Arizona republican., 1898-05-14

III lcoI, ne resigned ms cCuHISSIOn III
 the United States army and entered the confederate service. At first he
 was placed on staff duty and was ad-
 jutant general of EweIPs brigade un- til September, 1861, when he was made lieutenant colonel of the First Virginia cavalry, and later was promoted to the rank of colonel. July 25, 1862, he was
 made brigadier general, and Septem-
 Der 5, lSo3, he was appointed major
 general. In the battle Of Winchester, september l9, he was disabled by a se- were wound, which kept him from duty
 for several months. In March, 1865.
 he was placed in command of the
 whole cavalry corps of the army of
 northern Virginia, and month later
 he surrendered to Gen. Meade at Farm vile, after which he retired to his home in Stafford county.
 In 1865 was elected governor of V1r- ginia. In April, 1895, he was appoint ed by President Cleveland collector of internal revenue, and in April, 1896, consul general at Havana, in which position he remained until near the
 end of March, 1898.
 Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler was born
 in Augusta, Ga, in September, 1886,
 and was graduated at West Point in
 1853. He served as a lieutenant of cavalry in New Mexico but resigned in
 1861 and became a lieutenant of ar tillery in the confederate army. He
 passed excessively to the command of a regiment, brigade, division and army corps, and from 1862 until the close of the rebellion commanded the cavalry corps of the western army. Maj. Gen. William J. Sewell was born in Ireland in 1845. At the out break of the civil war he entered the army as captain of the Fifth New Jer- sey volunteers. He served through out the war and was engaged in many
 of the great battles, being wounded at Charlottesville and Gettysburg. He gained the brevet of brigadier general for his services at Chancel- lorsville, and at the cessation of hes tilities was made major general in re- ward for gallant services throughout the war.
 In 1872 he entered political life and was elected state senator for Camden county, receiving the compliment of reelection in 1875 and 1S7S In 1876, 1879 and 1880 he was president of the state senate, and while holding that office in 1881 he was elected to the United States senate as the successor of Theodore s. Randolph, for the term
 of six years. In 1895 he was again elected to the United States sanate, his term expiring in 1901.
 Mai. Gen. James H. Wilson was born in southern Illinois in September, 1887, and was graduated at the mili- tary academy in 1860. His career in the engineer corps was interrupted by the rebellion, during which he made a brilliant record as a volunteer and
 had attained the rank of major general ! at it's close, although not yet 27 years of age. He was at the capture of Fort
 Pulaski, the battles of South Noun ! tain and Antietam, the campaign against Vicksburg and the battle of Chattanooga He commanded a cav airy division in the army of the Po- tomac in 1864, distinguished himself in the battle of the Wilderness, and subsequently, in Thomas campaign in the west. He was one of the most ac- tive of Sherman's lieutenants in the march to the sea and wound up by capturing Jeff Davis. In July, 1866,
 he was commissioned lieutenant colo nel of the Thirty-fifth infantry, but
 left the service in December, 1870, and
 has since been actively engaged in railroad and engineering operations. Maj. Gen. John J. Coppinger was born in Ireland in 1885 and was not
 naturalized in this country until 1891. He joined the Papal Guards to fight against Victor Emmanuel. He came to America with letters from Arch bishop Hughes, and in 1861 was made captain of the Eleventh infantry. At the close of the war he was colonel | of the Fifteenth New York cavalry. He was commissioned brigadier gen. | eral by President Cleveland in April, 1895.
 Mai. Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge is | the youngest son of the Rev. John
 Breckinridge of the celebrated Ken lucky family of that name. He was
 born in Baltimore in June, 1S42, and
 was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1860. He entered the Union army in 1860 and was engaged 1 in the campaigns of Kentucky and l Tennessee ending with the advance
 On Corinth. He was promoted to a l first lieutenancy in 1863, and served in
 Florida and afterwards through the
 Atlanta campaign with his battery until July, 1864, when he was taken l prisoner before Atlanta. In Septem-
 Der he was released and served dur l ing the remainder of the war. In
 1889 he became inspector general with
 the rank of brigadier general.
 | Maj. Gen. Elwell s. Otis was born in
 Frederick city, Md, March 25, 1888.
 At 20 years of age he was graduated
 at the University of Rochester. At
 the outbreak of the war he entered
 the volunteer service.
 1 In 1864, while in command of a. brig
 ade, he was severely wounded in the vicinity of Petersburg, Va. He left
 the army with the brevet rank of bri- l gadier general. He re-entered the
 service as lieutenant colcne1 and was
 made brigadier general in November, 1893.
 Maj Gen. William M. Graham was
 born in the District of Columbia in
 September, 1884 He entered the ser
 vice as second lieutenant of the Second | artillery in June, 1855. He was brev-
 cited major for his gallantry in the