Dear Mr. Butowsky, -The National Park Service website lists your email address as a "ask the historian" service. So I thought I would ask you if you knew the ...
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carlw4514
Apr 11, 2003 5:53 pm
Oh no! not this volunteer business again [g] I must confess I didnt follow that thread too good last time around. Will, you seem to have come across the answer...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 11, 2003 5:56 pm
... He was also a general in the war of 1812, Secretary of War under Jackson, Secretary of State under Buchanan [until he resigned during the secession crisis]...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 11, 2003 6:23 pm
... The simplistic explanation is that US Army (ie. regular) ranks were part of the organization of the US Army whereas US Volunteer ranks were connected to...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 11, 2003 6:27 pm
... effective ... G ... (though ... was ... To add more confusion, I think Rosecrans promotion dated May 1861 was also to B-G, US Army (not Volunteers)....
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 11, 2003 8:27 pm
... - ... These ... of ... promoted ... Alright, I noticed a couple of mistakes in what I wrote. - Wool was not promoted to M-G until after Grant. - Hitchcock...
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hank9174
Apr 11, 2003 9:44 pm
... Is this correct? A Volunteer was ranked by a Regular of the same grade promoted later? Not picking, just wondering... HankC...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 11, 2003 10:46 pm
... later? ... Good question Hank. And the more I think about it the more I think my initial answer was wrong. Giving it more thought, I think the date is...
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Martin Williams
mfitz4002000
Apr 12, 2003 12:50 am
Will: I have checked my notes, which are based on Heitman and the last volume in the Scribner series published in the early 1880s (the one for which Doubleday...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 12, 2003 2:58 am
In a message dated 4/11/2003 2:29:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... You forgot one of the most important generals in the Western Theater, George Thomas. He...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 12, 2003 3:00 am
In a message dated 4/11/2003 5:54:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Sure was JEJ...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 12, 2003 7:33 am
Martin, Thanks. That is great stuff. I had no idea about Baker. -Will ... volume in the Scribner series published in the early 1880s (the one for which...
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carlw4514
Apr 12, 2003 11:44 am
This looks like the real deal, Martin, thanks a bunch. As for my original question, Grant does not belong at no. 4 for that list, which is a pretty good list...
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carlw4514
Apr 12, 2003 11:53 am
OK, this answers one question. That must have riled ol' Slow Trot... too slow to get first on the list, too, heh heh. Could Will have been trying to get the...
In a message dated 4/12/2003 7:45:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Mac made Maj.Gen around November 1862. Don't have the exact date at present time. I do...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 12, 2003 2:38 pm
In a message dated 4/12/2003 7:45:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... No, Sherman ranked Thomas by having his name prior to Thomas' on the promotion order. { I...
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carlw4514
Apr 12, 2003 3:53 pm
well, durn it, we can't seem to get a grip on this ... maybe Martin made a typo leaving out McPherson... maybe he can clarify? ... present ... of the...
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Martin Williams
mfitz4002000
Apr 12, 2003 5:00 pm
Will: You are most welcome, sir. Another thing worth noticing for the officers promoted following Grant are that many of them were serving in the West. You...
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Martin Williams
mfitz4002000
Apr 12, 2003 5:08 pm
MacPherson was promoted to Major General on October 8, 1862, to rank from the same date. He was two days junior to Jacob D. Cox, and immediately senior to...
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Martin Williams
mfitz4002000
Apr 12, 2003 5:48 pm
Earlier I mentioned three daughters of Abner Lord: one married John Pope's uncle, one apparently married the father of Irvin and John A. McDowell, and the...
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carlw4514
Apr 12, 2003 8:02 pm
OK, thanks. Looks like the issue of just being first on the list was a brigadier general thing for Sherman/Thomas and no such coincidence for major general.......
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CashG79@...
cashg79
Apr 12, 2003 10:11 pm
In a message dated 4/12/2003 4:43:40 AM Hawaiian Standard Time, ... Boatner says he was appointed Maj Gen, US Volunteers, 8 Oct 62. If I read this right, his...
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Donald Pontious
pvtwindy
Apr 12, 2003 11:29 pm
A good cd that I found is "Songs of the Civil War" by Jim Gibson. This cd includes Ashokan Farewell. It (and others) can be found at www.hickorycovemusic.com...
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DORR64OVI@...
Apr 13, 2003 3:09 am
In a message dated 4/12/03 4:03:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Carl...Thomas was well aware of how the system worked. When Lincoln decided to relieve Buell...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 13, 2003 3:49 am
In a message dated 4/12/2003 1:02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... One of the things that is most confusing is the interchangable usage of the terms grade and...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 13, 2003 4:00 am
In a message dated 4/12/2003 4:03:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I doubt this very much Carl since Thomas and Sherman were close friends. You cannot live...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 13, 2003 4:02 am
In a message dated 4/12/2003 6:12:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Cash, He was made Brigadier in May 62 after Shiloh by Halleck. JEJ...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 13, 2003 4:07 am
In a message dated 4/12/2003 11:10:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Very true - but again, this action showed the true character of Thomas. Could there ever...
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CashG79@...
cashg79
Apr 13, 2003 4:34 am
In a message dated 4/12/2003 6:03:08 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, ... According to Boatner he was promoted to Capt 6 Aug 61. Then Lt Col and Add. ADC (Aide de...
