The American Generals

The production of this work is the result of a want which has been long and sensibly felt. Although there are several collections of lives of American officers, there is none which comes down to this period, and none which contains a large number of lives. After the war with Mexico a lively curiosity respecting was awakened regarding the personal history of the officers who have distinguished themselves before that event; and this has led to a fresh desire for general information respecting the military history of the country. To meet this desire the present work has been written. Contents: Colonel Aaron BurrAlexander HamiltonAlexander MacombAndrew JacksonAndrew PickensAnthony WayneAnthony Walton WhiteArthur St. ClairBaron De KalbBenedict ArnoldBenjamin LincolnCharles LeeDaniel MorganDavid HumphreysDavid E. TwiggsEleazar Wheelock RipleyE. Pendleton GainesEthan AllenFrancis MarionFriedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben.George ClintonGeorge CroghanGeorge WashingtonGideon J. PillowGilbert Mottier La FayetteHenry DearbornHenry KnoxHoratio Lloyd GatesHugh MercerIsaac RoachIsaac ShelbyIsrael PutnamJacob BrownJames ClintonJeremiah WadsworthJohn Eager HowardJohn JamesJohn LaurensJohn A. QuitmanJohn StarkJohn SullivanJohn TrumbullJohn E. WoolJoseph ReedJoseph WarrenNathanael GreeneNathan TowsonOtho H. WilliamsPeleg WadsworthPeter B. PorterPhilip SchuylerRichard M. JohnsonRichard Montgomery.Colonel Seth WarnerThaddeus KosciuskoThomas MifflinThomas SumpterWilliam Richardson DavieWilliam EatonWilliam Henry HarrisonWilliam HeathWilliam MoultrieWilliam J. WorthWinfield ScottZachary TaylorZebulon ButlerZebulon Montgomery Pike