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Lincolnton (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
rrest's Corps. Samuel W. Ferguson commanded a Cavalry brigade. George D. Johnston led a brigade under Bragg. Joseph R. Davis led a brigade in R. E. Lee's Army. Wirt Adams, a conspicuous Cavalry commander. the Army of Northern Virginia, receiving his division on the organization of the Third Army Corps. He died in Staunton, Virginia, July 18, 1863, from wounds received upon the field of Gettysburg. Major-General Stephen Dodson Ramseur （U. S.M. A. 1860) was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, May 31, 1837, and was assigned to the artillery at Fort Monroe. He resigned in April, 1861, to enter the Confederate service. He was made major in the North Carolina State artillery. He was present at the siege of Yorktown, and was placed at the head of a North Carolina regiment in April. He was severely wounded at Malvern Hill, but returned to the army during the winter of 1862-63, having been made brigadier-general in October. He led a brigade with great ability in the Seco
Hackensack, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
lieutenant-generals; it being the intention that every commander of an army should rank as general, and every commander of a corps should rank as lieutenant-general. Such was the case with the generals mentioned in the biographical matter following in connection with the various armies and other organizations. An exception to this statement was General Samuel Cooper, who served at Richmond as adjutant and inspector-general. General Samuel, Cooper (U. S.M. A. 1815） was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, June 12, 1798, and served in the army, receiving the brevet of colonel for his services in the Mexican War. He resigned in March, 1861, to enter the service of the Confederacy. He was appointed general on May 16th, but, owing to his age, took no active part in the field. He was adjutant and inspector-general of the Confederate States army throughout the entire war, performing his duties with great thoroughness and ability. He died at Cameron, Virginia, December 3, 1876. Army o
Bayou Goula (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
of the Red River. After the war he entered the service of the Khedive of Egypt, where he was, from 1869 to 1873, engaged in building coast and river defenses. He died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, August 23, 1886. Army of Louisiana At the beginning of the war, the Louisiana State troops, commanded by Major-General Braxton Bragg and later by Colonel P. O. Hebert, were sometimes designated the Army of Louisiana. Brigadier-General Paul Octave Hebert （U. S.M. A. 1840) was born in Bayou Goula, Herville Parish, Louisiana, November 12, 1818. He resigned from the army in 1845, reentering as Confederate generals--no. 2 Alabama Young M. Moody, commander of the District of Florida. Isham W. Garrott, original Colonel of 20th regiment. William F. Perry led a noted brigade under Longstreet. William H. Forney led an Alabama brigade in Hill's Corps. William W. Allen led a Cavalry division in Wheeler's Corps. John H. Forney, one of the defenders of Vicksbur
Tupelo (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
2, driving back the Federal troops with great slaughter. He was among those who surrendered at Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, and in August was put at the head of the cavalry in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, and fought at Tupelo and other places. In May, 1864, he succeeded Lieutenant-General Polk at the head of this department, remaining there until July, when he was assigned to the command of Hood's Corps, Army of Tennessee, General Hood having been placed at the head aptured the garrison there, amid great slaughter on April 12th. He then returned to Mississippi and began to operate against Sherman's lines of communication. He defeated Sturgis, at Guntown, on June 10th, but was put to rout by A. J. Smith, at Tupelo, on July 14th. In January, 1865, he was placed in command of the District of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and on February 28th was made lieutenant-general. He was defeated at Selma, Alabama, by the Federal cavalry-leader, J. H. Wilson, and s
Fort Fisher (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
city he served on the Peninsula and in the Seven Days battle. He also fought at Antietam, Confederate generals--no. 15 North Carolina Alfred M. Scales led a North Carolina brigade in Hill's Corps. William P. Roberts led a brigade of Cavalry in Virginia. John D. Barry, Colonel of the 18th North Carolina regiment. William McRae led a North Carolina brigade in Lee's Army. William R. Cox led a North Carolina brigade in Ewell's Corps. R. Leventhorpe, defender of Fort Fisher. Lawrence S. Baker, Colonel of the 1st Cavalry. Thomas F. Toon led a North Carolina brigade in Lee's Army. John R. Cooke, engaged in Repelling Burnside at Fredericksburg. Rufus Barringer led a brigade of Cavalry in Virginia. Thomas L. Clingman led a North Carolina brigade in Lee's Army. Frericksburg, and Gettysburg, and with General Longstreet's Corps. He was engaged at the battle of Chickamauga, commanding a brigade in McLaws' Division of the Left Wing. Returning to the
