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Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Martha Jane Slaughter Randall. Father of Julia Randall, Richard Randall, William H. Randall, Jr., James Randall, Sarah E. Randall, and Charles M. Randall. Attorney in Laurel County in 1835. Clerk of the Laurel County Court and Laurel Circuit Court from 1836 to 1855. Owned two enslaved persons in Laurel County in 1850. Attorney in Laurel County in 1860. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.
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Garrard County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Walker Landram in Garrard County, Kentucky, on November 2, 1848. Father of Mary Landram, William W. Landram, Addie E. Landram, Sallie Logan Landram, and Ella B. Landram. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment as a private from June 9, 1846 to June 8, 1847 in the U.S.-Mexico War. Editor in Garrard County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Garrard County in 1850. Clerk in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Garrard County in 1860. Clerk of Garrard County Court in 1861. Served in the 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from January 2, 1862, to January 26, 1865. Commanded a brigade in the XIII Corps of the Union army. Subsequently brevetted to Brigadier General of Volunteers.
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Ohio soldier and commander of the Union armies. Point Pleasant, Ohio, native. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant. Son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson. Married to Julia Boggs Dent in 1848. Father of Frederick Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ellen W. Grant, and Jessie Grant. Graduate of U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1843. Served in the 4th U.S. Infantry as brevet second lieutenant in 1843, promoted to first lieutenant during the Mexican-American War, assigned to Oregon Territory in 1852. Promoted to captain in 1853 and resigned in April 1854. Farmer in White Haven, Missouri, in 1855. Leather merchant in Galena, Illinois, in 1860. Employed Emily Hodkins as a house servant in Galena in 1860. Appointed colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers in 1861. Appointed brigadier general and commander of the District of Southeastern Missouri in August 1861. Promoted to major general of volunteers in March 1862. Appointed lieutenant general and given command of all U.S. armies in March 1864. Accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
U.S. Army soldier. Lancaster, Ohio, native. Married to Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1840. Breveted captain as administrative officer in California during the Mexican-American War. Resigned U.S. Army in 1853. Banker in San Francisco, California, from 1853 to 1857. Attorney in Fort Leavensworth, Kansas. Superintendent and professor of engineering at the Louisiana Seminary for Learning and Military Academy from 1859 to 1861. President of a street car company in St. Louis, Missouri in 1861. Commissioned a colonel of the 13th U.S. infantry in May 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in August 1861. Commander of U.S. forces in Kentucky in October 1861. Served in the Western Theatre in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Promoted to major general in May 1862. Commander of the Army of the Tennessee. Commander of all U.S. forces in the Western Theatre in 1864. Received the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's command at Duraham, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. Appointed commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi in June 1865.
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Illinois politician and soldier. Illinois native. Son of John Logan and Elizabeth Jenkins Logan. Married to Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan on November 27, 1855. Father of Mary E. Logan and John A. Logan, Jr. Attended Shiloh College in Randolph County, Illinois, from 1842-1845. Served in the First Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a second lieutenant in the Mexican-American War from June 8, 1847, to October 18, 1848. Attorney in Jackson County, Illinois, in 1850. Graduated from the University of Louisville Law School in Louisville, Kentucky, in February 1851. Member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1843. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Benton, Franklin County, Illinois, in 1860. Served in the 31st Illinois Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from September 18, 1861, to March 21, 1862. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on March 21, 1862. Promoted to Major General of Volunteers on March 13, 1863 to date from November 29, 1862. Commanded the XV Corps of the Union Army. Resigned on August 17, 1865.
Sandusky County, Ohio, native. Graduate of West Point in 1849. Served as aide-de-camp, brigadier general, major general in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1849 to 1864. Instructor of practical engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1849. Died at the battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864.
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, politician and soldier. Breckinridge County, Kentucky, native. Son of John McClernand and Fatima Seaton Cummins McClernand. Married to Sarah F. Dunlap McClernand in November 1843. Father of Hellen C. McClernand, Edward J. McClernand, Fatima C. McClernand, Johnnie McClernand, and Sarah McClernand. Married to Minerva Dunlap McClernand on December 23, 1862. Father of Rosalind McCernand. Served as a private in the Illinois State Militia during the Blackhawk War of 1832. Attorney in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, in 1835. Editor of the Shawneetown Democrat in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, in 1835. Member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1836, 1840, 1842, and 1843. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois, from 1843 to 1851, and from 1859 to 1861. Resident of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida in 1851. Resident of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1856. Attorney and politician in Springfield in 1860. Employed James Lawles as a coachman in Springfield, Sangamon County, in 1860. Employed Leonard Lawles, M. J. Tellestin, and Charlotte Sims as servants in Springfield, Sangamon County, in 1860. Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers (U.S.A.) on May 17, 1861. Promoted to Major General of Volunteers on March 21, 1862. Commanded Union Army's XIII Corps in 1863 and 1864. Resigned from military service on November 30, 1864.
