jurisprudence, and society.

CIVIL WAR. General David Bell Birney (1825-64), son of James Gillespie
Birney, served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac. General
Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-81), later Governor of Rhode Island
(1867-69), and United States Senator (1875-81), was grandson of a Scot
who emigrated to South Carolina at end of the eighteenth century.
Samuel Wylie Crawford (1829-92), of Scottish ancestry, was brevetted
Major-General of Volunteers for conspicuous gallantry, and wrote
"Genesis of the Civil War" (1887). Major-General Thomas Ewing
(1829-96), was descendant of Thomas Ewing who emigrated to New Jersey
in 1715. James Lorraine Geddes (1829-87), born in Edinburgh, brevetted
Brigadier-General for his services, was also a poet, and wrote "The
Soldier's Battle Prayer," "The Stars and Stripes," etc. John Brown
Gordon (1832-1904), Lieutenant-General in the Confederate Army and
later Governor of Georgia, was descendant of John George Gordon and
his wife Mary Chapman, emigrants from Scotland. General Charles Smith
Hamilton (1822-96), of Scottish descent, also served with distinction
in the Mexican War. General Grant ascribed the success of the repulse
at Corinth to him. Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-63), "Stonewall
Jackson," the noted Confederate General, was of Ulster Scot descent.
John Alexander Logan (1826-86), of Ulster Scot parentage, was later
unsuccessful candidate for the Vice-Presidency in 1884, United States
Senator (1871-77, 1879-86), and author of "The Great Conflict" (1866).
Major-General Robert McAllister (1813-91), great-grandson of Archibald
McAllister from Scotland, 1732. Charles Lafayette McArthur (1824-98),
soldier, politician, and journalist, was of Scots parentage. General
Arthur McArthur (1845-1912), of Scots parentage, son of Arthur
McArthur the Jurist, later served in the Philippines, became in 1906
Lieutenant-General, being the twelfth officer in the history of the
Army to attain that rank. Described as "our best read and best
informed soldier." His son, Douglas, served with distinction in the
Great War. John McArthur, born in Erskine, Scotland, in 1826,
emigrated to United States in 1849, was brevetted Major-General for
gallantry. General George Archibald McCall (1802-68), served in the
Florida and Mexican Wars, and also rendered distinguished service in
the Civil War. Daniel Craig McCallum (1815-78), born in Renfrewshire,
Superintendent of the Erie Railroad (1855-56), was D