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[302] Born in Massachusetts, 1839. Entered the army as a volunteer, in 1861; became a major general of volunteers, and commanded an army corps at the age of twenty-five; greatly distinguished himself in numerous battles; entered the regular army at the close of the war; conducted many campaigns against Indians on the frontier; commanded the United States troops at Chicago during the strikes of 1894; appointed general in chief of United States Army, 1895; commanded the army during the war with Spain; appointed lieutenant general, 1900; retired, 1903.