He rose to the rank of major and was later brevetted lieutenant colonel and colonel.

He was twice brevetted for bravery — at Molino del Rey and Chapultepec.

For his service in the Meuse-Argonne Operations, Patton received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal, and was brevetted full colonel.

In 1783, in recognition of his dedicated service, he was brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of brigadier general, made a naturalized citizen of the United States, and given a land grant.

Worth, and Robert Patterson, and was brevetted to first lieutenant for gallant conduct at the Battle of Monterrey.

He was brevetted to the rank of major on July 21 for his actions during Bull Run.

At the end of the war ( 1783 ), he was brevetted to major general and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

He was brevetted captain at Buena Vista and served in the Adjutant General's department after the war.

Because of his actions at Cedar Mountain, McDowell was eventually brevetted major general in the regular army ; however, he was blamed for the subsequent disaster at Second Bull Run.

On November 29, 1865, he was brevetted as major-general of the volunteers for " efficient and meritorious services.

Colonel Marshall was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers, dated March 13, 1865.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1857, third in his class of 38 cadets, and was brevetted a second lieutenant of Engineers.

Despite losses, another wound ( in the left arm and chest ), and nearly being captured, Chamberlain was successful and brevetted to the rank of major general by President Abraham Lincoln.

For his services during the Peninsular Campaign he was brevetted brigadier general of U. S. Volunteers.

When he finally showed up, he embellished his own role in the victory, and was brevetted as a brigadier general and appointed to the newly created board of war.

In September 1783, at the end of the war, he was brevetted a major general in the Continental Army.

Hartranft was brevetted major general by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee's last offensive at the Battle of Fort Stedman, bringing his untested division from its reserve position and counterattacking to recover the captured fort.

He was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers, 10 November 1864, and mustered out of service at his own request on 22 December of that year, refusing to remain in the army on light duty as he was urged to do.

" Parker was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers on April 9, 1865.

While there he was nicknamed " Seminole " after his native state, and brevetted a second lieutenant in the 5th U. S. Infantry on July 1, 1845.

A few months later he was made major ; was wounded at the Battle of Niagara on July 25, 1814, and the following November was brevetted colonel.

His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Book describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.

Trevelyan's Manin And The Venetian Revolution Of 1848, his last major volume on an Italian theme, was written in a minor key.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

This resulted in an improved appearance, but was followed by an increase in printing cost that necessitated the institution of major economies to keep within the total of allocated funds.

In one of these, an exploding-wire device to study systems thermodynamically up to 6,000 Af and 100 atmospheres pressure, a major goal was achieved.

Along with J. R. Brown's other major developments, the universal grinding machine was profoundly influential in setting the course of Brown & Sharpe for many years to come.

A major consideration in the choice of the Warwick site, four miles from Cranston, was the fact that it permits retention of our present trained and highly skilled work force.

The intimal surface of the aorta was covered with confluent, yellow-brown, hard, friable plaques along its entire course, and there was a marked narrowing of the orifices of the large major visceral arteries.

Supplemental outside reading reports were handled just as in the other sections, the major difference being that there was a noticeably deeper level in the reported outside reading by the married group.

The latest major change in this program was introduced by the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Title 8, of which amended the George-Barden Act.

To free the factors of production was a major objective of the rising bourgeoisie, and this objective required that governmental authority -- administrative officials and judges -- be limited as precisely and explicitly as possible ; ;

This would satisfy what presumably was Congress' major purpose -- the suability of unions.

Service running through Barnumville and to Bennington County towns east of the mountains was in the hands of the `` Gleason Telephone Company '' in 1925, but major supervision of telephone lines in Manchester was with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, which eventually gained all control.

But whenever a major purchase was contemplated forty years ago -- a new bedroom set or a winter coat, an Easter bonnet, a bicycle for Junior -- the family set off for the downtown department store, where the selection would be greatest.

Technique pure and simple, rendition, is not of major importance, but it is interesting that Parker, following Lester Young, was one of the leaders of the so-called saxophone revolution.

Since experience indicates that effluents from oxidation ponds do not create major problems at these BOD concentrations, the goal for the effluent quality of the accelerated treatment system was the same as from conventional oxidation ponds.

The major contributor was a shopping center with houses being added to the system as the subdivision developed.

Even though it was known that the Luftwaffe in the north was now being directed by the young and energetic General Peltz, the commander who would conduct the `` Little Blitz '' on London in 1944, a major raid on Bari at this juncture of the war was not to be considered seriously.

The first major change was that of providing wholewheat bread instead of white bread.

The infamous Wansee Conference called by Heydrich in January 1942, to organize the material and technical means to put to death the eleven million Jews spread throughout the nations of Europe, was attended by representatives of major organs of the German state, including the Reich Minister of the Interior, the State Secretary in charge of the Four Year Plan, the Reich Minister of Justice, the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

He finished the war as a major general, commanding a full division, and at 25 was the youngest major general in the history of the U.S. Army.