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UNITED STATES. 



1853 was made inspector-general, with the 

 rank of colonel ; and during the present war 

 has been promoted to a brigadier-generalship in 

 the regular army. 



Brigadier-General Charles Ferguson Smith 

 was a native of Pennsylvania, born about 1805 ; 

 graduated at West Point in 1825, and made 

 second lieutenant artillery the same year ; in 

 1859 appointed assistant instructor in infantry 

 tactics at West Point ; in 1831 promoted to an 

 adjutancy, and in 1832 made first lieutenant. 

 In 1838 he was appointed instructor in infan- 

 try tactics in the military academy, and pro- 

 moted to a captaincy the same year. He dis- 

 tinguished himself in the Mexican war at Palo 

 Alto, Kesaca de la Palma, Contreras, and Chu- 

 rubusco, and was brevetted major and lieuten- 

 ant-colonel for his gallant conduct in these bat- 

 tles, and the same year appointed acting in- 

 spector-general in Mexico. In 1854 he attained 

 the rank of major, and in 1855 that of lieuten- 

 ant-colonel. On the 31st of August, 1861, he 

 was made brigadier-general of volunteers, and 

 put in command of troops at Paducah, Ky. He 

 distinguished himself at Fort Donelson by a 

 brilliant charge of his brigade, which he led in 

 person, and which was the decisive action of 

 the battle. He died at Savannah, Tenn., April 

 25, 1862. 



Brigadier-General Horatio Gates Wright is 

 a native of Connecticut, born about 1821 ; grad- 

 uated at West Point, second in his class, in 

 1841 ; was acting assistant and assistant profes- 

 sor of engineering from 1842 to 1844 ; made 

 first lieutenant, 1848, and captain of engineers, 

 1855, and served for four years as assistant to 

 Gen. Totten. He was appointed brigadier- 

 general of volunteers September 14, 1861, and 

 attached to the Port Royal expedition as com- 

 mander of the third brigade. He distinguished 

 himself there in several actions. 



Brigadier-General William Nelson, a native 

 of Kentucky, born about 1828; was at first 

 connected with the navy, and attained the rank 

 of passed midshipman, July, 1846 ; served with 

 the navy battery at Vera Cruz in 1847; ap- 

 pointed lieutenant in the army in 1855 ; made 

 brigadier-general Sept. 16, 1861, and placed in 

 command in Eastern Kentucky, where he de- 

 feated Humphrey Marshall in several engage- 

 ments. 



Brigadier-General John G. Barnard, a native 

 of Massachusetts, born about 1813, graduated 

 at West Point, second in his class, in 1833, and 

 became second lieutenant of engineers same 

 year ; captain in 1838 ; brevetted major for 

 meritorious conduct in the Mexican war; in- 

 structor in practical engineering at the military 

 academy in 1854 ; superintendent of the mili- 

 tary academy, 1855-'6 ; major, 1858 ; author 

 of several works on engineering and mathe- 

 matical science ; appointed brigadier-general 

 of volunteers, September 23, 1861. 



Brigadier-General Irvin McDowell is a na- 

 tive of Ohio, born about 1818 ; received his 

 early education in France ; graduated at West 



Point in 1838 ; second lieutenant of First Regi- 

 ment of Artillery same year ; aide-de-camp to 

 Gen. Wool, 1845 ; assistant adjutant-general, 

 1847; brevetted captain for meritorious con- 

 duct at Buena Vista ; resigned in 1851 ; made 

 brigadier-general in the regular army in May, 

 1861 ; commanded at Bull Run ; remained with 

 the army of the Potomac in command near 

 Fredericksburg. 



Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sherman was 

 born in Rhode Island about 1816 ; graduated 

 at West Point, 1836, and was appointed second 

 lieutenant in the Third Artillery same year; 

 was promoted to the first lieutenancy, 1838, and 

 to the captaincy in 1846 ; was engaged in the 

 Mexican war, and, " for gallant and meritorious 

 conduct," was brevetted major. At the com- 

 mencement of the present war was promoted 

 colonel ; made brigadier-general August, 1861 ; 

 he commanded the land forces in the Port 

 Royal expedition, and captured Tybee Island. 



Brigadier-General John Pope, born in Illi- 

 nois, about 1822, but was appointed a cadet 

 from Kentucky ; graduated at West Point in 

 1842, and received an appointment at once in 

 the corps of topographical engineers ; brevetted 

 first lieutenant and captain for gallant and 

 meritorious conduct at Monterey and Buena 

 Vista ; captain in 1859 ; colonel in June, 1861, 

 and brigadier-general of volunteers, July, 

 1861 ; commanded in Northern Missouri in 

 February, 1862, captured New Madrid, and 

 aided in the capture of Island Number Ten. 



Brigadier-General Charles D. Jameson was 

 born in Cumberland County, Maine, February 

 24, 1827. Early in life he embarked in the 

 lumber business, and in time became one of 

 the most extensive manufacturers and shippers 

 on the Penobscot River. At the commence- 

 ment of the present war he was put in com- 

 mand of the First Regiment in his native State, 

 and inarched to the defence of the capital. On 

 account of meritorious conduct at the battle of 

 Bull Run, he received the appointment of brig- 

 adier-general, September 3, 1861, and was soon 

 afterwards placed in command of one of the 

 brigades in Gen. Heintzelman's division. 



Major-General Ulysses S. Grant is a native 

 of Ohio, born in 1822 ; graduated at West 

 Point, July, 1843, and was made second lieu- 

 tenant of the Fourth Regiment of United States 

 infantry. In 1847 was made first lieutenant. 

 He was with Gen. Taylor in the Mexican war, 

 and for gallant and meritorious conduct at the 

 battle of Chapultepec, was brevetted captain, 

 1847; attained rank of captain, 1853. At the 

 opening of the present war he offered his ser- 

 vices to Gov. Yates of Illinois, and was ap- 

 pointed colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment 

 of Illinois Volunteers. He was made brigadier- 

 general, and won himself much honor at the bat- 

 tle of Belmont and the capture of Fort Donelson. 



Brigadier-General George H. Thomas is a na- 

 tive of Virginia, born about 1820; graduated at 

 West Point, 1840 ; brevetted first lieutenant for 

 gallantry and good conduct in the war against 



