The New York Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1862, Page 3

« —— - = At the | tm June, be was again | those of the . ‘@nnaal examination » 1696, ey (attacking, pursuing and destroying the enemy wher- ever be could be found. ‘Third—That the thanks of the department are alse given to Generals Curtis and Sigel, and the officers and eoldters of their command, for matchless gallantry at (eo dloody dastle of Pea Ridge; and to Major Generals @rant and Buell, and their forces, for the glo- rious repulse of Beauegard at Pittsburg, in Ten- messeo; and to Major General Pope and his @Mcors and soldiers, for the bravery and skill displayed im their operations against the rebels and (aitors intrenched at Island No, 10,in the Mississippi river, The daring courage, diligent prosecution, persist- ‘ent valor and military achievements are unsurpassed. _Fourth—That there shall, this day, bea salute of 100 gune from the United States Arsenal, at Washington, in enor of these great victories. E. M, STANTON, Secretary of War. THE HEROES OF THE DAY. Gketehes of the Union Generals Engaged im the Battle. MAJOR GENERAL B. W. HALLECK. Genera) Henry Wager Halleck is one of the four major generals of the regniar army of the United States. He it about forty-two years of age, and was born in Weston, Oneida county, New York, where his grandfather, one bundred years old, and still hale and bearty—resides at the present time, Gencral Halleck’s father was the Hon, Joseph Halleck, who died about three years ginee. General Haileck entored the Military Academy aa ® West Point cadet in 1836; stood third te the class, and was broveted second lieute- mant of engineers July 1, 1839. He was Acting Assistant Professor of Engiveering at the Military Academy from July, 1839, to June, 1840. In 1841 he was the author of g military work on “*Hitwuen and Its Uses,”” &e. In January, 1845, he wan appointed first heute nant, and durimg that year he was selected by the com. mittee of the Lowell Institute, at Bonton, to deliver one @f the regular course of lectures, the subject being “Military Science and Art.” These lectures he compiled {nto & neat volume during the following year, adding thereto a lengthy introduction on the ‘Justifiableness of War.’ The work contains much valuable elementary fmatruction, as well as abundance of historical ilustra- tion, and is written with considerable ability. In 1847 he was broveted captain for gallant conduct in affairs ‘with the enemy on the 19th and 20th days of No vember, 1847, and for meritorious service in @Bll- fornia, Was Secretary of State of the Territory of Cahfornia under the military governments of Generals Kearney, Mason and Riley, from 1847 to the end of 1849. ‘He was chief of the staff to Commodore Shubrick, in the Bava) and military operations on the Pacific coast in 1847 ‘and 1948, and was a member of the convention in 1849 to form, and of the committee to draft, the constitution of ‘the State.of California. In July,1853, he was appointed eaptain of enginecers, and resigned Augast 1, 1854. Independent of hie military capacity, General Halleck ‘te noted as an able lawyer, he, at the time of his appoint- ‘ment, being the principal partner in the Jaw firm of Balleck, Billings & Co, of San Francisco. He left Jucrative business to take up arma in defence of the @ause of the government of the United States, and was created by Congress a major general of the army, hie commigsion bearing date August 19, 1861. He is, with geod authority, reputed to bea very wealthy man anda good soldier. His clear criticiems of military blunders, and bis just appreciation of military excellence, mark Bim as a ripe, ready and practical thinker, and promise ‘the Dest results in action. Wherever he is placed he ‘will no doubt give a good account of himself and of the @memy. There le noone at present before the publics Generali McClellan excepted, whe is a more promising eendilate for military distinction. His success in the ‘@earanco of the Department of the Missouri of the secret fwattors and bridge burners, and hie stringent ection ‘with ‘them, bave already made him noted, and if he be ‘Wut half as successful in the field bis new department ‘will peon be rid of the rebels in every shape. SERTCH OF ORNERAL GRANT. ’ Major General Ulysees 8. Grant was born at Point Piea- 0 BI, Clairmont county, Obio, April 27, 1822, and entered ‘West Point Military Academy from Ohio in 1839, where he graduated with honors in 1643, and was attached as Breves second jieutenant to the Fourth infantry. Me wee promoted second fieutenant at Corpus Civics) in Goptember, 1845, and served as such G@erough Mexico, under General Taylor at Palo Alto, Rosacea de k. Palma and Monterey; and under Gemera) Boots from Vera Cruz te the city of Mexico, end was twice promoted for his bravery. He was wegimental quartermaster from April}, 1847, aud when Re resigned the service on the Sist of July, 1854, he was ‘@ full ceptain in the Fourth infantry of regulars. After ‘tle revignation he settled in St. Louis county, Missouri, ané moved from there to Galena, Mlinois, in 1860. Upon ‘Me dreaking out of the present war he offered hie nser- wiees to Governor Yates, and wae appointed colene) of ‘We Twenty-first regiment of Tilincis Volunteers, ana Berved with hie regiment unti] promoted a brigadier general, with commission and rank from the 17th of May, 1861. He wae engaged as colonel and acting Brigadier genera) in several of the contests In Southeast een Missour}, and his course as commander of the South- gaat district of Missourl has been thoroughly scru- Unized; and among his most praiseworthy acts was the @ecupation of Paducah and stoppage of communication and supplies to the rebels vin the Tennessee and Qumber- fend rivers. The manner in which he conducted the Battle ef Belmont is still fresh in our readers’ minds, ‘The reat of hie course, as commander there, is too well ‘Bnown to be repeated here, and certain it is that his ac. ton inevery instance has been epplauded both by hiv @aperior officers and the people. After the capture «¢ Gort Henry a new district was ereated, under the denom). eation of the District of West Teunessee, and Ceneray Grant wan assigned by Gen. Halleck to the command of it. ‘Be was in command of the Union forces at Fort Done}- ‘een, and his noted eorresporidence with General Bicknér gamed hin the sobriquet of Unconditional Sarrenior Grant, answering to his initials of U.8. Grant. For the @uctess Of shat action he was created @ major general. Got, being unavoidably absent from the fleld during the earlier portion of the fight, it waa reported that he was temporarily deprived of his command untilthe matter @euld be investigated. After afew days be wan, how- @ver,again ordered into the fleld,and the manver iv whieh be bas conducted the present action will remove from him all the remains of his former discomfiture. ‘General Grant is a noble, brave and efficient soldier, as ‘Bis actions have plsiniy proved througheut the present @ontest,and, in fact, throughout the whole of the West- ero-war. MAJOR GENERAL D. C. BURLL. @en. Don Carlos Buell, the commander of the Distric, BObio troops in the field, is a native of