. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . 54 MAJOR GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL. Major General Buell was born in Ohio, March 23d, 1818 ; grad-uated from West Point, 1841, as brevet second lieutenant of in-fantry ; served in the Florida War, 1841-42 ; on frontier duty,1843-45 ; made first lieutenant in June, 1846, and captain the fol-lowing September. In 1861 lie was made brigadier general andplaced at the head of the Department of the Ohio, succeedingGeneral Sherman. Upon assuming command of the Army of theOhio he succeeded, with Grant, in gaining for the Federals thebattle of S
. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . 54 MAJOR GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL. Major General Buell was born in Ohio, March 23d, 1818 ; grad-uated from West Point, 1841, as brevet second lieutenant of in-fantry ; served in the Florida War, 1841-42 ; on frontier duty,1843-45 ; made first lieutenant in June, 1846, and captain the fol-lowing September. In 1861 lie was made brigadier general andplaced at the head of the Department of the Ohio, succeedingGeneral Sherman. Upon assuming command of the Army of theOhio he succeeded, with Grant, in gaining for the Federals thebattle of 2 l|lP;E^Ul,,ta,Tl S B H ■ B, B H a a E 1 B B B B 1 FOET PICKENS, ON SANTA EOSA ISLAND, PENSACOLA BAY, FLA. Fort Pickens is a bastioned work of the first class. Its walls are forty-five feet in height by twelve in thickness. It is embrasured for two tiersof guns, which are placed under bombproof casemates, besides having one tier of guns en barbette. The guns from the work radiate to every pointof the horizon, with flank and enfilading fire, at every ansde of approach. The work was commenced m 1828, and finished in 1853 at a cost ofnearly one million dollars. When on a war footing its garrison consists of 1,260 soldiers. The total armament of the work, when complete, con-sists of 210 guns, 63 of which are iron 42-pounders.
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