Mcdowell irvin 18188S
Irvin McDowell see Plate A3 was born in Columbus, Ohio, on 15 October 1818. At first educated in France, he was graduated in the US Military Academy class of 1838, and taught tactics at the Academy from 1841 to 1845. lie served as a staff officer in the Mexican War, earning a captain's brevet for gallantry at Buena Vista 22 February 1847 . From then until the outbreak of the Civil War he was assigned to duty in the office of the Adjutant General of the Army. On 14 May 1861 he was appointed a...
FRANKLIN William Buel 18231903
William Franklin see Plate D3 was born on 27 February 1823 at York, Pennsylvania. Ranked first in the West Point class of 1843 in which U.S. Grant ranked 21st , he was commissioned into the Corps of Topographical Engineers. He look part in the Great Lakes survey and explorations in the Rocky Mountains. In the Mexican War he earned a brevet for bravery at Buena Vista. From 1848 to 1852 he was an assistant professor at West Point between 1852 and the Civil War he was in Washington, where he was...
RICKETTS James Brewerton 181787
James Ricketts was a native of New York City, born on 21 June 1817 into an old family which had settled in New Jersey in the early colonial period. In 1835 he was appointed to West Point, graduating in 1839. Ricketts was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st US Artillery and sent to the Canadian frontier. In 1840 he married Harriet Josephine Pierce, who died young, leaving the widowed lieutenant to care for a child. In the Mexican War his artillery battery was assigned to the army under...
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Philip Katcher Illustrated by Richard Hook First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Osprey Publishing. Elms Court. Chapel Way. Botley. Oxford 0X2 9LP. United Kingdom. Email info ospreypublishing.com Alt rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any...
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PHILIP KATCHER was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents involved in the film industry. He was educated at the University of Maryland and served in the US Army in Vietnam. He has also been an active participant in living history activities, especially in the 18th and 19th Century periods. He has written a number of books on various periods of US military history and presently is editor publisher of Military Images magazine. RICHARD HOOK was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of...