Ohio, and is about ty, yoars.of age. He enteged the Military Academy at ‘Weet Point as a cadet in the year 1697, and was broveted -@econd Heutenant of the Third infantry July 1,1841. In June, 1846, he was appointed first lieutenant, and was Dreveted captain September 29, 1846, for gallant ang meritorious conduct during the several condicts at Mon- trey, Mexico, During 1647 and 1848 he acted as ad- of bin regiment, and was particularly distinguished the battle of Cerro Gordo, On the 20th of August,1647, Be Wes Dreveted major of the army for gellant and Meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubuaco, and was severely wounded in the latter. He wan appointed in January, 1848, Assistant Adjutant Gene- ‘Fal, with the rank of captain, still holding bis brevet wank of major. He relinquished his rank in the line dur. fag March, 3951. At the. commencement of the present troubles he was still holding the "position of Assistant Adjatant General. On the 11th of May, 1861, be was p-0- moted to & Heutenent coloneloy in the Adjutant General's departmont, and by Congress he was created a brigadier seneral of volunteers, his commission bearing date May 17, 18G1. With that rank he took charge of the Depart. ameont of the Obio, and under hie direction the al vance of he Unien forces 10 Bowling Groen and Nashville wae conducted. At about the 20th ef March, 1862, he was eonfirmed dy Congrecs ae major gonoral.of yo! oteers, and took command of the army ja the fleld. The advance slong the railroad from Nasbville to Columbia, and from thane by turepike roads to Savannah, bas been per. formed with macked rapidity, aud the junction with Gen. Grant's forces took place not a moment too soon. MAJOR GENERAL 6. F. SMerH, Major General Charieg Verguaon Smith, commander of the Second divirion, is a native of Pennsylvania, and son Of theeclebrated Dr. Samueli® Smith. Heantered the Military Academy ag @ cadet in €821, and graduated in 1825, standing No. 19 in his class. On the Ist of July of that year he was made a¥econd Neutenant of the Second ertillery. In 1829 he was appointed the Assistant fn- structor !n Infantry Tectica at tho Military Academy, which povition be retained unti) September, 1683, whep NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1862—TRIPLE SHEET he was promoted to the adjutantey, retaining the same Office till April, 1888. During that interval (May, 1882) he was made ® first lieutenant. On the lst of April, 1838, he was appointed Instructor in Infantry Taotics and Commandant of Cadets at West Point, which position he filled until September 1, 1642, in the meantime being Promoted to a captaincy, viz. on July 7, 1838. In April, 1847,° he was breveted major for gallant conducs in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, in ‘Texas, his brevot dating from May 9,1846. In May, 1848, he reosived another brevet, being that of lieutenant colo- ‘nel, for gallant conduct in several conflicts at Monterey, Mexico, on the 2ist, 22d and 23d of September, 1847, his brevet Dearing the last mentioned date. During the fol- yowing August he received a further brevet (colonel) for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Con- treras and Cherubuseo. This brevet dates from August 20,1847. He was appointed acting Inspector Geveral in Mexico during June, 1348. On the 26th of November, 1854, he was promoted to the majoralty of the First artil” lery, and on the 3d of March, 1855, was further promoted tothe lieutensnt colonslcy of the Tenth infantry. On the 31st of August, 1861, ho was mado @ brigadior gene” ral of volunteers, and took charge under Genoral Halleck Of the troops at Paducah. He was engaged in the gallant action before Fort Donoison, and, during tho temporary absence of General Grant, had command of the Union forces engagod in repulsing the rebel sortie. To his pro sonce of mind and skill GenoralGravt was indebted for portion of the success of the day. Vor his gallant con- duet bo was on the 21st of March created by Congress a ‘major general of volunteers, and Je] the advance up the ‘Tennessee river, GENERAL M’CLERNAND, Major General John A, MoClernand has not, previous to the preseut war, been particularly noted as a military man; but-as a strong supporter of the Union he has shone forth on more than one occasion. He is aman of about forty-three or forty-fonr years of ago, and i rather tall in stature. He has always been noted as a democratic politician, and took an active part in leading the Douglas faction in opposition to the Lecompton ¢on- stitution of Kansas. He was an active leader of the Donglas party in the House of Ropresentativos of 1860, and also in the Charleston apg Baltimore Democratic Con- ventions. He was always strongly opposed to Breckin- ridge and his party, and as @ Douglas man he was electod to Congress. He left his seat to take up arms in defence of that government which he so strongly supported by his specches in Congress, There is an interest- ing, if not a curious, circumstaice in connection with bis appointinent to the position of brigalier general. He had, during the late extra session of Congrose, been making, while in his seat, @ strongly worded speech in support of tho action of the government in those troubles, and in the coarse of re- marks,at the conclusion, he in effect stated that, not- withstanding thé thousands of Douglas democrats who had enlisted in the canso aud service of the United States, not one of them had been honored with any high mili- tary appointment; other parties had had their appointees, but his party had not, and he thought it somewhat »n- fair, &¢. A leading republican took up the question after MeClernand had finished, and, complimenting him highly on the patriotic tone of bis remarks, intimated that he did not know of & man more cntitled to a position than bis honored friend from Iinois; and it isa remarkable circumstance that, shortly after this discussion in the Hoase, the name of John A. McClernand appeared on the list of those who were appointed brigadier gencra’s of volunteers. Time has shown forth his soliierly qualifi- eations, which, ‘even outrival his political ones. In the Belmont fight he manifested that he poswesred very good military capacity, and during his administration of mili- tary affairs at Caito he secured the good witl of. tho men under his command. Jn the reconnoissanco in the rear of Columbus, during the advance upon Fort Henry, and-| atthe grand battle before Fort Donelson, General Mo- Clernand manifested superior military ability. For -gallantry on theso occasions he was, on the 2iet of March, made by Congress a major genera) of volunteers, and accompanied the advance up the Tennessee river towards Savannah. His position m the late battle must havo been ® bot one; for we find sevoral of the principal com- manding officers of his division either killed or wounded. MAJON GENERAL WALLACE. Major General Lewis Wallace was formerly the Colonel of the Eleventh regiment of Indiana three monthe viounteers, better known as the Indiana Zouaves. It will be remembered that this regiment wap ctationed tn Jone last at and near Cumberland, Maryland, and that op the eleventh of that month tho