. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . was assigned to the artil-lery service. It was while serving asfirst-lieutenant in the Fifth Artillerythat he distinguished himself at BullRun and was brevetted major for gal-lant and meritorious service. He re-mained upon the field in command ofa section of Griffins battery, directingits fire after being severely wounded,and refusing to leave the field untiltoo weak to sit upon the caisson,where he had been placed by the menof this command. For this he wasawarded a medal of honor. About ayear later he again distinguished him-self,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . was assigned to the artil-lery service. It was while serving asfirst-lieutenant in the Fifth Artillerythat he distinguished himself at BullRun and was brevetted major for gal-lant and meritorious service. He re-mained upon the field in command ofa section of Griffins battery, directingits fire after being severely wounded,and refusing to leave the field untiltoo weak to sit upon the caisson,where he had been placed by the menof this command. For this he wasawarded a medal of honor. About ayear later he again distinguished him-self, at the battle of Malvern then became colonel of the Twen-tieth Maine Infantry, from his nativeState, and on the twentieth of May,1803, was made brigadier-general ofvolunteers. He had a distinguishedpart in the first days battle at Gettys-burg, July 1, 18(53, and in the captureof Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Janu-ary 15, 1865. For this he was pro-moted to major-general of the class of 61 with Ames at WestPoint was Judson Kilpatrick, who. JUDSON KILPATRICK ASBRIGADIER-GENERAL stood seventeenth, and who became ageneral at twenty-seven. He, too,was assigned to the artillery, but aftera short transfer to the infantry, inthe fall of 1861, was made lieutenant-colonel of the Second New YorkCavalry, rising to the rank of briga-dier-general of volunteers on June 18,1865. It was in the cavalry servicethat he became a picturesque figure,distinguishing himself at the battle ofAldie, in the third days battle atGettysburg, and in the engagement atResaca,Georgia. In June, 1865,hewasmade major-general of volunteers andlater brevetted major-general in theUnited States third of these youthful leaders, ageneral at twenty-seven, was WesleyMerritt. He graduated from WestPoint the year before Kilpatrick andAmes. He was made brigadier-gen-eral of volunteers on June 29, 1863,distinguished himself two days laterat Gettysburg, but won his chieffame as one of Sheridans lead
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