Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-15


President of the Society of the Army of the Ohio.
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Mckinley was a member of this society, as
We're also ]. d. Cox, afterward a member of
the cabinet; A. II. Terry, Thomas ]. Hen
derson, Curtis, the hero of Fort Fisher;
Stoneman. famous as cavalry leader;
Stanley l.. Hartruf and Babcock.
The present officers of the society are
Lieutenant General John NJ Schofeld, L. S.
A. president; Capt. George Redway, L. S.
v, first vice president; Major j. F. Stewart,
treasurer; Prof. j. Fraise, secretary and
historian
General Officers.
Gen Ainsworth, chief of the record and
pension office, War Department, has pre-
pared a list of the general officers who
served in the armies of the Tennessee, of
the Cumberland and of the Ohio, which in
formation is of especial interest at this
time on account of the assembling of the
veterans of those gallant armies in this
city to participate in the ceremonies at
tending the dedication of the statue of
Gen. w. T. Sherman, who commanded the
three armies named during the exciting Pc
riod of the civil war
There We're 123 general officers in the
army of the Tennessee during its active
life. and of that number but nineteen are
alive today. OF the III general officers
who served in the Army of the Cumberland
but fourteen survive and but twelve of
the ffty-five general officers attached to the
Army OF the Ohio are alive today. There
were 235 individual general officers in the
three armies. and of that number thirty
seven are living. In several cases officers
served In two or three of the armies at diff
ferent times. The list of names given ac-
cording to armies is as follows:
Army of the Tennessee.
Major generals-Frank r. Blair, jr., died
July g. 1875; George Cadwalader, died Feb
ruary 3. 1879; Napoleon ]. T. Dana. Gran
Vile NJ. Dodge. U. S. Grant. died July %,
1885: Charles s. Hamilton died April IT..
1891; William b. HaZen. died January 10.
1887; Francis J. Heron, died January g..
1902; Oliver o. Howard. Stephen A. Hurl-
but, died March q. 1882: John A. Logan.
died December 26. 1885: John A. McCler-
nand, died September 20. 1900; James B.
Mcpherson, died July %, 1864; Joseph A.
Mower. died January 6. 1870 Richard j.
Oglesby, died April "a, 1899: Edward o. c..
Ord. died July %. '1sS3; Peter j. Osterhaus.
John q. Parke. died December 16, 1900;
William s. Rosecrans. died March IL, 1898;
William T. Sherman. died February IA. 1891
Henry w. Slocum. died April IA, 1884, An
drew j. Smith, died January 80. 1897;
Charles F. Smith died April %, 1862: Fred
erick Steele. died January IL. 1868; Lew
Wallace. Cadwallader C. Washburn, died
May IA. 1881
Brigadier Observation-Disclosures Asboth,
died January 81 1868; Absalom Baird; WILL
lam w. Belknap, died October H. 1890;
William P. Benton. died March IA. 1867
Mason Brayman. died February q, 1895;
Ralph p. auckland. died May 81 1892;
Napoleon B. Buford. died March %, 1888;
Stephen G. Burbridge, died November 30.
1894; Eugene A. Carr; Robert F. Catterson;
Alexander Chambers. died January 2, 1888;
William T. Clark; John M. Corse. died April
IT 1888; Marcelius M. Croker, died August
49, 1865; Thomas A. Davies. died August
10, 1890: Jefferson &. Davis, died November
80 1879: George w Deitzler. died April 10.
1884; Elias S. DenpiG, lied December 16,