Zouaves, headed by the Colonel, made adash upon Romney and ronted the Tedels at that place. The regiment was noted for its reckless mode of fighting aud the degree of “dash” with which they always moved, When the regiment returned to Indiana to be reorganized for the war, General Wal- lace remained quiet for a few days: bnt the troubles in Missouri roused his energies, and be issued the remark- able cal! upon his troops which created aveh an amount ‘of enthusiasm at the time. ‘the Indianiang flocked to his standard, and the regiment was reorganized and sent to tho Department of the Missouri. Some little time elapsed and the regiment was next ecnt to Paducah, after which the Colonel was prometed to the generalship of @ bri gade ip the division of General C, F. Smith. Some little difiealty occurred between these two geverals, and Gen- eral Wallace was transferred at his owm request toa new command at Smitbland. General Wallace took an aetive part in the reconnoissance to the rear of Colum ‘bos, algo in the advance upon Fort Henry, but more par- ticularly in the gallant action before Fort Donelson. When Ac! ing Major General McClerpand’s division was driven back by the unexpected assault from the fort, Acting Major General Wallace's division passed-along be- tween tho rebels and the disoomfited Union troops, and, with his fresh soldiers, so succossfully repulsed the re- ols that they bad tofall back upon their defences. His gallantry on this occasion gained for him bis appoint. mentof full Major General, which rank was awarded him by Congresson March 21. At the head of his divi" rion he advanced up the Tennessee river, and, by'aforced march from Pittsburg. eceeded in destroying the rail- vend dridge ab Purdy, thus delaying the rebel troops end for @ time breaking the connection between the recruiting depots and the concentiation point of the rebels. Although absent from the firet day's fight it was by accident, entirely, which be {uily made up by dis gallantry on the second day. In a strange and almost impassable country, and among treacherous enemies ft is not to be wondered at that ho Jost the read. His offteial report will doubtless exp'ain how the minhap occurred. Saftice it to say, ho was prevent to help win the haitle before it became too late. GEN. THOMAS 4. CRITTRNDEN, Rdg. Goveral Thomas 1. Crittenden, commanding a division under Gen, Brel, isa native of Kentocky, and non of the noted loyal Kentuekian, Hon. Jobo J. Critten. den. His brother is the noted rebel genera! who was in command at Mill Sprivgs—vi7.—Major Genoral George B- Crittenden. When the rebels took up arias in Kentucky, Gen, T. L, Crittenden wan empowered to take command, and atthe head of the Home Guard started for Muldrangh’s ‘Hill and effectively ebecked the advance of the rebels on Loujaville. Since (hat time he hes been actively engaged inthe field under Gen. Buell, His commission of brigedier general dates from Soptember 27, 1861. G@KNERAL NELSON, Riigadier General William Nelson, commending a dl- vision under Genera! Buell, is ative of Mason county, Kentucky. Having been ednoated in the navy, and bay. ing obtained the rank of lieutenant, he wan detailed lact spring (1961) to command the Ohio river Hest of gun. Woats. Hus extensive acquaintanse with the poople of Kentucky, and his iargo relationship in that State, pointed to him as a proper person, during the bad health of General Anderson, 10 be wont into Kentucky to sound the Joyal sentiment of that State, and to strengthen it. Ac: cordingly. anearty #8 April, he went thither, and bagon the formationofs oatop and the recruiting of troopa ata print between Garrardsviile and Danville, kince known as ‘Camp Dick Retvioson.”” Some time sinos, Colonel George £L Thomas, of the Second cavalry, proveeded thither, sbaviny received the appointment of brigadier general of volunterrs, sud ausumed the command, General Neleon at onee was ordered to forma camp al Washington, Maron eounty, Keniucky, for the enlistment of troops, He ie full forty genre of age, with a mastive Physique and commanding presoncd, To fine natural abilities and large experianco i arina he adds preot energy of character and fine judgment of mon, He it was who ordered tho arrest of Stanion, Casio & Oo,, thongh they were old friends and companions. He doos Hot recognize any relationships im life when duty de- manda theif prostration or saerifice. His brother, Thomas Nolson, of [diana, is our present Minister to Chile, and hie brosher-indaw, J. Monroe stockton, Postmaster at Mayevilie, His naval services may be summed up in a few words. He entered the navy-as « citizen of Ken- tueky, the date of dis original entry into the service be ing January 20, 184, In 1855 he was promoted to a ‘Neutenancy offer passing throngh the various degrees of rank, His sea sorvies weder that commission wes about te onda belt yoarn, His total som pervice wis twelve years and six months. He was on shore and other duty for nearly five years, and had been unemployed for nearly five years. His total serviee under the flag of the United States has been over twenty-two years. He was last at sea in May, 1860, om the sloop St. Louis, in the Home Squadron, On his return home he was appointed on ordnance duty at the Washington Navy Yard, from which Post he was sent to Kentucky, as stated above, on special duty for the War Department. He was made a Brigadier General, with a commission dating from September 16, 1863. ‘ GENERAL W. 7. SHERMAN. Brigadier General William Tecumseh Sherman is @ Rative of Obio, and entered the Military Academy at West Point in 1836, He graduated in 1840, standing No. 6 in his class, in which were Generals Van Viiet, George HH. Thomas and others of the Union army and General MoCown of the rebels, recontly a commander at Island No. 10. On the 1st of July, 1840, he was promoted to a Seoond lioutenancy of the Third artillery, and on the 30th of November, 1841, was further promoted to a first Neutenancy. He was acting as Assistant Adjutant Gene- ral in the Tenth Military Department in 1847, and was breveted captain for meritorious services in California during the war with Mexico. His brevet was awarded in March, 1851, and dated from May 30,1848, He was next appointed commissary of subsistence, with rank of eap- tain, dating from September, 1850. He resigned the service on the 6th of September, 1863. On the 17th of May, 1861, he was appointed a brigadier goneral of volunteers, and when Gcneral Anderson requested to be relieved, was appointed to the command of his depart- ment—viz.:the Department of Ohio. He was subse- quently removed to the command of the force at Sedalia, and was again removed and placed on the non-active list. General Halleck has sinco reeailed him into active life and ordered him to join General Grant. General. Sber- man is the brother of Hon. John Sherman. GENERAL STEPHEN A. HUKLBURT. Brigadier General Stophon A. Hurlburt is a native of South Carolina, but a citizen of the State of Illinois, from which Stato he wes appointed to a brigadier generalship of volunteers, he having been connected with the militia force of Minois, Ho served during the earlier troubles in Missouri, ana, under Geuoral