Show now 1 I W OUR ff GENERALS E ff R A L y S of ahe 6 american generals at this moment prominently wore before the public dix is the oldest having baving been born in the state of now new hampshire hire in 1798 1793 hunter was born in washington in 1802 mcclarnand ernand in bif kentucky in 1813 1812 meade in spain of american parents in 1816 canby in kentucky in 1817 butler in new hampshire in 1818 hooker in massachusetts chu in 1819 sherman in ohio in 1820 grant in ollio ohio in 1822 franklin in pennsylvania in 1823 hancock in the same state in 1824 burnside in indiana in 1824 sigel ingerman in 1824 and slocum in new jew york in 1827 the last named is one of the youngest general s in the service |