The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-11-14
Major.GcneraIs OF Veiuntcers--
where Born, and from .wbnt
States Appointed.

'S' h"i'tV"' dHu Voiueu granger were
born in and appointed from the State.
John A. Dix was born in New Ham
shire, and Edwin V. Summer in Massa-
chusetts, though all were appointed from
New York. Samuel r. Curtis, born in
New-York, was appointed from Iowa.
MASSACHUSETTS gives seven MAJOR
Generals to the war, Of whom only one
was born in and nppoin sed from her
Nathanie p. Banks. Mojor-Gen. .. +.
Butler was born in New -Hamshrc, Da-
rius NJ. Couch in New-York while Ed
win d. Morgan and Z. V. Summer were
appointed from Ne w-Yo York, Erasmus d.
Keyes from Maine, and gallant old
fighting Joe" Hooker from California.
Ono is prolific in Major cnerals,
and literally swurms with Brigadiers,
owing to the activity of Mr.. Chuse on
behalf of his friends. Ohio has nine
Msjor-G enerals, of whom Irwin Mellow
ell, w. L. Sherman, A. Med. McCook,
r. C. Schenck, VIM. S. Roseefa ms, and
5. b. Mcpherson are natives Of her soil.
U. s. Grant (oho born) was appointed
from Illinois, and Don Carlos Buell. from
Indiana. J. d. Cox, from Ohio, was
born in Canada.
ILLINOIS has five Major-Generals, of
whom not one was born on her SOIL
David Hunter was born in tho District
of Columbia, John Pope and John A.
McClermand in Kentucky, U. S. Grant
in Ohio, and Steven A. Hurlbut (brother
to VIM. II. Hurlbut of The Times) in
South Carolina.
Missouri has two Major-G enerals,
Ethan A. Hitchcock, born in Vermont,
and Franz Sigcl, born in Germany.
RHODE ISLAND has one Major. C eneral
Ambros E. Burnside, bern in Indiana.
Banks, Burnside, Mcclellan, Rosecrsns
were all, previous to the war, attached
to the Illinois Central Railroad.
INDIANA has two double-starred off. .
GERS, Lewis Wallace, born in it, and Don
Carlos Buell., appointed from it, though
born in Ohio.
Iowa has one MujorG eneral, Samuel
r. Curtis, born in New-York.
KENTUCKY gives birth to six Major
Generals and appoints three to wit
Cassius NJ. Clay, VIM. Nelson (decc as
ed,) and Thomas l.. Crittenden. AS
tronomer Gen. Ormsby NJ. Mitchell was
appointed from Newly ork, and Gems.
Pope and McClernand from Illinois, as
previously set forth.
VIRGINIA gives two Major-Generals
and appoints ono-George II. Thomas,
The other Virginian, Jesse. L. Reno
{" dead on the field Of honor') was sp.
pointed from Pennsylvania.
PENNSYLVANIA gives birth to four Ma
jor. Generals and appoints five. George
Cadw aladcr, John G. Price, s. p. Helm
tzleman Chat grim veteran') and VIM.
B. Franklin were born in aud appoint
ed from the "Kcy Stone" Jesse L.
Reno was of Virginian birth.
New HAMPSHIRE has four Major-Gen-
erals in service, of whom but one, John
G. Foster, was appointed from her
Gen. Dix was appointed from New York,
3. +. Butler from Massachusetts, and
Fitz John Porter "a New Englander with
strong Southern proclivties of old), from
the District Of Columbia.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, by the
way appoints TIVE Hajor-Generals : Edw
o. C. Ord, born in Maryland, and Fi,z
John Porter, in New-Hampshire. Gen.
Hunter, born in il, was appointed from
Illinois.
MAINE appoints one Major-Gensral
Erasmus d. Keyes, born in Massachu.
setts.
NEw-JERsEY has no Major. G eneral.-
The emily one she ever had, Philip
Kearney, {" Philip my King'C, also
-" dead on the field of honor" was born
in New-York.
CALIFORNIA is, of course, too much
in her infancy to have given birth to any
Major-G eneral. But in the selection Of
Joseph Hooker, born Massachusetts, to
be her standara-bearer, she evinces a
taste and Judgment emitting her to he
come the mother of generals, immedi-
ately.
MICHIGAN appoints one Major. G eneral
but he is not Michigsndcr. Isarel d.
Richardson was born in Vermont.
vERnoHT's only native born Major
General is VIM. +. Smith. Ethan A.
Hitehc ock (The Herdlds " julius Caesar
Hitchcock } was appointed from Missou-
ri, and Isarel b. Richardson from Mich
igan.
CONNECTICUT (thrilty State y thinks
Major.G Generalcies are not to be lavished
on other States children and SO gi, es
her own two her two sons, John Sedg.
wick and II. G. Wright.
SoUTu CAROLINA GENES last in the list
Illinois proudly taking the responsibility
of appointing son OF the stiH-necked
Palmetto generation" Z" in the person OF
Steven A. Hurlburt, an officer who,
though not devoid Of iaults, bears de-
seryedly high reputation for gallontry,