biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1792–1881)
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| biography:
| American soldier, born in Co Tyrone, Ireland. Immigrating to the USA as a boy, he served in the War of 1812 with the Pennsylvania militia, and in the Mexican War as a major-general of volunteers. He prospered from the sugar industry and cotton mills, and was a promoter of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Reactivated as a major-general, he commanded Union forces around Harpers Ferry, VA (1861) and was criticized for failing to attack the Confederates in his front, leaving them free to reinforce General Beauregard at Bull Run (Jul 1861). He left the army a few days after the battle. |
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