See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)

WAGER See also:

• HALLECK
• HENRY WAGER HALLECK (1815-1872)

HALLECK (1815-1872)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and jurist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Westernville, See also:

• ONEIDA
• ONEIDA (a corruption of their proper name Oneyotka-ono, " people of the stone," in allusion to the Oneida stone, a granite boulder near their former village, which was held sacred by them)

Oneida See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, N.Y., in 1815, entered the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty, and on graduating in 1839 was appointed to the See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers, becoming at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time assistant See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering at the academy . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was made an assistant to the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Engineers at See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, from 1841 to 1846 he was employed on the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence See also:

• WORKS

works at New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and in 1845 he was sent by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to visit the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal military establishments of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . After his return, See also:

• HALLECK
• HALLECK, HENRY WAGER (1815-1872)

Halleck delivered a course of lectures on the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, published in 1846 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Elements of Military See also:

• ART

Art and Science . A later edition of this See also:

• WORK

work was widely used as a See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-See also:

• BOOK

book by volunteer See also:

• OFFICERS

officers during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War . On the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846, he served with the expedition to See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California and the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, in which he distinguished himself not only as an engineer, but by his skill in civil See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and by his See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good conduct before the enemy . He served for several years in California as a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff officer, and as secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state under the military government, and in 1849 he helped to See also:

• FRAME

frame the state constitution of California, on its being admitted into the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union . In 1852 he was appointed inspector and engineer of lighthouses, and in 1853 was employed in the fortification of the Pacific coast . In 1854 See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Halleck resigned his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission and took up the practice of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law with See also:

• GREAT

great success . He was also director of a quicksilver mine, and in 1855 he became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Pacific & See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic railway . On the outbreak of the Civil War he returned to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army as a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, and in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1861 he was charged with the supreme command in the western See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of war . There can be no question that his administrative skill was mainly instrumental in bringing See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order out of See also:

• CHAOS

chaos in the hurried formation of large volunteer armies in 1861, but the strategical and See also:

• TACTICAL

tactical successes of the following See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring were due rather to the skill and activity of his subordinate generals See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant, See also:

• BUELL, DON CARLOS (1818-1898)

Buell and See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope, than to the plans of the supreme See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, and when he assumed command of the See also:

• UNITED

united forces of these three generals before See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, the methodical slowness of his advance aroused much See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . In See also:

• JULY

July, however, he was called to Washington as general-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the armies .

At headquarters his administrative See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers were conspicuous, but he proved to be utterly wanting in any large grasp of the military problem; the successive reverses of Generals McClellan, Pope, See also:

• BURNSIDE, AMBROSE EVERETT (1824-1881)

Burnside and See also:

• HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
• HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
• HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
• HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
• HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)

Hooker in See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia were not infrequently traceable to the defects of the general-in-chief . No co-ordination of the military efforts of the Union was seriously undertaken by Halleck, and eventually in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1864 Grant was appointed to replace him, Major-General Halleck becoming chief of staff at Washington . This See also:

• POST

post he occupied with See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit until the end of the war . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1865 he held the command of the military See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August of the same year of the military division of the Pacific, which he retained till See also:

• JUNE

June 1869, when he was transferred to that of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South, a position he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville, Ky., on the 9th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1872 . Halleck's position as a soldier is easily defined by his See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform success as an administrative See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official, his equally uniform want of success as an officer at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of large armies in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and the popularity of his theoretical writings on war . His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, for good or evil, on the course of the greatest war of See also:

• MODERN

modern times was greater than that of any soldier on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save Grant and See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee, and whilst his interference with the dispositions of the commanders in the field was often disastrous, his services in organizing and instructing the Union forces were always of the highest value, and in this respect he was indispensable . Besides Military Art and Science, Halleck wrote See also:

• BITUMEN

Bitumen, its Varieties, Properties and Uses (1841); The See also:

• MINING

Mining See also:

• LAWS

Laws of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico (1859) ; See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Law (1861; new edition, 19o8); and See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on International Law and the Laws of War, prepared for the use of See also:

• SCHOOLS

Schools and Colleges, abridged from the larger work . He translated See also:

• JOMINI, ANTOINE HENRI, BARON (1779-1869)

Jomini's See also:

• VIE

Vie politique et militaire de See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon (1864) and de Fooz On the Law of Mines (186o) . The works on international law mentioned above entitle General Halleck to be 'considered as one of the great jurists of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .