General James S. Negley
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General James S. Negley DS, 1P, Folio, New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Bond, signed as President.
Negley, James S., major-general. At the beginning of the Civil war he raised a brigade for three months' service and participated with it in the battle of Falling Waters, July 2, I86I. After his three months' service had expired he was re-commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, his commission dating from Oct. I, I86I, and served under Gen. Buell in northern Alabama and Tennessee, where he commanded one of the columns of Mitchel's force, and in May, I862, surprised the Confederate cavalry under Gen. Wirt Adams, at Sweeden's cove captured a large number of prisoners and put the remainder to flight. He subsequently commanded at the battle of La Vergne, Oct. 7, 1862, where he defeated the Confederates under Gen. R. H. Anderson and Gen. N. B. Forrest, and for gallantry at Stone's river he was promoted major-general, to date from Nov. 29, 1862. He engaged in the Georgia campaign, and held Owen's gap at the battle of Chickamauga. He was honorably mustered out Jan. 19, 1865.
Negley, James S., major-general. At the beginning of the Civil war he raised a brigade for three months' service and participated with it in the battle of Falling Waters, July 2, I86I. After his three months' service had expired he was re-commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, his commission dating from Oct. I, I86I, and served under Gen. Buell in northern Alabama and Tennessee, where he commanded one of the columns of Mitchel's force, and in May, I862, surprised the Confederate cavalry under Gen. Wirt Adams, at Sweeden's cove captured a large number of prisoners and put the remainder to flight. He subsequently commanded at the battle of La Vergne, Oct. 7, 1862, where he defeated the Confederates under Gen. R. H. Anderson and Gen. N. B. Forrest, and for gallantry at Stone's river he was promoted major-general, to date from Nov. 29, 1862. He engaged in the Georgia campaign, and held Owen's gap at the battle of Chickamauga. He was honorably mustered out Jan. 19, 1865.
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