Souvenir of the re-union of the blue and the gray, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1888 How to get there, and what is to be done during the year . edat Bull Run, and was present at the siege of Yorktown and the battles ofGaines Mills, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam andGettysburg, besides many minor engagements in Virginia. He commandeda Brigade and at times a Division in the Army of the Potomac and in theoperations before Petersburg in 1864. He w9s brevetted Major-General ofVolunteers for his conduct at the capture of Fort Fisher, March 13, 1865,
Souvenir of the re-union of the blue and the gray, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1888 How to get there, and what is to be done during the year . edat Bull Run, and was present at the siege of Yorktown and the battles ofGaines Mills, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam andGettysburg, besides many minor engagements in Virginia. He commandeda Brigade and at times a Division in the Army of the Potomac and in theoperations before Petersburg in 1864. He w9s brevetted Major-General ofVolunteers for his conduct at the capture of Fort Fisher, March 13, 1865,and Major-General United States Army for gallant and meritorious con-duct in the field. On July 28, 1866, he was promoted to the full rank ofLieutenant-Colonel, Twenty-fourth Infantry. On July 15, 1868, he wasappointed provisional Governor of Mississippi, and on March 17, 1869, hiscommand was extended to include the Fourth Military District. In 1870he was elected United States Senator, and in 1873 he was chosen Governorof Mississippi by a popular vote. His administration was so repugnant tothe white population that bitter hostilities were engendered between them. 1. MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE. 2. MAJOR-GENERAL ALPHEUS S. WILLIAMS 3. MAJOR-GENERAL W. S. HANCOCK. 4. MAJOR-GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY. 5. MAJOR-GENERAL H. W. SLOCUM 6. MAJOR-GENERAL O. O. HOWARD. 7. MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN F. REYNOLDS. and the Republicans, mostly blacks, leading to serious riots in Vicksburg,with violence and murder through the State. The next election gave theDemocrats control of the Legislature, and articles of impeachment wereprepared against Governor Ames, who, knowing that conviction was cer-tain before the partisan tribunal, tendered his resignation on condition thatthe impeachment be withdrawn. This was agreed to by the Ames laid down his office and removed to Minnesota. Aykes, Romeyn Beck, Major-General, born in New York, December 20,1826, graduated at West Point in 1847, served
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