See also:

• WESLEY (FAMILY)
• WESLEY, JOHN (1703-1791)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL (1766-1837)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL SEBASTIAN (1810–1876)

WESLEY See also:

• WESLEY MERRITT (1836- )

MERRITT (1836- )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 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 See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City on the 16th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1836 . He graduated at See also:

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

West Point in 186o, and was assigned to the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry service . He served in See also:

• UTAH

Utah (1861) and in the defences of See also:

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

Washington (1861-62); learnt 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 duties of his See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm as aide (1862) to See also:

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

General See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• COOKE, GEORGE FREDERICK (1756–1811)
• COOKE, JAY (1821–1905)
• COOKE, ROSE TERRY (1827-1892)

Cooke, who then commanded the cavalry of the See also:

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

Army of the See also:

• POTOMAC

Potomac; became brigadier-general, See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers, in June 1863; and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1863 was placed in command of a See also:

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

brigade of See also:

• REGULAR

regular cavalry in the Army of the Potomac . He won See also:

• GREAT

great distinction in the Virginian See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1864-65 and in See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan's Valley See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, being brevetted See also:

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

major-general of volunteers for his conduct at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester and See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher'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, and brigadier-general of the regular army for his services at Five Forks . In the final campaign about See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond he did such See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service in command of a cavalry See also:

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

division that he was brevetted major-general in the regular army and was promoted major-general of volunteers . With two other Federal commissioners he arranged with the Confederate commanders for the surrender of the Army of See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

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

Virginia . He was mustered out of the Volunteer Service in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1866, and in See also:

• JULY

July became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel of the 9th cavalry in the regular army, being promoted gradually to major-general (1895) . He served in the Big See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn and Yellowstone See also:

• INDIAN

Indian campaigns (1876) and in the expedition to relieve the command of Major Thornburgh, who was killed in 1879 by the Utes; was See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent at West Point (1882-87); and commanded the military See also:

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

department of See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri in 1887-95, and that of the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic in 1897-98 . He was assigned in May 1898 to the command of the United States forces that were sent to the Philippines, after See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• DEWEY, DAVIS RICH (1858- )
• DEWEY, GEORGE (1837- )
• DEWEY, MELVIL (1851- )

Dewey's victory; stormed See also:

• MANILA

Manila on the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August; and was military See also:

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

governor of the islands until the 3oth of August, when he See also:

• LEFT

left Manila for See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to join the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . From 1899 until his retirement from active service in June 1900 he commanded the Department of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East .