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[238] Born in Massachusetts, 1814; died, 1879. Graduated at West Point, 1837; distinguished himself in Mexican War; was appointed brigadier general in 1861; had important commands at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Malvern Hill, Antietam, and Fredericksburg; succeeded Burnside in 1863; was disastrously defeated at Chancellorsville; was sent to reënforce Grant at Chattanooga, where he commanded the right wing; accompanied Sherman to Atlanta; was brevetted major general in 1865; retired in 1868.