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the Florida Indians in 1841 ; first lieutenant, 

 1844 ; brevet captain for conduct at Monterey, 

 1846 4 brevet major, for conduct at Buena Vista, 

 1847 ; instructor of artillery and cavalry at the 

 military academy, 1850-55, with rank of cap- 

 tain after 1853 ; major Second Cavalry, 1855 ; 

 brigadier-general of volunteers, August, 1861 ; 

 assigned to Department of Kentucky ; fought 

 battle of Mill Spring ; and was engaged on the 

 6th and 7th of April, 1862, in the battle of 

 Shiloh. 



Brigadier-General Ormsby McKnight Mitchell 

 was born in Union County, Ky., July, 1810 ; 

 graduated at West Point in 1829, and appoint- 

 ed brevet second lieutenant of artillery ; made 

 assistant professor of mathematics 1829-31 ; 

 engaged in railroad surveys June to September, 

 1831 ; detailed to St. Augustine, Fla. ; resigned, 

 1832 ; went to Cincinnati, practised law for two 

 years, then opened a scientific school ; in 1836 

 became professor of mathematics, philosophy, 

 and astronomy in Cincinnati College ; project- 

 ed, and, in spite of great difficulties, achieved 

 the establishment of the Cincinnati Observa- 

 tory ; has lectured extensively on astronomy ; 

 edited " Sidereal Journal," 1846-55 ; invented 

 a magnetic clock in 1848 ; in 1859 was appoint- 

 ed superintendent of Dudley Observatory at 

 Albany; has published several works on as- 

 tronomy ; soon after the commencement of the 

 war, he resigned, and offered his services to 

 the Government; was appointed brigadier- 

 general, and assigned to the Department of 

 Ohio. (Has distinguished himself in April, 

 1862, by the capture of Huntsville, Alabama, 

 and taking possession of nearly 200 miles of 

 the Memphis and Charleston Railroad; made 

 major-general by Congress soon after.) 



Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeney was 

 born in Ireland in 1818 ; came to this country 

 in childhood; was second lieutenant of New 

 York Volunteers in the Mexican war ; lost an 

 arm at Churubusco ; served on the western 

 frontier subsequently, and was promoted to a 

 captaincy; was appointed colonel of volunteers 

 at the commencement of the present war, and 

 made brigadier-general in the session of 1861-'2. 

 He distinguished himself at Wilson's Creek. 



Brigadier-General Harvey Brown is a native 

 of New Jersey, born about 1798 ; graduated at 

 West Point in 1818 ; became first lieutenant 

 of artillery in 1821 ; was aid to Major-General 

 Brown in 1824-'5 ; lieutenant-colonel of mount- 

 ed Creek Volunteers in the Florida war, in 

 1836-'7 ; brevetted major for his gallant con- 

 duct in that war ; distinguished himself at 

 Monterey, Contreras, Churubusco, and Belen, 

 and received two brevets for his meritorious 

 conduct there ; promoted to rank of major in 

 1851, and colonel in 1858 ; took command of 

 Fort Pickens, Fla., in June, 1861, and twice 



E engaged the Confederate batteries and forts on 

 the main land ; was made brigadier-general of 

 the regular army by Congress in its session of 

 1861-'2, and placed in command of the forts in 

 New York harbor. 



Brigadier-General George Archibald McCall, 

 born in Pennsylvania, about 1802, graduated 

 at West Point, 1822; made first lieutenant of 

 infantry, 1829 ; aide-de-camp to Gen. Gaines 

 from 1831 to 1836; promoted captain, 1886; 

 brevet major and lieutenant-colonel in 1846, 

 for gallant conduct at Palo Alto and Resaca 

 de la Palma, 1846 ; assistant adjutant-general, 

 1846; major, 1847; inspector-general, 1850; 

 brigadier-general of volunteers, 1861. 



Brigadier-General William S. Rosecrans is a 

 native of Ohio, born in 1825. He graduated 

 with high rank at West Point in 1842; ap- 

 pointed brevet second lieutenant of engineers 

 same year, and made assistant professor of en- 

 gineering, and afterwards of natural philosophy 

 at the military academy. Resigned his com- 

 mission in April, 1854, and established himself 

 as an architect and civil engineer in Cincinnati, 

 and subsequently as a manufacturer of kerosene 

 oil ; entered the army as colonel at the break- 

 ing out of the war ; distinguished himself in 

 several battles in Western Virginia ; was pro- 

 moted to the rank of brigadier-general in the 

 regular army May 16, 1861. 



Brigadier- General Isaac I. Stevens was born 

 at Andover, Mass., about the year 1818 ; grad- 

 uated as the first scholar in his class at West 

 Point, July, 1839 ; was appointed first lieuten- 

 ant of engineers, July, 1840. He served upon 

 General Scott's staff throughout the Mexican 

 war, and for gallant and meritorious conduct 

 in the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, and 

 Chapultepec was brevetted captain and major 

 in 1848. Since 1849 Major Stevens has assist- 

 ed in the United States Coast Survey. In 

 1853 he was appointed Governor of Washing- 

 ton Territory, and in 1857 was a delegate to 

 Congress. At the commencement of the war 

 he volunteered, and was subsequently given the 

 command of the Seventy-ninth Highlanders. 

 He was made brigadier-general, September, 

 1860, and commanded a brigade under General 

 Sherman at Port Royal. 



Brigadier-General Benjamin M. Prentiss was 

 born in Belleville, Wood County, Virginia, No- 

 vember 23, 1819. In 1840 he removed to Illi- 

 nois and in 1846, being captain of the Quincy 

 Blues, volunteered for the Mexican war with 

 his company, and was in the battle of Buena 

 Vista. At the commencement of the present 

 straggle he reorganized the Quincy Blues, was 

 elected colonel of the Seventh Regiment of 

 Illinois, and upon the organization of a brigade 

 at Cairo was appointed brigadier-general. 



Brigadier-General Robert C. Schenck is a 

 native of Warren County, Ohio ; was born in 

 1810. He graduated at the Miami University, 

 and afterwards was a professor in that institu- 

 tion. He studied law, and settled in Dayton ; 

 served as State representative several years, 

 and was twice elected to Congress ; was ap- 

 pointed Minister to Brazil during the admin- 

 istration of President Fillmore. He received 

 his commission of brigadier-general May 17, 

 1861. 



