John Alexander McClernand (May 30, 1812 – September 20, 1900) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War....

Edward John McClernand (December 29, 1848 – February 9, 1926) was a United States Army brigadier general who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for...

XIII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was first led by Ulysses S. Grant and later by John A. McClernand and Edward O...

without Major-General John A. McClernand because neither Major-Generals Henry Halleck nor Ulysses S. Grant trusted McClernand. After Sherman's force...

information from local Black people, McClernand sidled his troops over to the Rodney road. Leading McClernand's column, Carr's division came into contact...

corps to the siege: IX Corps, under Maj. Gen. John Parke; XIII Corps, under Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand; XV Corps, under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman;...

relieved McClernand on June 18. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. Edward Ord. In May 1864, McClernand was restored to a command in...

General John A. McClernand. While serving as an aide to McClernand, Bielaski was concerned about the armament of the Union troops. McClernand's men were...

dispersed between the XIII Corps and XIV Corps. In 1863 Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand was put in command of the expedition against down the Mississippi...

right, were Smith, Lew Wallace (who arrived on February 14), and McClernand. McClernand's right flank, which faced Pillow, had insufficient men to reach...

Allan Pinkerton and John Alexander McClernand, visiting the Antietam battlefield, 1862. A Sharpshooter's Last sleep The home of a rebel sharpshooter,...

commanded by Major General John A. McClernand approached the Confederate position. Two divisions and another brigade from a third deployed to face the...

from McDowell's First Brigade had reunited with Sherman and McClernand, and three additional regiments arrived for reinforcement. McClernand's troops...

Meyers, Christopher C. Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics of Command. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010. Ofele, Martin W. German-Speaking...

Samuel S. Cox – 6, William A. Richardson – 3, John A. McClernand – 2, Charles B. Calvert – 1, John W. Crisfield – 1, John W. Noell – 1, George H. Pendleton –...

Lincoln authorized John A. McClernand to raise an army in the Midwestern states and lead it in an expedition against Vicksburg. McClernand's program was successful...

Gen. John B. Floyd attempted to escape and launched a surprise assault against the Union right flank (commanded by Brig. Gen. John A. McClernand), driving...

held great promise. Grant's other corps commander, Major General John A. McClernand, was a prewar Democratic congressman who had raised much of his XIII...

candidate in a special election for a vacancy in the 36th Congress caused by the death of Thomas L. Harris, but he was defeated by John A. McClernand. He later...

Maryland. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand: Another View". World Digital Library. 1862-10-03. Retrieved 2013-06-10...

along a major east-west railroad track into Vicksburg. On May 22, 1863, the Union XIII Corps, under the command of Major General John A. McClernand, attacked...

He organized and had Brigadier Generals John A. McClernand, Charles F. Smith, and Lew Wallace prepare for a land assault while Flag Officer Foote moved...

Retrieved 2 April 2013. Tarbell, Ida M; Davis, John McCan (1896). The early life of Abraham Lincoln. New York: S. S. McClure. "Christie's Sale 1685, Lot 82". 2005...

General John A. McClernand ordered Sherman's XV Corps to join in his assault on Arkansas Post. Grant, who was on poor terms with McClernand, regarded...

Maryland. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand: Another View". World Digital Library. October 3, 1862. Retrieved...

(Chairman: John A. McClernand) Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Preston King) Judiciary (Chairman: George O. Rathbun) Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)...

Girardeau, Missouri. On November 5, Grant, along with Brigadier General John A. McClernand, landed 2,500 men at Hunter's Point, and on November 7 engaged the...

upon Lincoln's face in September 1901 Vachel Lindsay John Alexander McClernand Alfred Orendorff John Carroll Power – first custodian of Lincoln's Tomb Alexander...

General John Cochrane, Congressman and general Reverdy Johnson, Senator from Maryland John Alexander McClernand, Union General from Illinois John Adams...

ballot after John A. McClernand, Augustus C. Dodge, and Thomas Ewing Jr., withdrew their names from consideration. Blair's nomination reflected a desire to...