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JAMES SHIELDS (181b-1879)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 856 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:SHIELDS (181b-1879)  , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in See also:Dungannon, See also:county See also:Tyrone, See also:Ireland, in 1810: He emigrated to the See also:United States in 1826, and in 1832 began to practice See also:law in Kaskaskia, See also:Illinois . He was prominent in Democratic politics, was a member of the Illinois See also:House of Representatives in 1836—1838, was See also:state auditor in 1841—1843, was See also:judge of the supreme See also:court of the state in 1843-1845, and was See also:commissioner of the U.S . See also:General See also:Land See also:Office in 1845—1847 . In the Mexican See also:War he served as a brigadier-general of See also:volunteers under General Zachary See also:Taylor on the Rio Grande, under General See also:John E . See also:Wool in See also:Chihuahua, and under General See also:Winfield See also:Scott in the See also:southern See also:campaign; he was breveted See also:major-general for *gallantry at Cerro Gordo, where he was severely wounded, and he was again wounded at Chapultepec . In 1849—1855 he was a United States senator from Illinois; and in 1858—1859 was a senator from See also:Minnesota . In 186o he removed to See also:California . In See also:August 1861, soon after the outbreak of the See also:Civil War, he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers; in See also:March 1862 he succeeded to the command of General See also:Frederick W . See also:Lander's See also:division; he was in command on the Federal See also:side at See also:Winchester (23 March 1862) and at See also:Port See also:Republic (9 See also:June); and in March 1863 he resigned his See also:commission . He then settled in Carrollton, See also:Missouri, and in 1875 was a member of the State House of Representatives; in 1879 he was United States senator from Missouri for six See also:weeks to fill an unexpired See also:term . He died at See also:Ottumwa, See also:Iowa, on the 1st of June 1879 .

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