Major General William Wallace Wotherspoon
William Wallace Wotherspoon was born in Washington, D.C., on 16 November 1850 and received his educated in private schools. From 1870 to 1873, he served as a mate in the […]
Major General Leonard Wood
Leonard Wood was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, on 9 October 1860. He was educated at Pierce Academy in Middleboro, Massachusetts. He then attended Harvard Medical School and received his doctor of medicine via an internship […]
Major General John Leonard Hines
John Leonard Hines was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on 21 May 1868. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1891, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and was assigned to […]
Major General James Franklin Bell
James Franklin Bell was born near Shelbyville, Kentucky, on 9 January 1856. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1878. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 9th Cavalry upon graduation […]
Lieutenant General John Coalter Bates
John Coalter Bates was born in St. Charles County, Missouri on 26 August 1842 and attended Washington University in St. Louis. At the opening of the Civil War, Bates was commissioned a first lieutenant […]
Lieutenant General Samuel Baldwin Marks Young
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 9 January 1840. He attended Jefferson College and then enlisted as a private in Company K, 12th Pennsylvania Infantry in 1861. Soon, he […]
Lieutenant General Adna Romanza Chaffee
Adna Romanza Chaffee was born at Orwell, Ohio, on 14 April 1842. He entered the Army by enlisting in the 6th Cavalry in July 1861. Soon he was promoted to […]
General Tasker Howard Bliss
Tasker Howard Bliss was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, on 31 December 1853. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1875, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and assigned to the 1st Artillery. From […]
General Peyton C. March
Peyton Conway March was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, on 27 December 1864. He attended Lafayette College from 1880 to 1884 and then graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1888. He was commissioned an additional […]
General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley
Omar Nelson Bradley was born in Clark, Missouri, on 12 February 1893. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1915, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and assigned to the 14th Infantry. In […]
