Show merican 3 VIM N 00 31 Z 7 rear admi al geri r by ELMO SCOTT WATSON joo 4 ier mr We websters listers largo large book of words arid and their definitions arid there you will flod find one char charr taits unique it 11 being without a bilm or equal eri uil single chigi 0 in kind or excellence sole despite this explicit left den netlon aal unique quo Is a 7 enuch mi bused word consider now tile careers of throe three americans ani aini see bee whether or not tire alio el characterization of unique Is a applied to them one of 0 them wits the only man who ever held tho the rank of rear admiral lit in tho the united states navy and the rank of brigadier general in tire the united states army another wits a man who although riot not a native of america held a position lit in tile tho lalgie est legislative body of one american government and then held successively three important offices in the execl alve department of another american Atner leall government liven more inora remarkable Is tie the I 1 record of the third not ft a na ta alve v e of 0 america lie aleal several important por trint fatato offices in two states was elected united Sti states liten senator from three different states comm left american troops lit in two wars aadil and wag vas governor of 0 nn all Atner american ican territory tennessee gave to tile nation its only samuel pow fintan carter was ills hla name und slid lie waa born lit in ae ca carter arter county august 0 1819 1810 iio became it in tile navy in 1810 six geturs later lie he wits promoted promote to tile the grade of passed midshipman and assigned to the U 4 S ohio from 1831 1851 to 1853 lie was assistant instructor of infantry tactics tit at the naval academy and wain mado a lieutenant lit in 1855 tile tho next year icar lie served lit in one of uncle sams forgotten wars the expedIt expedition lon to chinh on oil july 11 1801 carter wits was temporarily transferred to tho the war deportment department for the special duty of organizing troops in hla his native land ea eastern Tennes tennessee gee carter soon proved to be na as able 1 n military its as ho halt liven been it naval officer ile iio was appointed first colonel of the second Tenn tennessee osee volunteers lilt then n acting brigadier general geneal of volunteers and on oil may alay 1 1862 lie he received hlf full commission as aa commander of a 11 brigade As it cavalry leader carter distin gulshen particularly on oil august 23 28 1861 lie ho defeated that ran match c less lesa confederate horseman gen joint john II if Al morgan and t the he next nest day repented repeated lila ills success against general smith lie iio was present fit it the siege of knox ville in december of chrit year and h in ter commanded a division under tinder von john schofield Scho neld tit in tire the north caro CarIl allm tm campaign of 1803 1865 on march 13 1801 carter was brevet ted major general and was mustered out of tire the tinny army li tn january ile iio immediately returned to the gayy hil having by tills time been pro rooted to the rank of commil commander lider lie ile served as is commandant tit at the naval academy 1 from I oin to having been promoted promote to tile thu rank of eap captain till in 1870 lie wits was a member of tile the lighthouse board from froin 1870 to 1880 und tind was promoted to conini commodore odore in in ill 1881 lie he Ms aa honored by promotion to tile tho rank of rear ad admiral mirril on the retired list tills reward coining ns as 11 filling ellit climax lax it to his extraordinary career in both brau brauchli chei of the united ted states it in 1891 general carter truly it a unique Ainer american llan died in n the capital of tile country lie had servert r KO 0 o well during ills lifetime of seventy one years in the year 1811 a still ship attempted to ascend the mississippi river to new nev orleans but finding that port block abed by a british leec it balled uway away to mio ibe west indies among its prig ims Ben gers who landed via on the lie island of st croix was an jew named benjamin ne njamin arid and lits ills wife on oil august 11 a son wils burn born to mrs benjamin I 1 and given tile the nume naina of Jud judah iiii at though judah 11 I 1 wits waa donled pie right it f being born on american lie he was to ht fine an important figure in american history i boyhood was spent la in WC N 0 until i when Bt V AX 11 SaW AV 1 fc 11 S 0 of carter and shields bourl army information demice lie entered yale alter after three yeii deaia lie ho left that institution without getting a lo 10 and went to new orleans where tie lie studied law in a office ile ho was waa admitted to the bar in 1832 and spent tire next few years pi practicing noticing that alint prof profession easlon w with lilt a short interim of school teaching politics wits next to engage ills at trillion arid and lie nailed himself to the whig party in 1815 lie ho was a of the lie convention which met to revise the constitution of Loui louisiana slann tind it Is noteworthy that tills foreign horn born citizen of louisiana was responsible fur for placing in the new codo coda it a proy provision islon that hint the governor ot of that strife must bo be a citizen boru born in it the united states santes ill ili 1818 louisiana elected denjamin benjamin las as presidential elector lit at large and four years soars later inter sent seat him to thu united states senate returning him there lit in 1857 lie ho took it a prominent part in ili the slavery dispute of 0 those arid and during oneff one of the exciting tie debates bates lit in the senate it n dispute with lefferson dalvis the benator front alls sis brought tile alie two men inen to the verge ergo of a flue duel which was wai n averted only when