Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-14
Federal Generals KitIed In the Re-
cent BATTLES In virginia


at Contreras and CberubuSco. where ne bad CON
maud Of his company he vas highly distin-
euished for bis conduct 10 the battles Of Nolino
del Rev and Chapultepec. aud the attack the
San Cosme gate. where be vas agsin IN COM
mand OF hrs company. and for his galsntry IN
these engagements was breveted Major He VAS
commissioned Cap,sin IN 1898. and in March.
1855. promoted TO be Major in the lst Cavalry
On the 25th Of April. l-6I. he appointed
Colonel Of the 4th CAvslry. and on August 3lsJ
Brigadier General OF Volunteers He Wa a.
signed 10 Gen. Stones command the Upper
Potomac when that officer was arrested in FEB
ruary. 1862. and during the Chiekahominy cam
paign be had a division in Gen Summers (2d)
Army Corps He Was commissioned Major
General Of Volunteers July A. 1862 At the
battle OF Antietam Gen Sedgwick seriously
wounded. aud carried off the field On bis re
covery. December 1862. he was assigned TO the
command of the 9Th Army Corps (Burnsides)
At the first battle OF Fredericksburg, under Burn
side. he commanded the 9Th and bore a most
conspicuous and gallant part IN that unfortunate
contest; and at the battle OF Charlottesville. un
der Hooker. his gallantry and daring even
more conspicuous than az Fredericksburg When
Gen Grant took command Of the Potomac army.
and changes were made in the various corps,
Gen. Sedgwick was assigned to the 9th, and was
in command of it when be fell
BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES wADswoRTH.
Brigadier General James 5. WAdswor,h a
son Of the late james W ellsworth, OF Geneseo.
New York, the wealthy Landowner and eminent
philanthrupist and friend of education. General
Wadsworth Was born 10 a large fortune. which
has been greatly increased by prudent invest
ments and the successes of a life Of uninter-
rupted prosperity. His family home was main
tanned ia the beautiful Valley of the Gennesee.
foe h.a haa fvoir IL
in New York city When the war broke out
General W ellsworth entered the services with his
sons. and fought AT the first battle of Bull Run,
on the staff of General Mellow ell He here won
the name of brave man and good officer. La
the fall of lS6l he was made BrigadIer
General. and during the winter OF 1852. had
immediate charge of the defences of Washing
ton. During the summer of 1862 he was in front
of Washington with Mcdowell aud Pope. In
the fall of that year he Republican candi-
date for Governor of New York State and was
defeated He spent the winter in the field. and
was engaged in the battle of Charlottesville
During last summer and the past Winter he had
a mission to the Southwest in behalf of the
negroes, in whom he was interested In the
assignment OF officers for the Army OF the POtO-
mac, General Wadsworth had command of the
4th division of the 9Th corps, and it in lead
ing his men in the battle OF Friday that he lost
bis life
BRIG. GEN WEBB.
Brig Gen Alex s. Webb. who is reported as
among the killed in the battle Thursday last.
was a native of New York city, and the Youngest
son of Gen James Watson Webb. our present
Minister Brazil He was a graduate of Vest
Point 10 the class OF 1888, and in 1851 was ap-
pointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics in
that institution. position which he held ill the
outbreak OF the rebellion. His first service in
the present war was at Bull Run, where he fought
"a an artillery officer He was aiterward appoint
ed 10 the command of an infantry regiment and
in 1862 "A member of the staff of Gen. Fitz
John Porter. He received the commission OF
Brgadier General in 1863. on the recommenda-
ton OF Gen. Hooker, and was assigned TO com
mand in the 81 Army Corps, in which he fought
with distinguished gallantry at the battle OF Get
tysburg AT the time of his death he command
Ell the lst Brigade 81 Division. 2 Army Corps.
under Gen Hapcoek, He,was only about 26
years OF age, and leaves a wife and two children
in New York
BRIG. GEN. ALEXANDER HAYS.
Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays. who also fell in
Thursday battle. was native OF Pitsburg Pa,
and was almost 40 wears of age. He graduated
at West Point in 1874. in the same class with
Gems. Hancock and Pleasanton. He fought in
the Mexican war. and its close brevetted
FIRST Lieutenant for gallantry at the battles of
Pala Alto and Resaca de la Palma. In 1913 he
resigned his command in the army and beca me
engaged IN the iron manufacturing business in
Pennsylvania. On the outbreak of the rebellion
he raised three years regiment. which was
named the GID PENNSYLVANIA infantry. and of
which he was appointed Colonel. He fought in
the battles on the Peninsula. in the lst brigade.
Kearnev's division. 81 army corps, and was bre-
vetted Major in the regular army for bravery at
Seven Pines and Fair Oaks. He appointed
Brig,der General Of volunteers in September.
1862. aud fought AT Frederick -burg, Chancellor
vile. and through the Maryland campaign. CON-
manding at the battle of Gettysburg the 81 di-
vision Of his corps On the reorganization Of the
Army Of the Potomac. preliminary To the present
campaign he was placed in command of the Cd
brigade Harnes's 81 division. 81 army corps un-
der Gen Hancock
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