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by mikeejay2
Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:23 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Maj Gen Don Carlos Buell
Replies: 3
Views: 85

RE: Maj Gen Don Carlos Buell

LOOKS GOOD
by mikeejay2
Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:02 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith
Replies: 11
Views: 281

Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith

<t> Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith (b 1810- d 1875) was born in Guilford, North Carolina and moved to Indiana at the age of nineteen, where he worked as a farm laborer to pay for his education. At the age of twenty-four, he was elected sheriff and served two terms. Meredith served four terms in the ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:45 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Generals with Initiative
Replies: 2
Views: 65

RE: Generals with Initiative

thomas should be a 1 or at most a 2 on iniative. he would not make a move until every thing was perfect. my research on him has him not reacting to orders to move until he was damn good and ready
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:34 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher
Replies: 1
Views: 82

Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher

<t> Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher (b 1823 - d 1867) was born in Waterford, Ireland. <br/>
Meagher was educated at Jesuit boarding schools in Ireland While at school, Thomas Francis gained a broad and deep education and also came into his own as a speaker. After graduating, Meagher left Ireland ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:30 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Maj. Gen. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
Replies: 1
Views: 93

Maj. Gen. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs

<t> Maj. Gen. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (b 1816 - d 1892) Meigs was born in Augusta, Georgia. While a boy, he moved with his family to Pennsylvania, and he initially attended the University of Pennsylvania, but was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1836. He received a commission as a 2nd ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:02 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
Replies: 3
Views: 77

2nd try

<t> Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton (b 1824 - d 1897) was born in Washington, D. C.. Alfred graduated from West Point in 1844 and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the 1st U.S. Dragoons. He fought in the Mexican War and received a promotion to 1st Lt. for gallantry at the Battles of Palo Alto (1846). At the ...
by mikeejay2
Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:13 am
Forum: Public Beta Feedback
Topic: General Casualties
Replies: 27
Views: 572

RE: General Casualties

ON 9 OUT OF 11

NO ARTILLARY SHOT AT ME

3 IMPROVISED
4 MUSKETS
3 SPRINGFIELDS
AND THAT "DAMN" HENRY

TALK ABOUT DESTROYING MY MORALE LET ALONE MY TROOPS
by mikeejay2
Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:00 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: General Joseph Eggleston Johnston CSA (b1807-d1891)
Replies: 15
Views: 268

RE: 2ND TRY ON GEN JOHNSTON

EDITED VERSION IS GOOD TO GO
by mikeejay2
Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:53 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead, CSA (b. 1817, d.1863)
Replies: 11
Views: 393

RE: Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead, CSA (b. 1817, d.1863)

FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD THE REFERENCE "BLOODY" ANGLE. I PREFER THE TERM "THE ANGLE" AS THE HIGH WATER MARK. MY BELIEF IS THAT 99 OUT OF 100 CIVIL WAR READERS WOULD PLACE THE "ANGLE" AT GETTYSBURG, BUT WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE HECK THE "BLOODY" ANGLE WAS. BUT THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.
by mikeejay2
Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:38 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen Charles (Karl) Leopold Matthies
Replies: 3
Views: 77

RE: Brig Gen Charles (Karl) Leopold Matthies

GOT IT. HOPE I DID BETTER WITH PLEASONTON.
by mikeejay2
Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:36 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
Replies: 3
Views: 77

Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton

<t> Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton (b 1824 - d 1897) was born in Washington, D. C.. Alfred graduated from West Point in 1844 and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the 1st U.S. Dragoons, stationed at Fort Atkinson, Iowa. He fought in the Mexican War and received a promotion to 1st Lt. for gallantry at the ...
by mikeejay2
Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:46 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen Charles (Karl) Leopold Matthies
Replies: 3
Views: 77

Brig Gen Charles (Karl) Leopold Matthies

<t> Brig Gen Charles (Karl) Leopold Matthies (b 1824 -d 1868) was born in Bromberg, Prussia. As a youngster, Matthies worked on a farm outside of Bromberg. At sixteen, he joined the Prussian army where he served as an enlisted man until he emigrated to the United States in 1849. During the 1850’s ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:06 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen John Sanford Mason
Replies: 2
Views: 57

Brig Gen John Sanford Mason

<t> Brig Gen John Sanford Mason (b 1824 - d 1897) was born in Steubenville, Ohio. After attending local schools, he was admitted to West Point in 1843. From his graduation in 1847 until he retired at age 64, he pursued only a military career. He began service with garrison duty in Tampico during the ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:24 am
Forum: Public Beta Feedback
Topic: General Casualties
Replies: 27
Views: 572

RE: General Casualties

<t> IN A SINGLE PULSE, ON ELEVEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS BY THE UNION (WHICH WAS ATTACKING MY DUG- IN ON TOP OF A HILL REBELS IN FEB 1862)&nbsp;I&nbsp;HAD NINE CONFENDERATE GENERALS KILLED. I DO BELIEVE LOSING 81 PERCENT OF YOUR GENERALS IN A 2O MINUTE TIME FRAME IS JUST&nbsp; LITTLE TOO HARD TO BELIEVE ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:11 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen John Henry Martindale
Replies: 1
Views: 76

Brig Gen John Henry Martindale

<t> Brig Gen John Henry Martindale (b 1815 - d 1881) was born in Sandy Hill, New York. In 1831 he graduated from West Point, third in the class in 1835. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant of the First Dragoons, but not desiring to stay in the Army, resigned in March, 1836. For a time he was assistant ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:19 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen Randolph Barnes Marcy
Replies: 1
Views: 77

Brig Gen Randolph Barnes Marcy

<t> Brig Gen Randolph Barnes Marcy (b 1812 - died 1887) Marcy was born at Greenwich, Massachusetts in April, 1812. He graduated from West Point in 1832 and was commissioned a lieutenant in the 5th U. S. Infantry, and served with the 5th in the Black Hawk War in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1846, he ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:45 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen Gilman Marston
Replies: 2
Views: 97

Brig Gen Gilman Marston

<t> Brig Gen Gilman Marston (b 1811 - d 1890) was born in Orford, New Hampshire, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1837 and from the law department of Harvard in 1840. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1841 and was a member of the New Hampshire House ...
by mikeejay2
Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:35 am
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen Joseph King Fenno Mansfield
Replies: 1
Views: 90

Brig Gen Joseph King Fenno Mansfield

<t> Brig Gen Joseph King Fenno Mansfield (b 1803 - d 1862) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended West Point and graduated second in a class of forty in 1822. He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Advancement came slowly in the peacetime Army and he was ...
by mikeejay2
Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:30 pm
Forum: Generals' Biographies Project
Topic: Brig Gen Mahlon Dickerson Manson
Replies: 2
Views: 135

Brig Gen Mahlon Dickerson Manson

<t> Brig Gen Mahlon Dickerson Manson (b 1820 d 1895)Manson was born in Piqua, Ohio. His family moved to moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana. He became a school teacher in Montgomery County, Indiana. He studied medicine at the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, and gave medical lectures in New Orleans ...

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