brigade in the 2d Corps, in Virginia, from October, 1863, to April, 1864. He commanded a brigade in the campaign against Richmond in 1864-65, and in January, 1865, was General Meade's chief of staff. In March he was brevetted majorgeneral, United States army, and was discharged in 1870. In 1869 he was chosen president of the College of the City of New York.