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the
siege of Vicksburg.
He commanded the right wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps on the
Red River expedition, and, as major-general of volunteers, in various operations in
Tennessee and
Mississippi during the
Atlanta campaign.
He took part in the
battle of Nashville, and became commander of the reorganized Sixteenth Corps on February 18, 1865, participating in the closing operations around
Mobile.
He reentered the regular army as colonel in 1866, and was retired in 1899.
For a time he was postmaster of
St. Louis.
He died in
St Louis, January 30, 1897.
Seventeenth Army Corps
Created December 18, 1862, from troops in the Thirteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee, and the command given to
Major-General J. B. McPherson, with whose name it is closely linked.
Divisions were exchanged with the Sixteenth Corps.
It was prominent in the operations on the
Mississippi before and after the
fall of Vicksburg, and was a member of
Sherman's Meridian expedition.
After this the corps was divided: half remained in the
Mississippi valley; the other two divisions went with
Sherman to
Atlanta.
The Mississippi section was on the
Red River expedition with
Brigadier-General A. J. Smith and formed part of the detachment that fought at
Nashville.
It never rejoined the rest of the corps, which followed
Sherman through
Georgia and the Carolinas.
On August 1, 1865, the corps was discontinued.
Besides
McPherson, it was commanded by
Major-Generals F. P. Blair, Jr.,
J. A. Mower,
Brigadier-Generals T. E. G. Ransom,
M. D. Leggett, and
W. W. Belknap.
was born in
Lexington, Kentucky, February 19, 1821, and became a lawyer and editor in
St. Louis.
He was a member of Congress for several years, and at the outbreak of the
Civil War he was instrumental in saving
Missouri to the
Union.
Entering the army as colonel, his commission of major-general of volunteers was dated November 29, 1862.
He commanded a brigade on the
Yazoo expedition, and afterward was division commander in the Fifteenth Army Corps, and headed it for a short time.
In
Sherman's campaigns to
Atlanta and through
Georgia and the Carolinas, he commanded the Seventeenth Army Corps.
Resigning from the volunteer service in November, 1865, he was Democratic nominee for vice-president in 1868, and senator from
Missouri, 1871-73.
He died in
St. Louis, July 8, 1875.
was born in
Woodstock, Vermont, August 22, 1827.
He served as a private in the
Mexican War and reentered the army as second lieutenant in 1855.
After the
Civil War broke out, he was promoted to a captaincy, became colonel of a Missouri regiment in May, 1862, and brigadier-general of volunteers in November of that year.
He led his regiment in the attacks on
Island No.10, in other activities in
Kentucky and
Tennessee, and headed a brigade in the Army of the Mississippi at the time it was discontinued, passing thence to brigades in the Thirteenth, Sixteenth, and Fifteenth corps (Army of the Tennessee). With the latter, he served at the
siege of Vicksburg.
From December, 1863, to October, 1864, he commanded a brigade and then a division in the right wing of the Sixteenth Corps, and took part in the
Red River expedition and in the operations in
Mississippi and
Tennessee while
Sherman was fighting his way to
Atlanta.
In October, he joined
Sherman's army at the head of a division of the Seventeenth Army Corps, and was its commander for a short time.
In the closing days of the
Carolina campaign he had command of the Twentieth Army Corps.
Mower was appointed major-general of volunteers in August, 1864.
After leaving the volunteer service he continued as colonel in the regular army, serving with the Thirty-ninth and Twenty-fifth infantry.
He commanded the Department of Louisiana.
He died in New Orleans, January 6, 1870.
Eighteenth Army Corps
On December 24, 1862, the troops in the Department of North Carolina were designated the Eighteenth Army Corps, and
Major-General J. G. Foster was placed at its head.
There were five divisions, at first. Two divisions were detached in February, 1863, and sent to the Tenth Corps,
