Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-03
tlsaerais McCislland, Mcdowell and
LYON.

L ~ Jun
AZ these three Generals occupy large
spnss ii the public mind At present, We give a
hlstsry 81 thsa, taken frem the New York
aaald. Il viii be sesnby those Who eensult
this sketch, thai the i.incais Generals are not
a. srsss % they aFs represented TO be In the
South Gen. Mcdowell IL reported 10 have
been killed 10 4 recent engagement. This
may or may not be 30, bat tslsgsaPhic dis
patches are very nareliabie:
MA9OR GENERAL GEORGE \, H'cBsLkAS.
Major Genetal George B. Mcclellan Is bard
" thirtysfve years Of age, having been born
10 Philadelphia on Deeeiaber3, 1925. Al the
age Of sixteen he entered the Military Aead-
tmy al West Point, graduating with the class
Of 1886, with the raak of Brsyet Second Lieu
tenant OF Engineers Until the Mexican war,
however, he had no opportunity Of distiHguish-
ing himself, and then, for gallant and meFi-
torious conduct in the battles OF Gontreras
and Gherubnseo,n as the orders expressed IL,
be was breseted First Lieutenant. For gall
liant aud mefitoFioustcondact Ut the battle of
MoliBo del Rev." on September, ., l84T, he
was offered Bfeset Captaincy, which he de-
clIusd. He was advanced 10 this rank, how
ever. subsequently, for gallant and nefito-
rions.conauet A. the battle Of Chspultepec,'
aud received the command Of company OF
sappers, miners and pioneers In May, 1865
AZ the close Of the Mexican war be returned
20 West Point, where he remained on duty
with the sappers aud miners until 1851 Dur
ing this time be introduced the baypnet ex-
ereise into the army, and translated and
adapted manual which has since become a
text book for the service. During the sum
mee and fall Of 1881 he superiniended the
constitution Of Fort Delaware, and ia the
succeeding spting was assigned to duty under
Major r. b. Marcy, In the expedition for .he
exploration Of the Red river. Thence he was
ordered direct TO Texas as senior engineer on
the staff Of Gen. Petsifer +, Smith, and Gu
gagged for some months in Surveying the riv
ers aud haFhors Of that State. In 1853 be
was ordered TO the Pacific coast in command
of the Wertern division of the survey of the
Northern Pacific Railroad route. lie returned
30 the East In 1854, on duty connected with
the Pacific survey, and was engaged also in
secret service 70 the West Indies. The next
year he received commission 10 the First
regiment OF cavalry, and was appointed a
n'euater OF the commission which went TO the
seat of war Ia the Crmea and ia Northern
Russia. Colonel Richard Del field. one Of his
colleagues, Is nov an officer in the rebel army,
aud Major Alfred Norderai, the third member
OF the commission, short time ago resigned
the Saperiuteadeney Of the Troy Arsenal
Major MeGlellea's report on the "OrganiEa-
ton OF European Armies aud the Operation OF
the War;" 9uaFto volume, embodying the
result of his observations in the Crimea
greatly enhanced his reputation as a scientific
soldier In January, 1851, weary Of ipaction
he resigned his poslti n in the army To be-
come Yice-President aud Engineer of the
Illinois Central Railroad, With post he held
lur three years, when he Sss offered and ac-
cepiFd the Presidency Of the Ohio aud Mis-
siSsippi Railroad, of which he was also Cen
eraI Superintendent In the year 1857 or
1855 the Chicago Light Guard, tthe nucleus
of all the military organizations in Illinois,
found themselves without Captain. Captain
John g. Wyman, who had drilled and trained
the company till it had arrived at the per-
fiction Of military discipline, had been obliged
10 resign on aeconnt OF his removal 10 the
southern part of the State. There were two
gentlemen in Chicago upon whom the eyes Of
the members became fixed as his successor
They were Major Samuel h. Bnckner tnow
General Buckner of Kentucky aud Captain
George B. Mcclellan, late of the United States
Army, now Major General Mcclellan. Captain
Mcclellan was then President Of the Illinois
Central Railroad, as he is now Superintendent
Of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. After
much deliberRtion the choice of the members
fell upon the latter gentleman, and he was in-
dnced, at their urgent desire, to take the COM
mand He remained in command Of that
splendid corps till bis removal 20 Cincinnati.
Among the members the company at that time
n ~ ~. e. ID
became Captain Of the company, aud is {
Colonel Of one Of the Illinois regiments, his
predecessor, Capt Wymnu, being GoloheI Of
another Illinois regiment now in the field !;
Joseph Il. Sect, WHO is now Colonel Of a third
Illinois regiment; Stephen A. HuTlbut APP
pointed paymaster in the regular army (;
Senator Douglas hon, Corydon Beakwith
an eminent Lawyer of Chicago, we'll known
in New York, now engaged in raising regi-
ment of Union men in Western Virginia /;
Frederick Harding, ESQ, First Lieutenant Of
The company now Colonel Of the Fourth Illi-
nois regiment, Captain G.. W. Barker, now
Colonel of cavalry regiment al Cairo and
your present correspondent, So much for
what one good military company can d.
Major Bnekner also rendered good service to
ibe military Of Chicago. He organized a
brigade, composed Of three companies of Ma
| tional Guards, and = company Of youths, the
National Guard Cadets, who afterwards be-
came the famous Chicago Zouayes Of the La
mented Ellsworth. IL is only recently that
Major Baskner has gone TO Kentucky to reside,
! although that Is his native State. He Is q
| thorough soldier, and most accomplished
genilsmaa. When our domestic troubles as
sumed formidable dimensions, Major heClel
lan's services were at once called into feqpi-
sition. Gov. Curtin, Of PennsyivaniA, tried to
secure the benefit OF his experience In organ
izing the volunteers from thai State bat the
tender Of the AsiaF Gsnsralship Of The ohio