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The Federal Army Officers and Breveted Brigadiers Listed
A Cincinnati Commercial correspondent surveys the newly appointed Major Generals and Brigadiers of the Federal Army after Fort Sumter. The piece lists 21 brigadiers from West Point classes and noted non graduates, with commentary on their careers, credibility, and potential fit for war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commercial
Fort Sumter
George B. McClellan
John C. Fremont
Nathaniel P. Banks
John A. Dix
Benjamin F. Butler
Mclellan
Gen. Banks
Tam
Baltimore
Bank
Dix
Butler
Irvin McDowell
Ohio
West Point
Beauregard
Buena Vista
Joseph K. F. Mansfield
Conneticut
Fort Brown
Monterey
Taylor
Williams. Rosencrans
Rich Mountain
Robert Anderson
Kentucky
Molino del Rey
David Hanter
Ilinois
Bull’s Run
Ing
National Bridge
Chepultepec
Don Carls Buell
Indiana
Contreras
Churubusco
James Oakes
Pennsylvania
Medelin
Samuel P Heintzleman
Huamantla
William B. Franklin
Benna Vista
Charles P. Stone
District of Columbia
Thomas W. Sherman
Rhode Island
Joseph J. Reynolds
Rufus King
Wisconsin
New York
Rome
Ulysses S. Grant
John Pope
Illinois
Montgomery C. Meigs
Weat Point
Andrew Porter
Philip Kearney
New Jersey
City of
Mexico
Franz Sigel
Missouri
E. D. Baker
Oregon
Congress
Illinois Volunteers
Prederic W. Lander
Virginia
B. F. Kelly
Virginia Volunteers
Philippi
Blm Prentiss
John A. McClernand
Ilinoia
Robert C. Schenck
J. A. D. Cox
Drove Wise
S. A. Hurlbut
Flinois
Lincoln
Jeff. Davis
Joseph E. Johnson
Gen. Morris
Johnson
Morris
Charles F. Smith
Palo Alto
Rieseca de la Palma
Contrerap
Charubunce
Owl. Blenker
Slocum
Volunteer Force
Wadsworth
Peck
Regular Army
J. H. Martindale
M. Mitchell