Fremont, helil charge of tho Hannibal aud St. Joseph Railroad. He held other com- mands in the Department of Missouri, under General Hal- lock, and was recently ordered up the Tennessee river when the troops were concentrated in that direction, His command {s now a portion of General Grant's grand column, THE TWENTY-FIFTH MISSOURI VOLUN- * TEERS. As this regiment bas been ospecially mentioned in tho despatches, we give brief sketches of the field officers of the regiment. The regiment was formerly the renowned Missouri Thirteenth, engaged at Lexington during the sioge under Acting General Mulligan. COLONEL EVERETT PEABODY. Colonel Everett Peabody, now Acting Brigadier General is a native of Massachusetts, and a deacendafit from one of the oldest and most prominent families in the East, He graduated at Hayard University, and chose for his profession thatof a civil engineer. He was for some time Chief Engineer of the Mempbis and Obio railroad, and alsoof one or two other important Southern roads. From his knowledge of the section of country in which our Western army would soon be obliged to operate, General Falleck sent him, with his regiment, to join this column, Subsequent to his connection with the Southern reads” above mentioned, ho superintended the construction of the Hannibal and St. Joseph (Missou- ri) Railroad; also the Platte Valley Railread, in which he has largo pecuniary interests. He is now about thir- ty-two yeara of ago, powerfully built, well proportioned ‘and of commanding prevenee,, At the siege of Lexington ‘he reocived two wounds, one in the pit of the stomach and the other in the foot, the latter of which at present. occasions @ slight balt in walking. . LIBUTENANT COLONEL R. T, VAN HORN. Tfeutenant Colune! Robert T. Van Horn, who by this military enactment avenmes commandof the regimext, ia a native of East Mahoning, Indiana county, Pennsylya- nia; is about thirty eight yoare of age, and of late years a resident in Missouri. He takes to the field naturally, a3 bis great grandfather was a captain in the federal ser- ‘vice in the war of the Revolution, and died while engegea in the contest. His grandfather was also a drummer boy tn the same war, and his father a soldier in the war of 1812, Colonel Van Horn is by profossion a printer, bav- Ing been apprenticed to ihe business at the age of fifleen, on tle old Indiana (Pa.) Register. Having served four years $n that place, he went to Mount Ver. non, Obio, and from thenco to various parts of that State, working a8a journeyman printer. Jn 1848 he ret- tled at Pomeroy, Ohio, where he pubiished a paper for two yetrs, at the end of that time eolling out, and re- turning to bis nativo place, where he pursued a course of law under William Banks, brother of ex-Governor Banks, of Massachusetts. Having been admitted to practice, he returned to Pomeroy, Ohio, married, and resnmed the publication of fa newspaper until 1852, when he engaged in steomboating for a couple Of years; but finding his tastes more adapted to }terature than com- merce, he commenced the publication of the Unionist at Cincinnati, Ohio. It will be remeinbered that thie journal was conducted with marked ability for sometime. InJu- 1y}2855, he settled in Kansas City, Mo., and commenced the publication of a daily newspaper, called the Wedern Journai of Commerce. He was also olected Mayor of Kan- sas City daring the hottest municipal contest ever seen there, and was a'so postmaster of the place in the latter part of Pierce’s and durfog Ruchanan’s administration. During the past summer the Kansag City post was under his charge, and his Oght in this rebeltion took place near Harrisonville, Mo., at which place, with one hundred and firty men, be defeated four hundrod and fifty rebels, in four hours and a half, Subsequently to thie he left Kan- sas City with the old Thirteenth Missouri Voluatoers, un- der command of Col. Peabody ,for Lexington, at which famous siege they both fell wounded, the latter having histeg ehattered. Upon the release of prisoners, Oct. 29,1861, he returned to Kansas City, and reaumod the command of that pest anti! Dec. 3, when his old command was embodied in the Twenty-fitth, with which he has again entered the field. MAJOR POWELL. Major Powe!l, whose experience in the regular service has enabled him to impart much of that solidity and steady bearing so cbeervable among suldiers who have been long abjected to rigid discipline, was especially de- tailed by General Halleck to accompany thie regiment: He was formerly on General Pope's etaff, and has been in tLe regular wervice nearly all his life, He was attached to McCulloch's Texas Rangers at ono period, when it was an honor to be known os a soldier in that service; served waderGen. Sam Houston in the early days of Texas, and wasat many of the important batties in Mexico, At thecloce of that war he was stationed, st intervals, both along the frou of Texas and in command of posts on the Western plains. When the presout retollion broke ent, being in the West ,he renderod important service tothe govern: ment in detecting numerous twporiant rebellions persor- ages, during which his clothes, pistol holsters and sword received such evidences of close contact with bayonets aud bullets that it was a miracle how his life was pre- served. THE REBEL COMMANDERS. Sketches of the Rebel OMicers Engaged in the Action. GENERAL, BEAUREGARD, Peter Gustay Toutant Beauregard was commissioned a cadet in 1604. His nsme stands, as here written, upon the records of the Adjutant Generai’s office at Wasbington, From the prominence given to the third name Tontant, thore would seem to be much truth in the statemenis which have been made recently in the public prints, as fuliows:— ‘The Courrier du Cuncla,of a late date, contains this h relative to the commander of the rebel The grandiather of Ceueral Keauregar mander of the fouthern army, was a Canadia name wan Pierre ‘fouton, and he eniprated to } Jouna (rom Batisoan, in the district of Three Rivers. At New Orleans he mado n fortine, and rapidly acquired influence arneng the French population of veward for his political services. he ob. tained for his sen a4 emission as a cadet jato the Mili- tary Acadeiny at Weat l'oint. ‘The son figures in the books under the name of Pierre G. Touton, “Inthe mean time he purchased mestair near Now Orleans, which he called Beauregard, When his son obtained his commis: sion #3 an officer in anny he cast aside the humble name of ‘Touton, and ed the more aristocratic one of De Roauregerd, md thenceforth wcribed himself «Pierre Pouton de Beanregard.!” Probably thid chauge of name was made at the time the son was commissioned a cadet. In the Military Academy Bevuregard took high rank immediately, and we find him among the five who were atyled distinguish- od in his first yoar. These five (Fourth clase) were:— 1. William A, Wright. 2. Alexander H. Dearborn, 3. Btephen H. Campbell. 4, P, G, T, Beauregard, 5. John T Metenifo, reported among the distinguished Third class:— 2 P.G T, Becuregara. j } Alexander 1. Dearborn, 6. James H. Traplr. Of the graduating class in 1888 the following were | bh m« some of the members, vis:— 1. William H. Wright. 