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in the second Seminole war. He was in- nessee, was promoted to major-general, U.

strutor in artillery and cavalry at West S. A. His great success was at Nashville.

Point, 1851-54. He was made captain De- December 14-15, 1864, when he defeated the

ci'mber 24, 1853, and was on frontier duty. Confederates under Hood, for which he re-

1854-60 ; wounded in skirmish at Brazos ^^{..gd the thanks of congress, and from the

river, August 21, i860. He was made lieu-

general assembly of Tennessee a gold medal.

tenant-colonel, April, 1861, and colonel. May \ c^ ^u <_ i.- r u 11

' ^ ' ' " >->^"j ^1, ij. _v After the restoration of peace he commanded

3 At the outbreak of the war between the

states he was transferred to the Fifth Cav- alry, and operated in the Shenandoah Val- ley. On August 17, 1861, he was made Lrigadier-general of volunteers, and given command of rendezvous camp at Robinson, Kentucky. He commanded the Federal forces at the battle of Logan's Crossroads, Kentucky, January 19-20, 1862; commanded a brigade in the advance on Nashville, Ten- nessee, and afterwards a brigade in the Army of the Ohio, under Buell. He was promoted to major-general of volunteer.-. <Vpril 25, 1S62, and commanded the right soldier, was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, wing of the Army of the Tennessee during September 16. i8i6; son of Col. John and the siege of Corinth, Mississippi. He served Elizabeth Pendleton (Hunter) Strother. under Buell in North Alabama, Tennessee He studied drawing with Pietro Ancora in and Kentucky, and second in command. He 1829, was graduated at JeiTerson College in had command of the centre of the Army of 1835; studied art with S. F. B. Morse in the Cumberland at the battle of Stone's 1836, in Rome. 1842-44, and in New York, river, Tennessee; and commanded the Four- 1845-49. In 1850, over the pseudonym

various military districts. Fie died in San Francisco, California, March 28, 1870, and was buried with full military honors at Troy, New York. There is a fine equestrian 5tatue of Gen. Thomas in Washington City. At the beginning of the war (1861-65;. rhomas wrote to Gov. Letcher assuring him of his intention to follow the fortunes of his native state, but afterwards changed ground, under the influence, it is believed, of his northern wife.

Strother, David Hunter, author, artist and

teenth Corps at the battle of Chickamauga. He checked the Confederate advance on Chattanooga, was promoted to brigadier- general, U. S. A., and given command of the

"Porte Crayon." his first article appeared in "Harper's Magazine." At the outbreak of the war, he was commissioned captain in the United States army, and appointed assist-

departmeiit and Army of the Cumberlan<l, ant adjutant-general on McClellan's stafif. October 19, 1863. He commanded thai; He served on Pope's staff in the Virginia army in the battles of Missionary Ridge, campaign, and on Banks' staf? in the Red Dallas, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, River campaign. He was colonel of the Third Peach Tree Creek, and Atlanta. When Virginia Cavalry ; was chief of staff to his Sherman was preparing for his march to the cousin, David Hunter, in the Shenandoah sea, Thomas was massing scattered troops, campaign, and was brevetted brigadier-gen- with which he fell back toward the Ohio eral of volunteers. After the war he re- river, and for the success at Franklin, Ten- sumed his literarj- work ; and his "Personal