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DISTINGUISHED GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

General Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest military leaders America has produced and famous also for his learning and magnanimity. Born

January 19, 1807; died October 12, 1870.

Major-General Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson, the brave and Christian soldier of masterly mili

tary genius. Born January 21. 1824; Died May 10, 1863.

Major-General Joseph E. Johnston, the hero of several wars and commander

of the Confederate forces at the first battle of

Bull Run. Born February 3, 1807; died March 21, 1891.

Major-General John Bell Hood, who fought valorously at Gaines' Mill, Gettysburg, and on other battlefields. He succeeded Johnston,

and was in turn succeeded by General Taylor. Born June 1, 1831; died August 30, 1879.

Major-General Braxton Bragg distinguished himself at Buena Vista. After Shiloh,

ern division.

he succeeded Beauregard in command of the WestVictorious at Chickamauga, and fought Grant before

Chattanooga. Born March 22, 1817; died September 27, 1876.

Major-General James Longstreet, renowred as a hard fighter and a hero on

many bloody battlefields. Held various offices

in the customs service, and was appointed Minister to Turkey by Hayes. Born January 8, 1821;

OFFICIAL

REFERENCE LIBRARY

OF

UNITED STATES HISTORY

EPOCHS OF NATIONALITY, WAR

AND GREATNESS

BY

GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT,

Government Statistician at Washington

JOHN CLARK Ridpath, LL. D., Historian

JAMES P. BOYD, A. M., L. B.

J. W. BUEL, Ph. D.

1901 Edition

VOLUME II.

OFFICIAL COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

LASVARD

UN MER

LARY

COPYRIGHT, 1900

BY

E. J. STANLEY

BOOK SECOND.

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