2. P. G. T. Beauregard. 3. Jamos H. Trapier, 4. Stephen H. Campbell. 6. J. M. Bearrit. 6. Alexander H. Dearborn, 1, John T. Metcalfe, a New York physician, T. L. Ringgold, W. F. Barry, now a Brigadier Genoral, U. 8. A. Irvin Mclowell, now a Major Genoral, U. 8. A. W. J. Hardee, now @ general in the rebel army. Having graduated with the second honors of tho class, Beauregard was firat commissioned in the artillery, but he accepted almost simultancously @ transfor to the en gineers, in which corps he was entered 1 second ticv- tenant in July, 1838. He was employed immodiately in the construction and repair of forts on our sescoaat. La June, 1839, he received his commission 4s Kirst Lica- tenant, and after the breaking out of the Mexican war he Joined the column of General Soott, in 1447, and partici. pated in the many victories which accompanied that ve-- teran commander’s march to the City. of Mexico. The distinguished chief of engineers, Colonel J.G. Votten, writing of the capture of San Juan d’Ulloa, froin Vera rng, March 28, 1847, attributes this ‘brilliant 6 Specially to the efforts of ‘the vileers of engin gaged in the attack.” Ho aa: ¢ IC there be anything in the position, form and arrange— ment of the travches and batteries. or in the manner-of their execution worthy of commendation, tt is due to the ability, devotion and auremitiing zeal of theso officers. By oxiraordinary and un- sparing efforts’ they were enabled, few as ibey ware, to accomplish the workof mauy. No words caa overrate their services. ‘Ihe ofileers thus engaged were Major Jon LL, Captains R. EB. Lee and John Saunders. First Li ants J.L. M: J. G. Steveus; Second Smith G, Fos In General Scott's report of the battle of Corro Gordo he remarks: pnnoissal was continuea by © begun by Lieutenant Beauregard tain Lee, of the engiucers, aud a road made along difficult: slopes and chasis’? ‘to the enemy's furtifications on the heixhts of Cerro Gordo, He also records his ‘ indebtedness for able assistance to Majors Smith and Turnbull, the respective ebiets of en- f rs aud topographical somineae, to their i .ioutorants Mason regard, Steyens, Tower, Smith, Mocician, Seo" : ; Of tho bottles of Contreras and Cheruburco Geneval Scott reports: — “To the staff, both geueral and personal, T was again under high obligations (among others) to Liev‘onants Stevens, Beauregard and Tower.’ General Twiggs ro- ports:— For gallant services on the 10th [ would pre- sent tho names ems others) of Lieutenants Beanre- gard, Tower Smith, @. B. Mo’ ‘ollan, &., of the Engineers proper.” Gon, Percifor F. 8mith reporte :-— GW. Lieutenants Beauregard and Tower, of the engineers, rendered me the most important sorvices in examining tho ground, and displayed throughout the greatest per- gonal galfantry. Beauregard was breveted a captain August 20, 1847, for the baitics of Contreras and Cherubusco. Of the battles of thoCity of Moxico, Chapultepec, &c., Gen, Scott reports again — Tae victory of tho 8th, at the Molinos del Rey, was followed by ‘iaring reconnoiss:nees on the part of our divtinguiehed engineers, Captain Ieo, Lieutenants Beau regard, Stevens and Tower. Their operations were rected ‘principally to the routh, towards the gates Pi dait, San Angel, Ae., &¢. ants Beauregard, * Vent and Tower, all wounded, were employed with th divisions, and Lieutenants ¢ th and GB. Mo- Clelian with the company of ud miners, Those five lieutenants of engincers. like their captain (Lee, who wagaiso wounded) won the admiration of ali about them, wa Gon; Pillow reports Frually daring aud meritorious, and not lose distin- euton- guished, were the services of Captain Leo and ants Bosuregard, Stevens and Tower, of the enginesr oorps,en daty at’ different times within my hie of ope- rations. To the great activity, skill, judgment and daring ot this valuable corps of officers jf the service and tho nation indebted for the success of our army on gther,as weliason the Bt occasion; and the fact that, without exception, they were all wounded during the brillians operativue of thy day, places them befure the army and their country as among the must deserving of the many galiant spirits whore valor hae shod a bright halo of glory around the American arma, 1 invite the attention of the General iu-Chief to the report of Lieutenant Beauregard, whore untiring cvergy and indomitable perseverauce during the night of the 12th repaired the works of battcries Nos. 2 aud 3, and enabled them to speak in tones of thunder to Chapuitepec, the monarch fortification of the valley of Mexico. Genera! Quitinan reporte:— Lieutenant Tower had been wounded. It was, there- fore, fortunate thet, iu the commencement of the route to the city, Lieutenant Beauregard of the joined me. Iwasenadled during the day to avait oft his valuable services, and, altiough dissbl for @ time by a wound received curing the day he superintended during the whole might the erection of two baiteries within th+ of our hewy guns aod a breastwork on our Nontivae Manerery which, with bis advice, I had determined to ecnstruct. Major Jobn 1. Smith, of the Enginoers, reports:— Liewtenant Boanregard had been assigned for duty with General Twiggs’ division on the 1th. He joined this division at this time (13th), aud continued with 16 until the city was cecupied by our troops on the 15th, when he was retieved from duty,as he snfforod from slight wounds in the side and thigh received on the 13th. For gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec, Beauregard was breveted a major, Septem- dor 13, 1847. He was twiecs wounded, as is seen above; ‘one oF both of these wounds wore received at the Belin Gate. After the Mexivay war Beuuregard was again as- signed tho duty upon the fortifications akong our coast. Tn March, 1883, he was commissioned a captain of en- gincers. The Secretary of War reported, from 1856 to 1860, that the defences at Proctor's Landing, Lake Borgne, Louisiana, also Forts Jackson and St. Phitip, at the mouth of the Missicsippi, were in eharge of Mojor P. G. 'T. Beauregerd, for repairs and extension. Such was his occupation, chiefly, until the latter part of the year 1860, at the close nearly of Floyd's adminisira- tion of the War Department (Fioyd resigned December 29), when he was ordere! to West Point, to succood Colonel Delafield, as the Superintendent of the Military Academy. He hold this post, however, but a few days, an ordor hay- ing been forwarded to Colonel Delafield, by Floyd's sue- cessor, Mr. Holt, to return to Weet Point. The Army Register informs us that Captain and Brevet Major Peier G. T. Boanregard resigned his commission in the corpe of engineers of the United States Army on the 26th day of February, 1861. He immediately entered tho service of the Southern confederacy as a brigadier gencral of volun. teers, ond vn the 6th of March he was ordored by Jeifer- son Davis to Charleston, to inke charge of the batteries which had been conrtructed and other military prepara- tions initiated by Governor Pickene. On the 12th of April, fire was opened from the batteries, and on the 13th Fort Sumter was evacuated by Major Anderson: Gen, Beauregard then ordered to take command of the forces at Manassas