THE OLD FLAG RECOLLECTIONS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL U. S. A.; LATE MAJOR-GENERAL U. S. V. ENGINEER AND INSPECTOR-GENERAL ON GRANT'S STAFF COMMANDER THIRD CAVALRY DIVISION, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC COMMANDER CAVALRY CORPS M. D. M., ETC. INTERO VOLUME I NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY MCMXII COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Published October, 1912 AIMAORLIAD Printed in the United States of America •W57 June, 1855, to June, 1860 July, 1860 to July, 1861 September to October, 1861 October, 1861 September to October, 1862 November, 1862 to January, 1863 PREFACE MILITARY SERVICES Cadet, United States Military Academy at West Point, five-year course. Brevet Second Lieutenant U. S. Topographical Engineers, Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. Recruiting Engineer Soldiers, Boston. Chief Topographical Engineer on the Volunteer Aid-de-camp and Assistant First Lieutenant Topographical Engi- January, 1863 to October, 1863 November, 1863 to February, 1864 February to May, 1864 May August to September, 1864 October, 1864 Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Volunteers; Assistant Inspector General, Department and Army of the Tennessee, in the Vicksburg Campaign, on the Staff of General Grant. Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers; Assistant Inspector General Military Division of the Mississippi, in the Chattanooga Campaign, on the Staff of General Grant. Chief of Cavalry Bureau, War Department. Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers, in command of the Third Cavalry Division Sheridan's Corps, Virginia Campaigns. Commanding Third Cavalry Division, Brigadier General and Brevet Major General U. S. Volunteers; organized and commanded the Cavalry Corps Military Division of the Mississippi, in the Campaign against Hood in Middle Tennessee, and in the last Campaign of the War through Alabama and Georgia. Capture of Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, West Point and Macon. Pursuit and capture of Jefferson Davis; End of War. |