Show baj major or general Xo mcpherson Pherson by the death of TA maj gereral Ge peral james B mcpherson pt at atlanta the union army i is dep deprived riveA of ope one oc C its 11 highest I 1 gile orna ornaments ments brave modest accomplished 0 1 is shed h ed skilled in tile thwart art of war and especially ally eminent as an engineer cej jerep has steadily advanced among liis his companions in arms arnis and his record of eap deuce that his bis promotion had been honorably orally 0 earned arn e d at the be t time me of ia lp death he w was as a ang brigadir adier beneral in th the regular ar army my and a major majo r penceal pen P cral 0 of f v volunteers ollar un tin commanding tile the three corps w which h ich compose the ai army my of tile the tennessee 11 or the right of Serm anys grand gr and army during the advance on oil atlanta bethe yet he was vas only thirty four years ol 01 old d mcpherson was born in ohio a and n d appointed to west point from that state he 9 graduated radiated in 1853 in the same cl class a ss with general sheridan grants chief of bavli cavalry T general sill who was killed at murfreesboro abild other othar young 0 18 1 8 af st ug merit a lieutenant in the corps of eu eti inears cr lie he was stationed 04 ts t e lio he enjoyer an extensive vc acquaintance api rendered good service in in improving the defenses of the harbor ofsan francisco in ili 1860 he had CO command amand at alcatraz alan 1 I the first i n notable 0 t le appearance of mcpherson Mcl herson in in 1 11 1 i L t j I 1 this war was as chiet Gh iet f E ii piper 0 f gil G ran ants Vs arm army in tl tc c i c jp rious campaign which t terminated aled d with i the capture tu re of corinth during this ardao arduous us camp campaign dign lie he w on the he cong dence of grant and halleck and received the appointee appoint me nt of df brigadier general of volunteers when tile the vicksburg g campaign was undertaken lie was appoints appoint 1 ed major general and assigned to tile the command of the seventeenth army corps when the army reached the rear of vicksburg burg lie he derfl performer ormed tile duties du ties q oc director odthe of tile bege and his eng engineering 0 skill was warb displayed display eA in the arduous operations by which tie the city was approached and the army under pemberton reduced to extremity after the capture of vicksburg son was assigned to the command in that section of mississippi which position lie he retained until sherman be gan aarto ganto to concentrate our forces in the west for i an advance upon atlanta then the H sixteenth and seventeenth entee nth corps were placed under mc Pher sons command and ta bim was in trusted the execution of those repeated flank movements by the right by which the most formidable positions 0 D sin in the mountains of ge georgia orgia i were turned and the alwy gradually forced d bade back to atlan atlanta td the did success i i s f I 1 of the campain cam campaign paig n was largely due to the skillful manner in which lip he handled handle bandle dle d his forced force took advantage of oford good military positions and repulsed every attempt of the enemy to check his pro fress gres fi re he felt fell be beneath neath a rebel bullet just as he be had bad reached the grand objective point of athis arvelo us march lacefi sw sew union r 7 na A you young ng ge gantle it j man I 1 I 1 1 I from f alie ib 1 gooral districts valo adae at rosea 1 for a wife through the newspapers rei re i 1 ceia ed answers arom fi om I 1 ei gli ice n husbands him tha chait lie cc could bild have theirs i JW secretary Secre fary reward eward has accepted an invitation to visit i the coast of alarney maine in aug august tilt in company with the ape eidd I 1 ute of theli quae who 0 go o to I 1 I 1 I 1 0 I 1 ib 1 4 t WP ati assi v jis adi |