Station, in Virginia, and he lets Charleston for this duty on the 27th of May, 1861. After assuming command of the rebel army at that point bis earliest act was the issuing of a proclamation, on the Sth of Juno, to the people of Loudon, Fairtax and the adja. cent counties, from which the following is on extract, vii All rules of civilized warfare are abandoned, and they (tho United States) proclaim, by their acts, if not by their banners, that their war cry is ‘Beauty and Booty,” All that is dear fo man—your honor and that of your wives and danghters—your fortunes and your lives—are involved ip this momentous contest. ‘The Baltimore American justly remarke:— ‘This ie the most ‘tionable of ali the, junciamicnios of the rebels sin he beginning of he content, How any man of Bewuregard’s standing could have put his name to such a production wo areata loss to conceive. Since the battle of Bull run Jeff. Davis has honored Brigadior General Beauregard, for faithful service, by tranc(erring him from the volunteer corps of the con. fedoracy to its regular army, with the higher title of Goneral, simply being @ bigher grade than that of Major Geueral in their ranks. Of the iator history of Beauregard, the readers of the Hxxau are, doubtless, well informed, ‘The principal movement mado by Goneral Beauregard was that in the direction of the West. The first intima- tion was received in January last, when he was reported as journeying towards Kentucky with fifteen thousand men. Froth intercepted letters it was ascertained with cortninty that he had been in Fort Henry previous to the capture, which took place on the 6th of February; that bo was in Nashville on tho 4th of that same month, and that he aftorwards visited Fort Donelson and Columbur, ko. The most definite news about bis movements, after the downfall of those places, was set forth in his letter te Governor Moore, of Touisiana—accopting Dinety day men—and dated from Jackson, February 28, and in the following general order issued by himself when assuming the command of the rebel Army of the Mississippi—: GENERAL ORDER—NO. 1, Heapquarcers ARMY Ov Tum Migstssprt, Jackson, Tenn., March 6, 1862, Soupians—I assume thie day tho command of the ary pe Mississippi, for dofence of our home- and liberties, and to resist the subjugation, spolia- tion and dishonor of our le. Our mothers and ives. Sur sisters and children, a to do our ¥, @ven to the mverifice of our lives. Qur losses wince the commencement wounded and prisopers, are now about the ve lately ‘with an uuconquerable determination to drive back,our y meni at Ouce to braver, firmer hands and return on Our cause is As just and er mated mou to takeayp arms; and if we are true to it wid w ourselves, with the continued protection of the Acaighty, we must aud shall triumph. G, T. BEAURBGARD, General Commanding. After a short time haying been allowed for the organi- zation of bis forces, in which werea number of ninety, +9) men, he began vo conceateate ther in the neighbor- Loud of Corinth, Missiasipp!, where it \s still expected thathe my make a final ~:and, Corinth is eighteen miles from Pittsburg Landing. ho above narrative of farts is the host evidence of the charactor of his genius, which {s described to us as hot the most brilliant. He is rathor am engineer, skil- ful tn Cho erection of batteries, than a commander of arinies. For splendor of natural endowments, it is tho testimony of those who have known him well, that he is inferior to either of the folowing Gencrals of the South ern confederacy :—A. 3. Johnston, R. E. Lev, G. W. ‘Smith,‘or Craxton Bragg. Indeedp the question may be askel-What has Roauregard done in this contest? Cor- tainly he gained no laurels by the capturo of Sumter, and accomplished nothing at Bull run, But for the timely arrival of his superior, Johnston, the blood-stained in trenchinents at Manassas bad been lost to him, He is not to be compared with McClollan, and Rosec:ans, and a host of otheis, men good and true, We aro informed by of” Peauregard’s classmate: West Pojut, that the General is now forty five years of age. GENERAL ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON. ‘This officer——oue of ‘he most erafty’ and competent in tho rebel service, and whose death has beou ed in tho battle of Pittsburg Landing—was vorm in Macon county, Ky., {9 1803, ant therefore entoroi his fifty- eighth year not lovg ago. He was educated at the Transylvania University, Lexington, My., der President Holley raduated at the United states Military Academ West Point, at tho age of twenty-three, and entered the army as soond His first service was Jieutenans, in the same ye: with tho Sixth infantry, with which he was ordered to the West. During the B Hawk war he acted as wijutant goneral , President Lincoln at that time serving tain of volunteers. At the ologg of the war ys tie went to reside first in Missouri ani thon in Texas, When war broke out in this latter State he resixned his commission in the United States Army, and rushed (o her aid, alone and unknown, and entered the service as acommon soldier. Ho soon made the acqwaintanco of Genoral tusk, commanding that division, who at once promoted him to a command—he rose to be the commarider-in-chief—was Sceretary of War uuler President J.mar—fonght the battle of the Neches, de- foating seven hundred Chere At the breaking out of tho Mexican war,at the urgent request of General Taylor, bo again ontered the service as colonel of the Kirst Yexae regiment; when this was disbanded General Johnston, became Inspector General of General Butjer's division, apd served as such in the glorious bat tle of Monterey; ho was in the hottest of the fight, af big lores was three times shot weder him, After this he retired ipto private life, and turned his sword into @ ploughshare, cultivat- ing the earth with his own hands, unti), in 1849, the United States government, in consideration of his neces- sity and Jong service, bestowed upon bim the appgint- ment of Paymayster in the army. In 1855 he was ap- pointed to the command of the Second regiment of cavalry, with the rank of colonel, and ordered to the Department of ‘Texas, and in 1857 wap appointed to the command of the expedition to Utah, and, in 1858, was promoted to the rank of brigadier gonoral. He started on the expedition to Utah nnder ordors in Sep- tember, 1857. On the @th of November, in the Rocky Mountains, he encountered a storm of snow and wind, which, in his own words, “racked the bones of his men, and starved the oxen, borees and mules.” The snow was from two to four feet deep, and the ther- mometer at from sixteen to eighteen degrees below zero for ninety days afterwards, bat ho pureved his march, making only thi-ty-five miles in fifteen cays, where ho went into camp, and subsisted on males, without bread or salt, nti! prov ‘slong were sent by the government in the following spring. Me continued to fl} the post of commander-ia chief in Viah—Deing in fect dictator in . the country whieb he ovenpied—wntil the rebellion broke ont, when he abandoned the old fag of the Union to enlist under the banner of the secessioniais. Ho is believed to have made energetic uitempts to induce