See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE STONEMAN (1822-1894)

STONEMAN (1822-1894)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Busti, in See also:

• CHAUTAUQUA

Chautauqua 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, 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, on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1822 . He graduated at See also:

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

West Point in 1846, served as second See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant with the Mormon See also:

• BATTALION

battalion in See also:

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

California during the Mexican See also:

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

War, and became a See also:

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

captain in 1855 . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1861, while in command of Fort See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown, See also:

• TEXAS

Texas, he disregarded the orders of his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior officer, See also:

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

Major-See also:

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

General D . E . Twiggs, to surrender to the Confederate forces, and escaped with the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . He served on McClellan's 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 during the West See also:

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

Virginia See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, and was commissioned brigadier-general of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers and appointed See also:

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

chief of See also:

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

cavalry of the See also:

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

Army of the See also:

• POTOMAC

Potomac in August 1861, in which capacity he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days' See also:

• BATTLE

Battle . He commanded the III. 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 in the Fredericksburg campaign; and was promoted, in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1862, to be major-general of volunteers . During the See also:

• CHANCELLORSVILLE

Chancellorsville campaign he made an unsuccessful cavalry See also:

• RAID

raid toward See also:

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

Richmond . In the See also:

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

early months of 1864 he commanded the See also:

• XXIII

XXIII. corps, and then, as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the cavalry of the See also:

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

department of the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, took part in the See also:

• ATLANTA

Atlanta campaign . While attempting to seize the Confederate See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison at See also:

• ANDERSONVILLE

Andersonville (See also:

• JULY

July 31, 1864), he was captured at See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia . After his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release in See also:

• OCTOBER

October he commanded cavalry in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, making successful raids into Virginia and See also:

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

North Carolina, and on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1865 defeated a Confederate force near See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury, North Carolina, and captured a large number of prisoners . After-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward he held commands in Tennessee and Virginia until 1868 .

He was mustered out of the volunteer service in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1866, but served in the See also:

• REGULAR

regular army as See also:

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

colonel and brevetmajor-general till 1871 . He then removed to California, was elected See also:

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

governor by the Democrats, and served from 1883 to 1887 . In February 1891 he was made a colonel on the retired See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list, U.S . Army, and on the 5th of September 1894 died at See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo, New York .