. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS. General Shields,, born in Dimgannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1810,died in Ottumwa, la., June 1st, 1879. He emigrated to the United States in1826 ; studied law, and began practice at Kaskaskia, 111., in 1832. Whenthe Mexican War began he was appointed a brigadier general and wasassigned to the command of the Illinois contingent. At Cerro Gordo hegained the brevet of major general, and was shot through the lung. Hewas mustered out on the 20th of July, 1848. In 1861, he was appointeda brigadier general of volun
. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS. General Shields,, born in Dimgannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1810,died in Ottumwa, la., June 1st, 1879. He emigrated to the United States in1826 ; studied law, and began practice at Kaskaskia, 111., in 1832. Whenthe Mexican War began he was appointed a brigadier general and wasassigned to the command of the Illinois contingent. At Cerro Gordo hegained the brevet of major general, and was shot through the lung. Hewas mustered out on the 20th of July, 1848. In 1861, he was appointeda brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to the command of GeneralLanders brigade. After the latters death, and on March 23d, 1862, atthe head of a division of General Bankss army in the Shenandoah Val-ley, he opened the second campaign with the victory at Winchester, Va. ;resigning his commission on the 28th of March, 1863. COLONEL EVERETT PEAEODY. Colonel Peabody, born in Springfield, Mass., in 1831, died near Pitts-burg Landing, Tenn., April 6th, 1862. Was graduated at Harva
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