Cali- fornia and Oregon to join (be rebels, but to Dave been fuited by the conmon senge of our Pacific bretbren and the sagacious measures adopted by the government. Last fall Genera! Johuston was put in command of the rebel solaers in the Department of Ken y and Missourt, and invested with plenipotentiary authority to contro! ail the military operations iu the West. His Kentucky nati- vity and his thorough knowledge of the Western country, conpled with bis great ability, rendered him an especially appropriate selection to this Important position, Geveral Joboston was six feet one inch high, of large, bony, sinewy frame, quiet fend abasenining manners, all conspiring to form a person of ‘mposing and attractive address. His brother, Jo- sinh Stoddard Johnston, who was blown up on a steam. boat on the Red river, La., and killed, was as tho time in the United States Senate from that State, was the second of Six. Clay jn bis duel with John Randolph, aud was a man of the most eminent abilities. The rebeis had the xvontest (aith and roliance in his skill and ability, and his Jos at this trying jaucture must inflict a terrible biow on their fortunes. GENERAL JOBN ©, BRECKINRIDGE. ‘This gentleman ts @ native of Kentucky, though’ of Virginia extraction, It is his good fortune to trace in his progenitors names tbat have embellished our country’s history ever since the days 0° the Revolution. Those or Witherspoone and Samuel Stanhope Smith—einivent the- ologianc—are, with the religious world, held in tho high- eat veneration. In statoamanship we find that of Brock- jnridge connected with the great struggle for States ted with the immortal resolotions of is father, the late Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, an emisent citizen of Kentucky, diet at an early age in 1823, Jeaving bie only son, Johny em infant not quite three years old, He grew up and reoeived a liberal education, ‘Ou the breaking oat of the Mexican war, Major Breciin- ridge responded to the call for volunteers in his mative State—Kentucky—and at the age of twenty-five, to t! exclusion of many older men and experienced soldiats, was madea (eld officer in his regiment, He followed hin country’s flag—the banner of the Union—in ite march of triumph to the halls of the Montezuma, and when the war was ended returned with gratitude to the quietudo of domestic, and, with contentment, to the pur® suits of civil, life, He remained in private life until 1866, when, without offort or solicitation, he was nominat” ed and elected Vice President of the United States, his opponent in the Convention for that high oftice being that ominent statesman and aged democrat, the pures, ‘and the best of men, the late General John A. Quitman, ‘Within the past few months ho has been clected a United States Senator for six years, to Buceerd John J, Crit- tenden, whose greet beuignity , meflifuous eloquence and blandness of manner has made him next to Mr. Clay the jdol of Kentucky for the last half contury. Mr. Breckin- ridge was very popular in the varioas rela:ions of public and private life. When the secession movement was fairly established, however, he overthrew all the good he had previously done, and the high reputation he had achieved, by resigning his place in Congress avd joming the ranks of the rebels. During the sittings of the Kentucky Legiclature, when the quostion of secension waa being discussed, many of the secession membors hearing that they wore about to be arrested, precipitately eg. caped. Some fow of them anticipated au arrest on the discovery of their complicity in the invasion of the State, and not without reason, for Silvertooth, of Hickman, Ew. ing, of Logan, and Rhea, of Logan, were arrested by the Bome Guard, at Harrodsburg. Not less than three hun, dred of the most active went from Louisvilie, some even going to tho North for safety, Many of there, however, would never have been molested, unless for some breach of the peace, but with many of thom a guilty conscience needed no accuser, for they did not know how soon gomne evidence of a treasonable nature would come to light against them. It was 00 thig occasion that John C. Breckinridge suddenly disappeared from Lexington, It was only known (that he travelled on the Winchester pike, lending to Mount Sterling on Thursday night. Friday morning at daylight he was seen beyond Mouut Sterling, Montgomery county, on the direct road through Prestonsburg, Kentucky, to the confederate lines in Western Virginia, He was going at a rapid rate, in & buggy drawn by two fast trotters, with a white man for @ driver anda small negroservant boy. Not long after, the iron horse of the railroad bore him swiftly into the arms of his beloved Jef. What a Of the present war, in killed, | Commentary upon public life! It seems but yeater- Game ag | day he was the idol of bie party ig Kegruoky, with the prestige of rise in fame unparalleled as to rapidity ‘n the annals of American history. itis worsbippers ‘thought no position too good for him. Fondly and conf dently they looked to his elevation to the highest off-¢ in the gift of his countrymen, Now we hear of him ag a fugitive from justice, fleeing by night and in & morning fog, through the defiles of « mountainous country, te throw himself into the protecting arms of the enemice f the constitution and the Union. Mr. Breckinridge ig now im command of a rebel position near Corinth, in con™ nection with Bragg and Jackson, where they will s0om be called upon to measure swords with the Union arnty. GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG. ‘This officer is @ native of the State of North Carolina, from which State, in the year 1832, he was appointed ta @ cadeiship inthe West Point Military Academy, where he graduated in 1867 with high honors. In July of the same year he was appointed second lieutenant in the Third regiment of artillery, His subsequent promotions areas follows:—Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, November, 1837; Adjutant, December, 1887; First Liew tenant, July, 1838; Brevet Captain, for gallant conduct im defence of Fort Brown, May %, 1846; full Captain, June, 1846 , Brevet Major for gallant conduct in several desperate conflicts at Monterey, Mexico, September 23, 1846; Brevet Lioutenant Colonel, for gallant conduct in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico; resigned his commission in the army in January, 1856. General Bragg’s deeds and bia valor in the war with Mexico as an artillery officer be- long to the history of the country, He is about forty: threo years ef age. He removed to Louisiana about sim years ago, where he has a large plantation in the parish of Lafourche. Two years ago he was elected a membes o! the Board of Public Works, in which capacity his clear head and unquestioned practical judgment won for him many new friends and gained the applause of the public at large. Under the ordinance of the Convention creating the army of Louisiana, the rebel authoritieg conferred the rank of of Major General on the then Colonel Bragg, and he was at once ordered to azgume the command of the confede- rate forces at Pensacola, engaged in besieging Fort Piek« ens. Braxton Bragg is