ap apologized 0 e I 1 although davis biad in disagreed alo bently with benjamin it the lie he recognized tile lie worth of the man and when tire former was chosen us its president of tho confederate erato states or of america lie selected benjamin na as attorney I 1 general in ili ills cabinet in ili august 1801 was transferred to the war department where ills his run conduct of tile the war aroused such aich t bitter hostility even including charges of in potency and neglect of ills his duty that lie resigned but davig to whose tuh tub born refu refusal sill to accept some aume historians ascribe a large share of tile the responsibility for the lie downfall of f the confederacy again hew flew in ili the race face of public opinion and te ly offered benjamin ills third cab lilet position that of secret secre of state when richmond nichai ond fell in 1805 lien ilen jamin tied lied with the rest of the con fedo fc denite government making aking ills way to tile last of florida lil oilda lie ho escaped in ili nn lilt open bout boat to the stud in september isto reached liverpool Lher pool after fter living quietly in fat retirement for it icar in enghild lie he took tooh up till the sir study ly or of law and in ili asco lie was admitted to the bar in ISS after ills his health had failed benjamin retired from active practice rind on time lune 30 of that year lie was guest of lionor honor tit ot it farewell bouquet banquet given to him in fit tire the inner temple in london liy by tile the highest legal luminaries in angland gland llo ile then went to parts lails to make lila ills home nud and there he bleil adlei on wy may 8 issa it if career lit in america was a one ever more unusual won chilt of ano ther immigrant lioy boy james 1 13 shields porn horn in dungan nun lion county tyrone ireland in 1810 shields male to tills country at tile the ape age bif f sixteen aldren and vont ent to the frontier country of illinois where lie he studied stud lodl luw anil and began practice at kaskaskia in honors cuine cattle rup rap lilly to him in ills his adopted horrie homo lip ile wits was clestal elect cd to the legislature in fit IWA made do stati auditor in ili IS isiel and raP appointed pointed a judge ou on the supreme court bench in 18 ia two iw years eara later he was ap appoint appolas tariq benjames K E shields shield el ed commissioner of the general land office but kao gave up civil life at tile the outbreak of tho the nealean war to accept a as ai brigadier general of tile illinois volunteers volun tcora lit in 1810 1816 during that conflict shields served under tinder geneval general taylor on the illo grandc Grui itle under general wood in achl hin thila and during general scotts Scott lil campaign lie ile wits was shot through the tha lung tit lit the battle of cerro gordo and brevet ted major general after ills his recovery lie served in the valley of mexico as commander of a bri brigade gride of ma ildea new york and south carolina volunteers only to be wounded severely again at the storming of chagul tepee mustered out of tile the service on oil july 20 1848 lie was immediately appointed territorial governor of oregon but resigned tills office when lie he wits was elected serin senator tor from illinois us as a benl democrat lie served in tile senate from december dec ember 3 ISID IS 10 to march 3 1855 arid and then move moved to minnesota when the state government was organized granI zed there lw lio was again sent seat to tire united strates states senate benato where ho he remained front from may 12 1858 to march 3 18 isaio next moved to california and at it the outbreak of tho the civil war was acting Is as lupoi of a mine in mexico hastening to washington Ing toll tit thu Alex mexican ican war veteran wan commissioned a brigadier generel of volunteers in august 1801 1861 und and the death of geri gen fred W lander Lai idor shields wits placed a nf the head ot his brigade in ili 1862 lie was head of a division of gen N P banks army then operating in the shenandoah valley ot of virginia and opened the campaign by inflicting it stinging defeat at AVIn winchester chester upon stonewall jaak son soil who was just then beginning to make e ills bill bid for tame fame as the remark leader of foot cavalry shields was wounded iti tills this butle battle receiving a brohen arm ami from a fragment of shell on march 28 weakened by tire the wounds which he had suffered lit in two wars shields resigned from the army going to california lie found that the lands grunted granted to trial blin for his military services land had been lost by lils his trusted agent nud tie he bought it farm near cur car roll ton tDa mo upon which to spend ills his deell declining years although he had decided to retire let ire from public life lie ile wrig was soon back into pol politics lles in 1868 lie he was democratic candidate for congress and although ills friends declared that ho he had find been elected lie he ank ns riot not se seated six years later inter they hey elected him to the legislature and upon the expiration of his term tho the gen con eral aged ened rind impoverished sought the humble position of don doorkeeper r of the united suites states senate I 1 in n which he be had represented two states slates hut but tills was denied him lalni and lie he returned to missouri that state promptly honored him by elect electing lug him to the tha sell n t e a and n I 1 lie he returned ngali as a member of tire the body which had denied him employment lie held field tills this position until his death which abich took place pince ou june 1 1879 at ottumwa iowa where he be had gope gone to deliver a n lecture on the mexican war tor for the benc benefit att or of a church 10 5 by western Nw rP |