Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-12
Leaders of the United States Forces.

The following brief sketch of some of the
G Generals now in command Of the troops of
the Federal Army, will be read with inter-
est at the present time:
Major General John e. Wool has been ia
commission since 1912, when he entered the
Army as Captain of the Thirteenth United
States Infantry. In 1912 he was breveted
Lieutenant Colonel, for gallantry at Platts-
burgh. In 1915 became Colonel of the Sixth
Infantry; in 1926, Brigadier General (brevct);
in lS4l, Brigadier General; and in l847, Ma
jor General.
Major General George B. Mcclellan was
born in Philadelphia in 1926; graduated at
Vest Point in l746, and entered the army as
Second Lieutenant of Engineers; breveted
Captain in lS4S, for gallantry in Mexico
went to the Crimea as special Military Com
missioner resigued his army commission in
1857. and, till the breaking out of the pres
ent war, was General Superintendent Of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Major General John A. Dix was born at
Bosca wen New Hamshre, in 1898 Began
military life an ensign in the War of 1912,
and was afterwards Aid to General Brown.
Commander in Chief Of the Army Has
since been in political life till the present war.
Brigadier General b. F. Kelly-the "Col
Kelly" of Philippines born in Ohio, Vir-
ginia in 1906. Was in the Virginia militia
for many years. Former business-Agent OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Brigader General Philip Kearny was born
in New York. i'll 1916 graduated at West
Point in 1887, with the commission of Second
Lieutenant of the First Dragoons promoted
to First Lieutenancy in 1889; in lS43 be
came Aid to General Scott; made Major du
ring the Mexican War; resigned in 1851; was
Aid to French Marshal at Solferino re-
turned from France ut the outbreak of the
war.
Brigadier General William S Rosencrantz
is from Ohio, and graduated from West FONT
in 1912, as a Second Lieutenant in the Engi-
neers Became First Lieutenant in 1903
resigned and left the army in 1854.
Brigadier General Joseph Hooker, born in
Massachusetts. graduated at West Point in
1888; became Second Lieutenant in 1897 and
First Lieutenant in 1888; in 1916 WAS bre-
yeted Captain, and in l847 successfully Ma
or and Lieutenant Colonel, for galluntry in
Mexico; resigned lS48.
Brigadier General Pope ia a native of Ken
tucky; graduated at W est Point in 1888; hre-
veted First Lieutenant in the Typographical
LuSiutcIS III lOtG anu IltSt 1IltUJSuuHI Ou-
ring the Mexican war
Brigader General Fitzjohn Porter is 42
years old, and was born in New Hampshire;
graduated at West Point in l841; brrveted
Second Lieutenant in the Fourth Artillery in
l545, and during the Mexican war rose 10y
steps to the rank Of Major Since then, As
sistant Instructor at the Military Academy.
Brigadier General Archibald Mccall Is
native of Pennsylvania, and West Point
graduate Of 1918, in 1882 became Second
Lieutenant, and First Lieut. enanI in 1929; in
1881 Aid to General Gaines; rose to q Colon
! elcy duriug t e Mexican war; since then Il
railroad engineer.
Brigadlcr General Samuel r. Curtis, of N
Y, graduated from West Point in 1927; be-
came Second Lieutenant in 1881, and re-
signed the following year; went to Mexico as
Colonel of an Ohio volunteer regiment; WAS
afterward Assistant Adutant General under
Gen. Wool; has since been employed as Civil
and Military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico.
aud Chief Engineer Of the Desmoines River
lmproV enent
Bligadier General Saml p Heintzeman
born in ennsylvauia; graduated at West
Point in 1922; became Second Lieutenant in
1926 First Lieutenant in 1898, Captain in
1888, and Major and Colonel, successfully,
during the Mexican war
Bligadier General William Tecumseh Sher-
man, born in Ohio. graduated at " est Point
as a Second Lieule enat in 1910; made First
Lieutenant in 1871; Captain during the Mex
lean war.
Brigadier General Montgomery Cunning
ham Meigs, born in Georgia. graduated from
| Vest Point in 1886, as Second Lieutenant;
'became First Lieutenant in 1888; recently ac
ted as Quartermaster General.
Brigadier General Don Carlos Buell., born
in Ohio; graduated from West Point as Sec
ond Lieutenant, in 1871; rose, successfully, to
a Majorship during the Mexican war; was
made Assistant Adjutant General in lS4S.
and resigned in 1881.
Brgadier General VIM. Benjamin Frank
lin, born in Peunsylvania, graduated from
West Point, as a Second Lieutenant. in 1913;
promoted to First Lieutenant in Mexico; has
since been Assistant Professor of Natural
Philosophy at West Point.