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    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...
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    John Alexander McClernand (May 30, 1812 – September 20, 1900) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War....
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    the Indians' ponies by attacking their rear. G Troop, under LT Edward John McClernand, caught up with Chief White Bird as he and his band tried to escape...
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    from McDowell's First Brigade had reunited with Sherman and McClernand, and three additional regiments arrived for reinforcement. McClernand's troops...
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    Grant finally 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...
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    class of 1860 George H. Morgan, class of 1880 Edward Ord, class of 1839 John J. Pershing, class of 1886 John Pope (military officer), class of 1842 Marcus...
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    field command only for a short time. When Grant relieved Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand from his command, Ord was conveniently situated to assume command...
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  • Civil War. It was first led by Ulysses S. Grant and later by John A. McClernand and Edward O.C. Ord. It served in the Western Theater of civil war, Trans-Mississippi...
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    the swamp, when necessary, McClernand's corps worked its way south and was joined by one of McPherson's divisions. McClernand, who brought his new bride...
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    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...
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    without Major-General John A. McClernand because neither Major-Generals Henry Halleck nor Ulysses S. Grant trusted McClernand. After Sherman's force...
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  • Staff Adjutant General: Ltc Edward J. McClernand Asst. Adjutant General: Capt James C. Gillmore Inspector General: Ltc John Jacob Astor IV Headquarters...
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    prepared his action that McClernand was left without recourse. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, who had recovered from...
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    Congress caused by the death of Thomas L. Harris, but he was defeated by John A. McClernand. He later became a Republican presidential elector in 1860 and was...
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    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...
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  • Haydon became ill on the trip and was temporarily replaced by Lt. Edward John McClernand, who studied surveying at West Point. With Haydon resuming as party...
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  • James M. Hubbard Artillery Battery: Cpt Daniel Walling MG John Parke MG John A. McClernand MG Edward Ord Escort 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company L: Cpt David...
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    Medal of Honor recipient educated at the United States Military Academy was John Cleveland Robinson, a non-graduating member of the class of 1839. The first...
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  • Chief of Staff and Asst. Adjutant General: Cpt George E. Flynt MG John A. McClernand Assistant Inspector General: Col Thomas E. G. Ransom MG Don Carlos Buell...
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    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. In 1850, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton...
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    Brookline, Massachusetts (1915).[8] Equestrian Statue of Major General John A. McClernand, Vicksburg, Mississippi (1919).[9] Raynal Bolling Memorial, Greenwich...
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    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...
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    upon Lincoln's face in September 1901 Vachel Lindsay John Alexander McClernand Alfred Orendorff John Carroll Power – first custodian of Lincoln's Tomb Alexander...
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    siege, Grant dismissed McClernand for publishing to the press a congratulatory order that seemed to claim it was McClernand's corps that was winning the...
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  • ISBN 0-8117-1049-1. McHenry, Robert ed. Webster's American Military Biographies (1978) Meyers, Christopher C. Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics...
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  • Chamberlain Jacob Dolson Cox John Adams Dix John C. Frémont Nathan Kimball John A. Logan John Alexander McClernand Daniel Sickles James B. Steedman Alfred...
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    Francis Preston Blair Jr., for vice president on the first ballot after John A. McClernand, Augustus C. Dodge, and Thomas Ewing Jr., withdrew their names from...
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    (Chairman: John A. McClernand) Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Preston King) Judiciary (Chairman: George O. Rathbun) Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)...
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    his army and removed Wallace and John McClernand from the front lines, placing both of them in reserve, with McClernand commanding. Wallace's reputation...
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    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...
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