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...hile in Washington D.C. on other business. He volunteered as aid to Col. [[Robert E. Lee]] who was charged with suppressing the insurrection and was involved At Chancellorsville he took over command of his friend Stonewall Jackson's Corps after that officer had been mortally wounded by h ...

...He was inaugurated on February 22, 1862. On June 1, he assigned General [[Robert E. Lee]] to command the Army of Northern Virginia, the main Confederate arm ...s generals in the field, notably in his reluctance to relieve his personal friend, the inept [[Braxton Bragg]], defeated in important battles and distrusted ...

...y Davis's military advisor without a direct command, a post once held by [[Robert E. Lee]]. Later in 1864, having proved ineffective at that position, he com Bragg was walking down a street with a friend in Galveston, Texas when he suddenly fell over dead. He is buried in Magnol ...

..., partly for the local advantage, but chiefly for the moral effect both on friend and enemy, of showing American troops in an independent offensive operation * Major General [[Robert L. Bullard]], Dec 14, 1917 - June 30, 1918 ...

...ase respond by same messenger to Major DePayster at ye [[Fort Detroit]], a friend of the captives. ...ia, USA.[[Soloman Litton References|(12)]] "Thomas Carter, Soloman Litton, Robert Tate and William Gilmore produced ...

...as born on 1 Jun 1815, at 3 Broadway on Manhattan Island. His parents were Robert Kearny and Anne Livingston Reade. ...of the respected, late General [[Henry Atkinson]]. Not even his mentor and friend, General [[Winfield Scott]] could assist him with his ambitions. Finally, K ...

...ling Waters and defeated the Confederates under Stonewall Jackson. At Gen. Robert Anderson's request Sherman and Thomas were made brigadier-generals of volun .... When he received his commission as major-general in the regular army his friend and medical director, seeing that he was deeply moved, said: "It is better ...