See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• JOHN ALEXANDER MCCLERNAND (1812-1900)

MCCLERNAND (1812-1900)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier and lawyer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN CABELL (1821-1875)

Breckinridge 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, See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky, on the 3oth of May 1812 . He was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in Shawneetown, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, in 1832; in the same See also:

• YEAR

year served as a volunteer in the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere)

Hawk See also:

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

War, and in 1835 founded the Shawneetown Democrat, which he thereafter edited . As a Democrat he served in 1836 and in 184o-1843 in the Illinois See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives, and' in 1843-1851 and in 1859-1861 was a representative in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, where in his first See also:

• TERM

term he vigorously opposed the See also:

• WILMOT
• WILMOT, DAVID (1814-1868)

Wilmot proviso, but in his second term was a strong Unionist and introduced the See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution of the r5th of See also:

• JULY

July 1861, pledging See also:

• MONEY

money and men to the See also:

• NATIONAL

national 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 . He• resigned from congress, raised in Illinois the " See also:

• MCCLERNAND, JOHN ALEXANDER (1812-1900)

McClernand See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade," and was commissioned (May 17, 1861) brigadier-See also:

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

general of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers . He was second in command at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BELMONT, AUGUST (1816–189o)

Belmont (See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri) in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1861, and commanded the right wing at Fort See also:

• DONELSON, FORT

Donelson . On the 21st of 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 he became a See also:

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

major-general of volunteers . At See also:

• SHILOH
• SHILOH, BATTLE OF

Shiloh he commanded a See also:

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

division, which was practically a reserve to See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman's . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1.861 See also:

• STANTON, EDWIN
• STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY (1815-1902)

Stanton, secretary of war, ordered him See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to raise troops for the expedition against See also:

• VICKSBURG

Vicksburg; and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1864, at Milliken's See also:

• BEND

Bend, McClernand, who had been placed in command of one of the four See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of 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's See also:

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

army, superseded Sherman as the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the force that was to move down the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . On the Irth of January he took See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas See also:

• POST

Post . On the 17th, Grant, after receiving the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• FOOTE
• FOOTE, ANDREW HULL (1806-1863)
• FOOTE, SAMUEL (1720-1777)

Foote and General Sherman that McClernand was unfit, See also:

• UNITED

united a See also:

• PART

part of his own troops with those of McClernand and assumed command in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, and three days later ordered McClernand back to Milliken's Bend . During the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of this Vicksburg See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign there was much See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction between McClernand and his colleagues; he undoubtedly intrigued for the removal of Grant; it was Grant's opinion that at See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

Champion's See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill (May 16) he was See also:

• DILATORY (from Lat. dilatus, from differre, to put off or delay)

dilatory; and because a congratulatory 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 to his corps was published in the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press (contrary to an order of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department and another of Grant) he was relieved of his command on the 18th of See also:

• JUNE

June, and was replaced by General E . O .

C . Ord . See also:

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

President See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln, who saw the importance of conciliating a leader of the Illinois War-Democrats, restored him to his command in 1864, but McClernand resigned in November of that year . He was See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the Sangamon (Illinois) District in 187o 1873, and was president of the National Democratic See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention ,in 1876 . He died in See also:

• SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, Illinois, on the 20th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1900 . His son, See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN MCCLERNAND (b . 1848), graduated at the U.S . Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 187o . He served on the frontier against the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, notably in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

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

Chief See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph in October 1877, became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel and assistant See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general of volunteers in 1898, and served in See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba in 1898-99 . He was then ordered to the Philippines, where he commanded various districts, and from See also:

• APRIL

April 1900 to May 1901, when he was mustered out of the volunteer service, was acting military See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor .