. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . kansas, which ended Confed-erate rule north of the Arkansas River. It was to reachthis point he made the celebrated forced march of onehundred and fourteen miles in three days, with his entire-command and an immense train. For services at PrairieGrove he was promoted major-general of volunteersNovember 19, 1862. After further service in Arkansas,General Herron joined Grant at Vicksburg, in 1863, withhi; Western troops, and was in command of the left divi-sion of the investing forces until the surrender. GeneralsLogan, Mc
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . kansas, which ended Confed-erate rule north of the Arkansas River. It was to reachthis point he made the celebrated forced march of onehundred and fourteen miles in three days, with his entire-command and an immense train. For services at PrairieGrove he was promoted major-general of volunteersNovember 19, 1862. After further service in Arkansas,General Herron joined Grant at Vicksburg, in 1863, withhi; Western troops, and was in command of the left divi-sion of the investing forces until the surrender. GeneralsLogan, McPherson, and Herron were the three officersselected by Grant to lead each a division into Vicksburgto receive the formal surrender on July 4, [863. Imme-diately after Vicksburg he commanded the army andnavy expedition that captured Yazoo City ami the largefleet of boats anil supplies there. He was then orderedto the Department of the Gulf, and was in command ofthe Thirteenth Army Corps, occupying the Texas coast,with head-quarters at Brownsville, Texas. While there he-. broke up the traffic across tin- Rio Grande, and underprivate instructions gave what aid he could to PresidentJuarez, of Mexico, and prevented Maximilians troopsfrom establishing themselves at any point on the RioGrande frontier. Lor his services in this line he receivedcomplimentary notice from Secretary Seward, and lateran offer of a high command in the Mexican army fromPresident Juarez. In March, [865, lie was assigned tothe command of the Northern Division of Louisiana, withhead-quarters at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from whichpoint he co-operated with Major-General Canby in hismovement against Mobile, Alabama, and the army of theConfederate General Richard Taylor. In May he ar-ranged a meeting with Lieutenant-Generals S. B. Buck-ner, Sterling Price, and Brent, at the mouth of the RedRiver, and negotiate 1 the surrender of Lieutenant-Genera]Kirby Smiths Trans-Mississippi Army, and soon afteireceived the formal
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