. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . made captain January 19, 1861. At the out-break of the Civil War he was ordered to St. Louis andgiven the command of the United States Arsenal. He was second in command of the Union troops atthe surrender of Camp Jackson, and, in consequence ofGeneral Lyon being disabled, conducted the final nego-tiations. Subsequently he was instrumental in theorganization of the Missouri three months volunteers,and was appointed brigadier-general of the Fourth UnitedStates Reserve Corps, May 20, 1861. In the battle of Wilsons Creek he le
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . made captain January 19, 1861. At the out-break of the Civil War he was ordered to St. Louis andgiven the command of the United States Arsenal. He was second in command of the Union troops atthe surrender of Camp Jackson, and, in consequence ofGeneral Lyon being disabled, conducted the final nego-tiations. Subsequently he was instrumental in theorganization of the Missouri three months volunteers,and was appointed brigadier-general of the Fourth UnitedStates Reserve Corps, May 20, 1861. In the battle of Wilsons Creek he led the SecondKansas Regiment, General Lyon leading the First General Sweenys conduct in this engagement, Gen-eral Sturgis, in his official report, says, This gallantofficer was especially distinguished by his zeal in rallyingbroken fragments of various regiments (even after re-ceiving a severe wound in his leg) and leading them intothe hottest of the fight. He afterwards accepted the command of the Fifty-second Illinois Volunteers, and was attached to the army. of General Grant, participating in the capture of FortDonelson, after which he took six thousand prisoners toAlton, Illinois. At Shiloh he was again wounded, receiving a bullet inhis leg, and another in his remaining arm. Toward theclose of the first days battle, a gap existed between theright flank of Sweenys brigade and General William left. The defence of this position, which wasthe key of the situation, was intrusted to him by Sherman,who has since said, He held it, and I attach more im-portance to that event than to any of the hundredachievements which I have since heard saved the day. General Sweeny was commissioned brigadier-generalNovember 29, 1862, and thereafter commanded a divi-sion of the Sixteenth Army Corps. He was promoted major of the Sixteenth U. S. InfantryOctober 20, 1863, and in the Atlanta campaign com-manded the Second Division of the Sixteenth Corps ofthe Army of the Tennessee. At
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