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[259] Born in New York, 1831; died, 1888. Graduated at West Point, 1853; received a cavalry command in 1862; distinguished himself at Perryville and Stone River; fought with great gallantry at Chickamauga and Chattanooga; was given command of a cavalry corps by Grant in 1864; defeated Early at Winchester and Fisher’s Hill, and, October 19, 1864, performed one of the notable feats of the war by riding from “Winchester twenty miles away” and turning defeat into victory at Cedar Creek; took a leading part in the final attack on Lee’s army in April, 1865; was made lieutenant general in 1869; succeeded Sherman as general in chief, 1883; general in 1888.
[260] In the course of the war, as many as 2,690,401 men entered the Union army, and probably about one-half as many were enrolled by the Confederacy.
[261] Congressional Globe, Appendix 1865–1866, pp. 10-11.