Shiloh, and made major-general of volunteers, May 1, 1862; served at
Chattanooga and Vicksburg, won battles of Dalton, Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain, and Peachtree Creek; made major-general in regular army,
August 12, 1864; occupied Atlanta, September 2, 1864; started on march
to the sea, November 12, 1864; entered Savannah, December 21, 1864;
received surrender of Johnston's army, April 26, 1865;
lieutenant-general, 1866; general and commander of the army, 1869;
retired, 1884; died at New York City, February 14, 1891.

SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY. Born at Albany, New York, March 6, 1831;
graduated at West Point, 1853; captain, 1861; colonel of cavalry, 1862;
at Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge; commander
of cavalry corps of Army of the Potomac, April, 1864; at Wilderness,
Hawe's Shop and Trevellian; won victories of Winchester, Fisher's Hill,
Cedar Creek, and devastated Shenandoah Valley, 1864; major-general,
November 8, 1864; commanded at Five Forks, March 31, April 1, 1865; took
leading part in pursuit of Lee; lieutenant-general, 1867; succeeded
Sherman as Commander-in-chief, 1883; general, 1888; died at Nonquith,
Massachusetts, August 5, 1888.

THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY. Born in Southampton County, Virginia, July 31,
1816; graduated at West Point, 1840; served in Seminole and Mexican
wars; brigadier-general of volunteers, August, 1861; at Mill Springs,
Perryville and Murfreesboro; became famous for his defense of Union
position at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863; with Sherman in Georgia,
1864; defeated Hood at Nashville, December 15-16, 1864; died at San
Francisco, March 28, 1870.

LEE, ROBERT EDWARD. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, January 19,
1807; graduated at West Point, 1829; served with distinction in Mexican
war; superintendent of West Point Academy, 1852-55; commanded forces
which captured John Brown, 1859; resigned commission in United States
Army, April, 1861; appointed major-general of Virginia forces, April,
1861; commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, June 3, 1862;
commanded in Seven Days' Battles, Manassas campaign, at Antietam and
Fredericksburg, 1862; Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, 1863; against
Grant at Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, 1864-65;
surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, April 9, 1865; president of
Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, 1865-70; died at Lexington,
Virginia, October 12, 1870.

JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN. Born at Clarksbu