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
e and fought at Glorieta (or Apache Cañon). The army was forced to retreat into Texas, in April, 1862, by Federal troops under Colonel E. R. S. Canby. Sibley was reMexico. After his repulse at Glorieta, March 28, 1862, he was driven back into Texas. He continued his service at the head of various commands in Louisiana, south esigned his commission in 1834. Two years later, he entered the army of the Texan Republic as a private, soon becoming a brigadier-general, and in 1838 was commander-in-chief of the army of Texas and Secretary of War. Later, he reentered the United States Army and served in the Mexican War with distinction. As colonel, he conduwingsville, Kentucky, June 1, 1831. and fought against the Comanche Indians in Texas. He resigned from the army in April, 1861, to enter the Confederate service. my—Trans-Mississippi Army The forces in the Department of West Louisiana and Texas were constituted the Southwestern Army, January 14, 1863, and the command was g
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
oth, to the end; he fell on the battlefield of Pine Mountain in the defense of Atlanta. William Joseph Hardee, on the front line for four years; last commander of uly 18th, Johnston was replaced by General John B. Hood. After the capture of Atlanta, the army returned to Tennessee, and, failing to cut off Major-General Schofiehnston in the command of the army with the temporary rank of general. He lost Atlanta, and, returning to Tennessee, was driven into Alabama by Major-General Thomas , to Georgia in May, 1864, to assist Johnston in opposing Sherman's advance to Atlanta. On Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, he was killed by a cannon-ball, Ju864. In May, Polk joined the Army of Tennessee to oppose Sherman's advance to Atlanta, and he then denominated his troops the Army of Mississippi. Polk was killed in the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns until he was killed at Decatur, near Atlanta, July 22, 1864. Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest was born near
Marye's Heights (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
. M. M. Parsons led a brigade in Price's division; defender of Red River. Joseph H. Cockrell, distinguished in Missouri campaigns; later U. S. Senator. John S. Marmaduke, leader of Cavalry West of the Mississippi. Daniel M. Frost led a brigade of State Guard under General Price. John S. Bowen, conspicuous at Port Gibson and Vicksburg in 1863. North Carolina James G. Martin led a brigade defending Richmond in 1864-5. Robert Ransom, Jr., one of the defenders of Marye's Heights in 1862. Richard C. Gatlin, Colonel of a Corps of Infantry, C. S.A., in 1861. Bryan Grimes led a division in the Army of Northern Virginia. Brigadier-General John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama, June 1, 1826. He served in the Mexican War and joined the Confederate army in command of the Lexington Rifles, of Kentucky. He did scouting duty, and, as colonel, organized three cavalry companies known as Morgan's Squadron, which operated in Tennessee and Kentucky
Yorktown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
art, May, 1864, Major-General (later Lieutenant-General) Wade Hampton took command. Major-General Fitzhugh Lee also Confederate major-generals conspicuous as commanders of armies or army corps Gustavus Woodson Smith, defender of Yorktown and Richmond. John 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 bo Lincolnton, North Carolina, May 31, 1837, and was assigned to the artillery at Fort Monroe. He resigned in April, 1861, to enter the Confederate service. He was made major in the North Carolina State artillery. He was present at the siege of Yorktown, and was placed at the head of a North Carolina regiment in April. He was severely wounded at Malvern Hill, but returned to the army during the winter of 1862-63, having been made brigadier-general in October. He led a brigade with great abili
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 8
se of the war he was in charge of the Department of Florida and South Georgia. He died in Washington, D. C., April 1, 1887. Army of Mobile On January 27, 1862, the command of Brigadier-Generalng a division in A. P. Hill's Third Army Corps. He surrendered at Appomattox, and died at Washington, D. C., September 26, 1899. Major-General Joseph B. Kershaw was born at Camden, South Carosburg; being in command of Field's Division of the First Army Corps. General Field died in Washington, D. C., April 9, 1892. Major-General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox （U. S.M. A. 1846) was born in , on December 2, 1890, he was chief of the Railroad Division of the General Land Office at Washington, D. C. He wrote a History of the Mexican War, which is regarded as the standard military work on lected to the United States Senate in 1880, where he acted with the Republican party. He failed of re-election on the expiration of his term in 1887, and died at Washington, D. C., October 9, 1893
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