GOUVERNEUR See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

KEMBLE See also:

• WARREN
• GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

WARREN (183o-1882)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Coldspring, 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:

• JANUARY

January 183o, and entered See also:

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

West Point in 1846, graduating in 185o . He was assigned to the See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers, and for several years was employed in survey See also:

• WORK

work in the West, where he took See also:

• PART

part in some expeditions against the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . In 1859 he was made assistant instructor in See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at West Point . But two years later, at the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

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

War, the scientific subaltern was made See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers and posted to the newly raised 5th New York Volunteer See also:

• INFANTRY

Infantry . He was fully equal to the task, for his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment was very soon brought into a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of marked efficiency . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August he was promoted colonel . He commanded 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 the V. 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 at Gaines's See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill, Second See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull Run and See also:

• ANTIETAM

Antietam, and was shortly afterwards promoted brigadier-See also:

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

general of Volunteers . During the Fredericksburg See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign he was on the engineer 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 of the See also:

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

Army of the See also:

• POTOMAC

Potomac, but after See also:

• CHANCELLORSVILLE

Chancellorsville he was appointed See also:

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

chief of engineers in that army, and in that capacity rendered brilliant services at See also:

• GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg (q.v.), his See also:

• REWARD

reward being promotion to See also:

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

major-general U.S.V. and the See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet of colonel in the See also:

• REGULAR

regular army . When the Army of the Potomac was reorganized in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1864 See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren returned to the V. corps as its See also:

• COMMANDER

commander . His services in thsi See also:

• WILDERNESS

Wilderness (q.v.) and See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg (q.v.) See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns proved his fitness for this large and responsible command, but his naturally lively See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination and the engineer's inbred See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of caution combined to make hint a brilliant but somewhat unsafe subordinate . He would have become one of the See also:

• GREAT

great chiefs of staff of See also:

• HISTORY

history, or even a successful army commander, but he sometimes failed where a less highly gifted See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man would have succeeded . He was at his best when the military situation depended on his exercising his initiative, as on the first See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in the Wilderness, in which his See also:

• ACTION

action saved the army, at his worst when, as on the loth of May before See also:

• SPOTTSYLVANIA

Spottsylvania, he was ordered to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt the impossible .

On the latter occasion both 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 and See also:

• MEADE, GEORGE GORDON (1815—1872)
• MEADE, WILLIAM (1789-1862)

Meade threatened to relieve him of his command, and See also:

• HUMPHREYS, ANDREW ATKINSON (1810-1883)

Humphreys, the chief of staff of the army, was actually sent to See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control the movements of the V. corps . Similar incidents took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the later stages of the campaign, and at last, at the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical moment preceding the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Five Forks, See also:

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

Sheridan, who was in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the operations, was authorized by Grant to relieve Warren of his command if he thought See also:

• FIT

fit . The thoughtful Warren and the, eager, violent Sheridan were See also:

• ILL

ill-matched . At the outset the V. corps, being no longer composed of the solid troops of 1862 and 1863, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into confusion, which Warren exerted himself to remedy, and in the event the battle was an important See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union victory . But after it had ended Sheridan sent for Warren and, with no attempt to soften the See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow, relieved him of his command . 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 was subsequently held, which entirely exonerated Warren from the reckless charges of apathy, almost of cowardice, which Sheridan brought against him . - Shortly after Five Forks Warren resigned his volunteer See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and received the brevet of brigadier-general in the regular army . After the war he was employed, in the substantive See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of major (1879 lieutenant-colonel) of engineers, in survey work and See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour improvements . General Warren died on the 8th of August 1882 at See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, R.I . A statue to his memory was erected at See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

Top, on 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 of Gettysburg, on the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth anniversary of his See also:

• DEATH

death .