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September 8th (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
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1826 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1826; graduated at West Point in 1846; was lieutenant of sappers, miners, and pontoniers in the war against Mexico, and was commended for gallantry at various points from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico.
After the war he was instructor of bayonet exercise at West Point, and his Manual, translated from the French, became the text-book of the service.
In 1852 he was engaged with Capt. Randolph B. Marcy (afterwards his father-in-law) and Gen. C. F. Smith in explorations and surveys of Red River, the harbors of Texas, and the western part of a proposed route for a Pacific railway; also mountain ranges and the most direct route to Puget's Sound.
He was next sent on a secret mission to Santo Domingo; and in 1855 he was sent with Majors Delafield and Mordecai to Europe to study the organization of European armies and observe the war in the Crimea.
Captain McClellan left the army in 1857 and engaged
December 3rd, 1826 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1826; graduated at West Point in 1846; was lieutenant of sappers, miners, and pontoniers in the war against Mexico, and was commended for gallantry at various points from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico.
After the war he was instructor of bayonet exercise at West Point, and his Manual, translated from the French, became the text-book of the service.
In 1852 he was engaged with Capt. Randolph B. Marcy (afterwards his father-in-law) and Gen. C. F. Smith in explorations and surveys of Red River, the harbors of Texas, and the western part of a proposed route for a Pacific railway; also mountain ranges and the most direct route to Puget's Sound.
He was next sent on a secret mission to Santo Domingo; and in 1855 he was sent with Majors Delafield and Mordecai to Europe to study the organization of European armies and observe the war in the Crimea.
Captain McClellan left the army in 1857 and engaged
1846 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1826; graduated at West Point in 1846; was lieutenant of sappers, miners, and pontoniers in the war against Mexico, and was commended for gallantry at various points from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico.
After the war he was instructor of bayonet exercise at West Point, and his Manual, translated from the French, became the text-book of the service.
In 1852 he was engaged with Capt. Randolph B. Marcy (afterwards his father-in-law) and Gen. C. F. Smith in explorations and surveys of Red River, the harbors of Texas, and the western part of a proposed route for a Pacific railway; also mountain ranges and the most direct route to Puget's Sound.
He was next sent on a secret mission to Santo Domingo; and in 1855 he was sent with Majors Delafield and Mordecai to Europe to study the organization of European armies and observe the war in the Crimea.
Captain McClellan left the army in 1857 and engaged
1852 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1826; graduated at West Point in 1846; was lieutenant of sappers, miners, and pontoniers in the war against Mexico, and was commended for gallantry at various points from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico.
After the war he was instructor of bayonet exercise at West Point, and his Manual, translated from the French, became the text-book of the service.
In 1852 he was engaged with Capt. Randolph B. Marcy (afterwards his father-in-law) and Gen. C. F. Smith in explorations and surveys of Red River, the harbors of Texas, and the western part of a proposed route for a Pacific railway; also mountain ranges and the most direct route to Puget's Sound.
He was next sent on a secret mission to Santo Domingo; and in 1855 he was sent with Majors Delafield and Mordecai to Europe to study the organization of European armies and observe the war in the Crimea.
Captain McClellan left the army in 1857 and engaged
1855 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
1857 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
November, 1861 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton
1862 AD (search for this): entry mcclellan-george-brinton