Grant gave the Department of the Mississippi to Maj. Gen. Sherman, and went east to Washington, DC, to make and implement a strategy with President Lincoln to decisively win the Civil War in 1864, when Lincoln was facing re-election.

Longstreet's First Corps gave up the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson during the reorganization, leaving him with the divisions of Lafayette McLaws, George Pickett, and John Hood.

Menem also effected drastic cuts to the military budget, and appointed Lt. Gen. Martín Balza as the Army's General Chief of Staff ( head of the military hierarchy ); Balza, a man of strong democratic convictions and a vocal critic of the Falklands War, had stood up for the legitimate government in every attempted coup d ' état throughout his senior career, and gave the first institutional self-criticism about the Armed Forces ' involvement in the 1976 coup and the ensuing reign of terror.

the former they know to be impossible ( at least at present ) & by the latter if I understand them right, they mean no Laws & no Government whatsoever-in the mean time it may be truly said that Gen. Carleton had taken an ill measure of the influence of the seigneurs & Clergy over the lower order of people whose Principle of conduct founded in fear & the sharpness of authority over them now no longer exercised, is unrestrained, & breaks out in every shape of contempt or detestation of those whom they used to behold with terror & who gave them I believe too many occasions to express it.

His father, the Emperor, loved this beautiful prince, and gave him a branch house, called Gen.

The wound was considered mortal by the division's surgeon, who predicted he would perish ; Chamberlain's incorrectly recorded death in battle was reported in the Maine newspapers, and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gave Chamberlain a battlefield promotion to the rank of brigadier general after receiving an urgent recommendation on June 19 from corps commander Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren: " He has been recommended for promotion for gallant and efficient conduct on previous occasion and yesterday led his brigade against the enemy under most destructive fire.

It is believed to be one of the very few, if not the only, interviews Gen. Malan gave outside of South Africa.

This, combined with the successful Siege of Port Hudson on July 9, gave the Union complete control over the Mississippi River, resulting in a major strategic loss for the Confederacy, and cutting off Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's command and the Trans-Mississippi Theater from the Confederacy for the rest of the war.

His new commander, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, had considerably more respect for Hunt than Hooker did and not only gave him great latitude in directing the artillery, but also used him on occasion as his personal representative.

This attempt failed and many were captured and shot, while others escaped to San Luis Potosí, where Gen. Saturnino Cedillo gave them refuge.

He gave responsibility for the defense of Tennessee to Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas at Nashville.

Stuart paroled over 200 Union prisoners and gave his troopers a much needed six-hour rest ( while, unknown to Stuart, Maj. Gen. Henry Heth's Confederate infantry division collided with Brig.

According to Edward Longacre's biography of Gen. John Buford, Gregg feared a violent death in battle and described himself as a " coward " when, in late 1864, his nerve finally gave way and he resigned his commission.

Known as " Prince John " to his army friends, Magruder was most noted for his actions in delaying Federal troops during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign through elaborate ruses that gave Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan the impression that the Confederates had more forces than in actuality, and in successfully defending Galveston, Texas, against the Union Army and Navy early in 1863.

Tunner and Love's plan was reviewed by the ATC headquarters, and forwarded by commander Gen. Harold L. George to Arnold, who was fully aware of it and gave it his blessing, after Mrs. Roosevelt had suggested a similar idea in a newspaper column.

After good service in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House ( where he was wounded by a shell fragment ), and Cold Harbor, on July 23, 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gave Birney command of the X Corps in the Army of the James.

Himself, however, Gen. Berling gave in his youth Judaism as his religious affiliation in school surveys.

On the way, troops from the division found the famous Confederate " lost dispatch ," Special Order 191, that revealed Gen. Robert E. Lee's plan for the campaign and gave Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan key insights on how to defeat Lee's divided army.

He gave up politics in opposition to the dictatorship of Gen. Primo de Rivera, though he never oppose him publicly.

" Doble revealed those who gave the order to launch " Project Lighthouse ": Western Command ( Wescom ) chief Vice Admiral Tirso Danga, former deputy chief of staff for intelligence ; Brigadier Gen. Marlou Quevedo, former ISAFP chief ; Army Col. Allen Capuyan, former head of the ISAFP's special operations group ; and " down the line " the project " group commander " Col. Sumayo ; Capt.

It was named by Ronne for Gen. Carl Spaatz, Chief of Staff, USAAF, who gave assistance in providing an airplane for use of RARE.

I gave you a drink and then you went to sleep ''.

Dean leaned from the saddle and gave him a mighty whack on the back.

Oso gave me an unruffled look.

His eyes were dark, fluid, fearful, and he gave a sigh as my knife went in.

Having nothing else to do except wait for my forms to be processed, I gave myself over to speculations concerning the hall itself.

And his relatively small hands and feet gave him an almost delicate appearance.

McBride gave him his opportunity when he showed up in town with a pistol on his hip.

He held out a moment longer, then his nerve gave under the pressure.

Apparently sensing this, and realizing that it gave him an advantage, Jess became bold.

It gave Curt time to stagger to his feet.

Rod gave her a warm pat on the shoulder before he replied.

Russ gave him a brutal thrust that tumbled him over flat on his stomach.

The control tower gave him immediate take-off permission, and the clean roar of the engine that took him off the rough strip spoke well of the skill of Donovan.

His present maximum altitude, up against the overcast, gave him the opportunity to exploit his advantages.

It gave them all a chance to make a high-speed climbing turn attack and a break-away that would not take them into the overcast or force a tight-turn recovery.

`` Even when the islands were under German mandate before World War 1,, Europeans gave Eromonga a wide berth.

But they met in one searing moment that gave them to one another instantly.

`` Well, that's the only way to be '', Mrs. Forsythe said, and gave her brassy laugh.

Then when Miss Langford was on the end of the line of girls, Jack, in the middle of the line, gave an extra hard pull and the young teacher sprawled backwards, sitting down hard, her dress flying over her head.

He thought she gave him that look with the hidden something in it as he let her hand go.

He chuckled and gave the signal for the dance to start.

Just six weeks after Dandy Brandon's arrival at the mansion, the little surgeon and his svelte young wife gave their annual open house and ball, to which only New Orleans' oldest and wealthiest families were invited.

As more and more Jewish musicians lost their jobs with professional organizations Steinberg united them into the Frankfurt Kulturbund Orchestra, which also gave guest performances in other German cities.

Hamilton, poorest of the seven, gave up a brilliant law practice to enter Washington's Cabinet.

Though his election was interpreted by many Southerners as the forerunner of a dangerous shift in the federal balance in favor of the Union, Lincoln himself proposed no such change in the rights the Constitution gave the states.