See also:

• EARL

EARL See also:

• VAN

VAN DORN (182o-1863)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• VICKSBURG

Vicksburg in 182o, and entered the See also:

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

army of the See also:

• UNITED

United States from See also:

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

West Point in 1842 . For several years previous to the Mexican See also:

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

War he was employed in See also:

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

garrison See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, but in that war he saw a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of active service, distinguishing himself at Cerro Gordo and Churubusco, returning to the United States a See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet-See also:

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

major . He also fought in the See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole War and in 1858 against the See also:

• COMANCHES

Comanches . When his See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state seceded in 186r he resigned his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the U.S. army, and in the See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September of that See also:

• YEAR

year became major-See also:

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

general C.S.A . He commanded the Confederates in the hard-fought See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• PEA (Pisum)

Pea See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

Ridge, but was superseded for failing to win it . Later in 1862 he won promotion and a second See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent command in the West, and led the Confederates at the battle of See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth (the 3rd and 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1862) at which he came very near to success . In spite of the See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of inquiry, he was again superseded . As a subordinate of Lieut.-General Pemberton he did splendid service to the Confederate cause in defeating 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 first advance on Vicksburg at See also:

• HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

Holly Springs (1862) . He was shot in a private See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel on the 8th of May 1863 .