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Did you know ...

• in addition to being a general in the Union Army, James Sanks Brisbin was also a prolific writer, and authored several works on a variety of subjects?
• before becoming a general in the American Civil War, Robert Francis Catterson practiced medicine in Rockville, Indiana?
• in his later years, Union Army general Thomas Alfred Davies published a number of books supporting the divine inspiration of the Bible, and refuting the materialistic philosophy?
• the Tang Dynasty chancellor/general Pei Du swore to Emperor Xianzong that he would not return to the capital Chang'an unless the warlord Wu Yuanji was destroyed?
• the British Army Gold Cross awarded to field and general officers during the Peninsular War inspired the design of the Victoria Cross?
• before becoming a general in the American Civil War, Robert Alexander Cameron worked as a newspaper publisher?
• after serving as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, Joseph Alexander Cooper was enlisted to suppress Ku Klux Klan disturbances in Tennessee?
• U.S. Army Brigadier General James Dalton II was one of only 11 US general officers killed in action during World War II?
• Charles Thomas Campbell, who served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, helped found the town of Scotland, South Dakota?
• Marcellus A. Stovall left West Point after one year but later became a general?
• after serving as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, George Henry Chapman served as a judge in the Indiana Criminal Court, and later a state legislator in the Indiana Senate?
• Major General Keith L. Ware, who was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II, was the first U.S. Army general officer to be killed in action in the Vietnam War?