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Crook, George -1890
Military officer; born near Dayton, O., Sept. 8, 1828; graduated at West Point in 1852.
In May, 1861, he was promoted to captain.
He did good service in western Virginia, and in September was made brigadiergeneral and took command of the Kanawha district.
In command of a division of cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, he was at Chickamauga (q. v.) and drove Wheeler across the Tennessee.
Brevetted major-general of volunteers (July, 1864), he was put in command of the Army of West Virginia, and took part in Sheridan's operations in the Shenandoah Valley.
He was made major-general of volunteers in October, and late in February, 1865, was captured by guerillas, but exchanged the next month.
He was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general in the regular Army March 13, 1865, and afterwards distinguished himself in several campaigns against the Indians, and particularly in the battles of Powder River, Tongue River, and the Rosebud.
He died in Chicago, I
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand army of the republic , the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schenck , James Findlay 1807 -1882 (search)
Schenck, James Findlay 1807-1882
Naval officer; born in Franklin, O., June 11, 1807; entered the navy in 1825; served on the Pacific coast with Stockton during the Mexican War; and commanded the East India Squadron in 1860-61.
He was afterwards engaged in the blockading service, and was in command of a division in Porter's fleet in the attacks on Fort Fisher.
He was promoted rear-admiral in 1868, and retired in 1869.
He died in Dayton, O., Dec. 21, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schenck , Robert Cumming 1809 -1890 (search)
Schenck, Robert Cumming 1809-1890
Diplomatist; born in Franklin, O., Oct. 4, 1809; brother of Admiral Schenck; graduated at Miami University in 1827; admitted to the bar in 1831, and settled in Dayton.
In 1840 he was in the Ohio legislature; and from 1843 to 1851 in Congress, when he went as American minister to Brazil, where he took part in the negotiation of several treaties in South America.
In 1861 he entered the field as brigadier-general of volunteers (May 17), and had
A bit of old Schenectady. his first encounter with the insurgents near Vienna, Va. He was engaged in the battle of Bull Run; then served in western Virginia; and, after the battle at Cross Keys, Fremont placed him in command of a division.
In the battle of Groveton, or the second battle of Bull Run, he had his right arm shattered by a ball.
In September, 1862, he was promoted to major-general, and a little later was in command at Baltimore.
From 1863 to 1871 he was in Congress, and in the latter year w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Soldiers and sailors homes, (search)
Soldiers and sailors homes,
Institutions provided by national and State governments for the care of sick and disabled soldiers and sailors.
The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers has branches at Dayton, O.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Togus, Me.; Hampton, Va.; Leavenworth, Kan.; Santa Monica, Cal.; Marion, Ind., and Danville, Ill. The aggregate number of inmates is about 27,000.
The requirements for admission are:
1. An honorable discharge from the United States service.
2. Disability which prevents the applicant from earning his living by labor.
3. Applicants for admission will be required to stipulate and agree to abide by all the rules and regulations made by the board of managers, or by its order; to perform all duties required of them, and to obey all the lawful orders of the officers of the home.
Attention is called to the fact that by the law establishing the home the members are made subject to the rules and articles of war, and will be governed thereby in th
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