ason of ex-Governor Bragg, of North Carolina, and although he is a good artillery officer, it is said that be cannot command a division of men, He gained some renown in the Mexican war by a supposed vaying, ‘A little more grape.” He acted as Confederate Seordtary of War for some time, but ’tis said he was sus perseded on account of incompetency. GENERAL JACKSON, Reported as commanding a position with Bragg and Rreckinridge, is not suiliciontly tdentified for us to give a sketch of his life, There are three or four or more Jacksons in the rebel rervice, There is Major General Thos, J. Jackson, otherwiso known as ‘Stonewall Jack- sen,” from the defeat he sustained behind the stone walls at Wisehester by General Shields. There is alaeo@ Prigadier General H. R. Jackgon, who was at one time ited States Minister to Austria. He, however, re- signed bis position in the rebel army some time ago. ‘There is another rebel ;eueral known as John R. Jacke , hesides some colonels and captains of the same name. Itis not therefore possible to give any correct data concerning the Jackson now particularly spoken ef as being in a command under Beauregard. We may, however, expeot to hear from him very soon. THE CASUALTIES. Skeiches of Some of the Union Officers Reported Among the Killed, Wounded and Missing. , GENERAL B. M. PRENTIBS. Brig. Gen. B. M. Prentiss, who is reported as having been taken prisoner, is a native of Illinois, or, at least, haw lived there from his early boyhood. His previous history until the war with Mexico was unmarked by any very important event; but on that occasion he volunteered aa a Houtenant of the Ilinois troops, and was selected by the unfo-tunate J. J. Hardin to aotes hisadjutant. By Hardin's side he fought in every battle watil that gallant chiefuain fell, and with bis own hands be helped to drese his corpse forthe last rites of humanity. During that entive campaign he was the most intimate companion of that iamented officer, and the sash which be wears now at the head of his regiment is the one which Hardin wore on that last fatal field. He is anable offcer, and very popular with bis men. He was @ candidate fos Congress in the Fifth Minois district last year, but the democratic majority was too much for bim. At the commencement of the rebellion he stepped ferth at the head of the first regiment of IMimols votunteera whe volunteered for three months. The regiment wae nu mer)vally known as the Fenth Illinois Volunteers, and ag the Colonel was the senior officer of all the troope whe occupied the depot at Cairo, he beeame Acting Brigadier General and Commander of the post. He afterwards had the full rank awarded to him, dating from May 27, 1861, Hie regiment re-enlisted for the war en masse, undes Colonel Morgan. He has been engaged during the war is various parta of the State of Missouri, more recently on the Kansas border, from which post be proeeded to join the army up the Tennessee river. =. BRIGADIER GEXERAL W. H. L. WALLACE. Gen, W.H. 1. Wallace, who is reported killed at the gallentaction at Pittsburg Landing, wae formerly one of the earliest three years volunteer colonels in the service. He beid command of the Fleventh regiment er lilincie volunteers, which was orgenized at Camp Hardin, Pu- laski county, Miinois, and joined the depot at Cairo during the carly stages of the war. The regiment bas mace tta mark on more than one cession, It formed o portion of the reconnoissance in the rear of Columbus. ‘Tt also was with the advance upgn Fort Henry; but 10 wen at Fort Donelson where, under Gen. MeClornand, Acting General W. H. L. Wallace and bis commanéeo bravely distinguished thomselves—the Eleventh regie ment having alone seventy-six killed and two hundred wounded during the fight. For hie gallantry on that eo- casion Col. Wallace was made by Congress on the Ziet of March @ fall Brigadier General, and with that rank went with the expedition up the Tennessee river. ACTING BRIGADIER GENERAL T. W. SWEENY. ‘The gallant Colonel ‘homes W. Sweeny, commanding @ brigade in the present action, aud who from news just received has again been wounded im she recent great Dattle at Pittsburg Landing in the defence of bis coun- try’s flag and in the maintenance of ite laws, was born in Ireland, and came to this country with his parente when about ten years of age. On the passage acrose the ‘Atlantic he was washed overboard, bat in the good pro- vidence of God was waved. At an early age he went to Paterson, N. J., where be was apprenticed to the print- ing business. He afterwards came to this elty, and waa engaged as ® compositor till the war with Mexico was declared. He was among the first to volunteer in the service of his adopted country im the capacity of second Hentenant in Burnett’s regiment of New York Volunteers. He was at the storming of Vera Cruz, and was with the army up to the eity of Mexico. ‘He was twice wounded in the battle of Cherubaseo—once 0 severely that he had to lese his rightarm. (n Colo- nel Sweeny’s return to shies city in March, 1848, he re- ceived the commission of second \eutenant im the Seeond regiment of United States infantry, apd was goon after- wards ordered to California, where he performed many arduous duties, from which he never faltered. Among the first of which was taking @ detachment of recraits in a state of disorganisation the desert from San Diego to the without losing @ man. He was as figned to Fort Yams, on the Colorado, with « com. mand of ten men, and was shut off com munication with the settlements at & was surrounded by ® large band of hostile Indians. for his watehfuluess and intrepidity bis little would have been all massacred before they could have ‘been released. From California, he with a portion of hie regiment was ordered to Fort Pierre, in Northern Ne- braska, where he served as aid to General Harney; and when arduous duty was required he was alwaye to be found at his post. In Jane, 1851, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, At the commencement of the rebel- lion Colonel Sweeny was then a captain of the Second United States infantry, having obtained that rank on the 19th of Janaury, 1861, was on recruiting nervice, but wae ordered to Newport barracks, and soon afterwards to the command of the St, Louis Arse- nal, previous to General Lyon taking the command. He was also second in command at the surrender of the notorious rebel, Glaib. Jackson, and was afterwards ap- pointed colonel and acting brigadier general of the three months Missouri volunteers, and was active in the die- charge of his duties in suppreesing the rebellion. Pre. Pious to the battle of Wilson's creek, where it was de. cided not te attack the rebel, General Price, General Swoeny was so impressed that & retreat would be-worse than a defeat that he prevailed on General Lyon to make the attack. In that battle he was agaim wounded, and still carries the bali in his limb, At the clese of the battle when Major Sturgiss assumed the command, General Sweeny was urgent in followihg up the retreat- ing rebels, believing that had it been done the rebels would have been compelled to surrender, General Sweenyte as noble and geverous as he is gentiemaniy ang