Pennsylvania soldier. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Son of Samuel Smith and Anne Lacey Wilkinson Smith. Married to Ann Mason Simpson on October 17, 1844. Father of Robert S. Smith and William B. Smith. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. Served in the First United States Dragoons as a second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, and major from July 1, 1838 to August 3, 1861. Served in the 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as colonel from October 2, 1861 to November 3, 1861. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on March 17, 1862. Promoted to Major General of Volunteers on May 12, 1864. Commanded the XVI Corps of the Union Army.
New York soldier. Erie County, New York, native. Son of Clark Merwin Carr and Delia Ann Torry Carr. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1850. Served in the United States Mounted Rifles as a second lieutenant from July 1, 1850, to March 3, 1855. Served in the 1st United States Cavalry as a first lieutenant and captain from March 3, 1855 to August 3, 1861. Served in the 3rd Illinois Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as colonel from August 16, 1861 to March 7, 1862. Wounded at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas, on March 7, 1862. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on March 7, 1862. Commanded several divisions in the Union Army including in the VII and XVI Corps.
Indiana attorney, politician, and soldier. Posey County, Indiana, native. Son of Abiel Hovey and Frances Peterson Hovey. Married to Mary Ann James on November 24, 1844. Father of Esther Hovey, Enoch James Hovey, Charles James Hovey, and Mary Anne Hovey. Served on the Indiana Supreme Court from May 8, 1854 to December 10, 1855. Served as a United States District Attorney from 1856 to 1858. Unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858. Attorney in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana, in 1860. Served in the 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from July 31, 1861 to April 28, 1862. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on April 28, 1862. Brevetted Major General of Volunteers to date from July 4, 1864. Commanded the Military District of Indiana. Resigned on October 7, 1865.
Indiana soldier. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, native. Son of Alexander McGinnis and Hannah Smith McGinnis. Married to Josephine Rapor McGinnis in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, on November 30, 1849. Father of Frank McGinnis. Hatter in Chillicothe in 1846. Served in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry as first lieutenant during the Mexican-American War from May 29, 1846, to June 21, 1847. Served in the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as captain during the Mexican-American War from July 16, 1847 to July 25, 1848. Hatter in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, in 1850. Hatter in Indianapolis in 1860. Served in the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, from April 16, 1861 until November 29, 1862. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on November 29, 1862. Commanded United States Forces at the Mouth of the White River in the Department of Arkansas. Mustered out on August 24, 1865.
Wisconsin politician and soldier. Livermore, District of Maine, Massachusetts, native. Son of Israel Washburn and Martha "Patty" Washburn. Married to Jeannette Garr Washburn on January 1, 1849. Father of Jeannette Washburn and Fannie Washburn. Attorney in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, in 1850. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1859 to 1861. Served in the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as colonel from February 6, 1862 to July 16, 1862. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on July 16, 1862. Promoted to Major General of Volunteers on November 29, 1862. Commanded the Military District of Western Tennessee. Resigned on May 25, 1865.
llinois soldier. Norwhich, Windsor County, Vermont, native. Son of Truman B. Ransom and Margaret W. Ransom. Graduated from Norwich University in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont, in 1851. Engineer in Vandalia, Illinois, in 1861. Served in the 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A) as a captain, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, from April 24, 1861 to November 29, 1862. Wounded at Battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, Tennessee. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on November 29, 1862. Commanded the XVII Corps of the Union Army. Died of disease in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia on October 29, 1864. Posthumously promoted to Brevet Major General of Volunteers.
State in the southern United States. Capital at Austin. Located on the Gulf of Mexico. Bordered by Mexico.
Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.
County in western Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi River.
Site of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (Chickasaw Bluff, Walnut HIlls).
Fortification at the confluence of the Arkansas and White Rivers. Established by the French Empire in 1686. Occupied by both Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War.
County in western Mississippi. Located along the Mississippi River.
Site of the Battle of Port Gibson (Thompson's Hill).
County in west-central Mississippi.
Site of the Battle of Champion Hill (Bakers Creek) and Battle of Big Black River Bridge.
Located in Warren County, Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi River.
Capital of Mississippi. Located in Hinds County along the Pearl River.
State in the southern United States. Capital at Jackson, Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico.
Organized at Camp Harwood in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 2, 1862. Mustered out of service on January 26, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William J. Landram and Lieutenant Colonel John Cowan.
Organized in the Constitution of the United States, Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.
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Head Quarters 4 th Div. 13 th Army Corps
th 1864
Honl
Dear Sir:
I take the liberty of addressing you on behalf of Col. st Brigade of my Division; and to ask your influence in favor of his promotion. Col. Landram was among the first to volunteer from your state and has commanded a Brigade or Division in the field for about two years reflecting credit upon his state and doing the country able service. He was engaged with his command at the battles of "
in the West for two years -- distinguishing himself always for coolness and generalship where such qualities were indispensable; always popular with his troops and uniformly receiving the commendation of his superior officers.
After the fall of Vicksburg, General's l Vols.
I trust this
Maj. Genl
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servt
signed
Brig. Gen. Vols.
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