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（U. S.M. A. 1839) was born in
Kentucky in 1819.
Entering the army, he served in the
Seminole and
Mexican wars.
When the
Civil War broke out, he served first as colonel in
New Mexico, held that territory for the
Union, and prevented a Confederate invasion of
California.
Then, for some time, he was on special duty in the North and East.
In May, 1864, with the rank of majorgeneral of volunteers, he assumed command of the Military Division of West
Mississippi.
He captured
Mobile, April 12, 1865, and the following month arranged for the surrender of the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department. June 3, 1865, he succeeded to the command of the Army and Department of the Gulf.
After the close of the war he was made brigadier-general in the regular army, and was put in command of the Department of the Columbia.
While engaged in attempting to settle difficulties between the
Government and the
Modoc Indians, he was treacherously murdered by their chief, April 11, 1873.
(U. S.M. A. 1845) was born in New York city in 1821, and served in the
Mexican War and on the
Southwestern frontier.
When the
Civil War broke out, he was made captain and rose through successive grades until his appointment of major-general of volunteers was dated September 17, 1862.
He fought at
Wilson's Creek, and later commanded the cavalry and had a brigade in the Army of the Mississippi.
Then he had charge of the so-called Army of Kentucky, from August to October, 1862, and served in the Department of the Ohio until put in charge of the newly organized Reserve Corps of the Army of the Cumberland.
At
Chickamauga, he rendered most timely assistance to
Thomas and won a brevet of lieutenant-colonel in the regular army.
He was the first commander of the new Fourth Corps until April, 1864, when he was sent to command the district of
South Alabama, the troops of which were merged in the Reserve Corps, Department of the Gulf (afterward called New Thirteenth Army Corps) of which
Granger took command in January, 1865.
He commanded the land forces at the fall of
Forts Morgan and
Gaines (August, 1864), and in the operations around
Mobile that resulted in its capture, April, 1865.
After the war,
Major-General Granger was mustered out of the volunteer service and received the commission of colonel in the regular army.
He was brevetted major-general in March, 1865.
He died in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 10, 1876.
Army of Georgia: the Fourteenth and Twentieth Army Corps.
The fourteenth and twentieth Army Corpsxs on the march to the sea and through the Carolinas (November 1864–April 1865) were so known.
This force was commanded by
Major-General Henry W. Slocum, and constituted the left wing of
Sherman's army.
（U. S.M. A. 1852) was born in
Delphi, New York, September 24, 1827, and, beginning the practice of law at
Syracuse, New York, he resigned his commission as first lieutenant in 1855.
At the outbreak of the
Civil War, he joined
McDowell's troops as colonel of the Twenty-seventh New York Volunteers, and at
Bull Run was severely wounded.
In August, 1861, as brigadier-general of volunteers, he commanded a brigade of
Franklin's Division of the Army of the Potomac, and later had a division in the Sixth Corps.
At
Gaines' Mill and
Glendale,
General Slocum took a prominent part, and after the
battle of Malvern Hill he was promoted.
As
major-general of volunteers, he was given the Twelfth Corps in October, 1862.
He fought with the armies of the
Potomac and of
Virginia, and was sent by
Major-General Meade to command the army on the first day of
Gettysburg.
He went West with his corps, and was commanding at
Tullahoma during the
battle of Chattanooga.
For short periods, in 1864 and 1865, he had charge of the District of Vicksburg.
In the
Atlanta campaign, he was in command of the Twentieth Corps and during the march to the sea and the
Georgia and
Carolina campaigns, he was at the head of the Army of Georgia, which formed the left wing of
General Sherman's army.
At the
battle of Bentonville,
North Carolina,
General Slocum repulsed
Johnston's attack, and later was present at the surrender of the Confederate Army.
He resigned his commission in 1865, and devoted himself to the law. He died in
Brooklyn, New York, April 14, 1894.
