Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-02
sheruaan's OHeers---sIOeum, Howard
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Sheruaar's O1Ticers---slOeum, Howard
and kiipafrtek.
General Sherman has divided his army
into two grand Wings-the right ano IT
and placed them under command o. MS
two senior suboHdinstes, Msjor Gel al
Slocum and Howard. His Chief of I "
alry is Brigadier General Fitzpatrick, and
his Chief Engineer IS Captain o. IL. Poe,
Of the regular srmy. These officers are
al tried, true and Of well-proyen valor.
MAJOR GENERAL HENRY ". sLocUM
Major General a. H w. Slocum IS,
next to General Sherman, the ran KING on
Ger of the army. Since Gen. Hookers re-
tirement he has commanded the2Oth Corps |
and on this march commands the rlght |
wing, composed of the 14th and 2Otn army |
Corps. BE is 3 graduate of West Polntl
and entered tie present war as Colonel oil
the 9th New York State Volunteers
with which he fought at the hrst battle OF
Bull Run. He was soon after made Brig
adler General, and served throughout the
Peninsula campaign, first as Brigade, then
as Division commander, in General Frank
| Inns 9Th Army Corps. Soon after the Dat
tie of Antietam, General Slocum was as
stoned to the command Of the 18th Army
C0rps. succeeding General Banks, and re-
mained in command, fighting gallsntiy
and efficiently at Chancellorville and Get
tysburg, until that corps was consolidated
I With the Ilth, last winter, when General
Slocum was assigned to the command OF
| the post of Vicxsburg. He held this until
IsAugust last, when he was called to his pres
emit command, which includes his old corps
l-the old l1th-and division OF ne"
troops under General Wsri, of Kentucky
General Slocum has performed nearly four
years of faithful service.
MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER 0. HOWARD.
Msior General OIO. Howard, who COM
mands the left wing of General Sherman s
army (composed of the Army Of the Ten
nessee- the 18th and 18th Corps) is also .
Z graduate of West Point, and entered the
war as Colonel of the 4th Maine Volun-
steers. He was early appointed Brigsdier
/ I(4eneraIj and commanded brigade under
, Gen. Sumner, in the division Of Gen. Sedg-
wick at the battle of Fail Oaks, in which
he lost his right arm. Subsequently he
> was assigned to the command of the dlyl-
sion. which became known as the second
a division of the I'd Army Corps, and ht
. was at the first battle of Fredericksburg
|
q General Howard was made Major zen
! ersl, and early in 1863 he relieved Gen
n eral Sigel of the command OF the lItl
a Corps, with which he fought at the Dat
o tie of Chaneell0rville and Gettysoufgh
n ard subsequently under Sherman, a
/ Missionary Ridge, in November, 1853 d
" held this command until the eonsoldano
5 of the 11th, early last spring, when n
N was assigned to the command OF the Arm
"a Corps, and participated in the esmpaig
If against Atlanta, up to the death OF Geuel
I al Mcpherson, when he was assig 1ed
the command of the Army Of the Tenne
see which he now holds.
RRIGADIER GENERAL JUDsoN KILPATRIcl
nc This well-knewn officer is in cOmmar
a. of the formidable cavalry force Whlc
=, forms part of General Shermans arm,
- It is said to number 10000 men He el
a tered the war as Lieutenant Colonel
~ the I'd New York cavalry, which reg
- uaent soon became famous under his lei
he for dashing operations. Bis command
7t Grated effectively in the northern part
~ Virginia dnring the Peninsula campalg
"a and subsequently, became attached to Il
10 ARMY of the Potomac. He made sever
"A dashine raids toward Richmond, and
to the winter of 1853 received the q
,ssiI po,ntment Of Brigadier General WI
IN the cavalry was consolidated into o
10 corps General Fitzpatrick was assigned
- the command of the Sd division wi
which he participated in innumeral
,et FIGHTS during the Chsncellorville, Gett.
to burg and Culpepper campaigns. Wh
q General Grant took the field with
ich Army of the Potomac, General kilPatrl
he was sent west to serve with General Sh
III man. which he has most faithfully do
~ having been most severely wounded
nor the Atlanta campaign. If the gstes
re- augusta or savannah cah ~
nn- down by eayslry' ohPS'ricA anu MS -
be- will do it. --.....