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1.) Major General Edward R. S. Canby

2.) Brigadier General Thomas M. Vincent

3.) Brigadier General Granville Moody

4.) Brigadier General George D. Ramsay

5.) Colonel George T. Balch

1.) Major General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby,

CANBY, Edward Richard Sprigg, soldier, born in Kentucky in 1819; killed in Siskiyou County, California, 11 April, 1873. His parents removed to Indiana, where he went to school, and whence he was appointed cadet at the United States military academy in 1835. He was graduated in 1839 in the same class with Generals Halleck, Isaac Stevens, Ord, Paine, of Illinois, and other distinguished officers. After graduation he was at once commissioned second lieutenant, assigned to the 2d infantry, and served in the Florida war as quartermaster and commissary of subsistence from October, 1839 till 1842, and after the close of that war was engaged in the removal of the Cherokees, Creeks, and Choctaws to the present Indian territory. He was on garrison duty from 1842 till 1845, and on recruiting set-vice during 1845 and a part of 1846. In March, 1846, he was appointed adjutant of his regiment, and three months later was promoted to a first lieutenancy. The outbreak of the Mexican war called his regiment into active service. Serving under General Riley, he was present at the siege of Vera Cruz, at Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Churubusco, as well as at the attack upon the Belen gate, City of Mexico. He received the brevets of major and lieutenant colonel for his services in this campaign, and was promoted to the full rank of captain in June, 1851 ; but, having been transferred to the adjutant-general's department as assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he relinquished his rank in the line. In March, 1855, he was appointed major of the 10th United States infantry, a new regiment, with which he was engaged on frontier duty in western Wisconsin and Minnesota for the next three years, and in 1858 was ordered to Fort Bridget, Utah, where his command included portions of the 2d dragoons and 7th and 10th United States infantry. He held this post until 1860, when he was appointed commander of the expedition against the Navajo Indians, and was in command of Fort Defiance, New Mexico, at the beginning of the civil war. At that critical period, when officers from the border states were daily sending in their resignations, Maj. Canby did not leave his loyalty in doubt for a moment, and throughout the war was one of the most active and conspicuous defenders of the union. In 5fay, 1861, he was made colonel of the 19th regiment, United States infantry, and was acting brigadier-general of the forces in New Mexico. In 1862 he repelled the Confederate General Sibley in his daring attempt toacquire possession of that territory, and had the satisfaction of seeing the invader retreat, "leaving behind him," as he observed in his report, "in dead and wounded, and in sick and prisoners, one half of his original force." He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers, 31 March, 1862, and, after transferring the command of the forces in New Mexico, he went to Washington, where he rendered valuable assistance to Sec. Stanton in the war department. He took command of the United States troops in New York City and harbor during the draft riots of July, 1863, and, by his energetic measures and resolute bearing, assisted materially in the suppression of the rioters. He remained there until November, 1863, when he resumed his place at the war department. At the opening of the campaign of 1864, General Canby received the rank of major general of volunteers, and was placed in command of the military division of west Mississippi, a place that he held until some months after the close of the war. His first act in this field of duty was to take charge of General Banks's retreating forces at the Atchafalaya and conduct them safely to New Orleans, where for want of troops he remained inactive throughout the summer and autumn of 1864. While on a tour of inspection on White river, Ark., 4 November, 1864, he was severely wounded by confederate guerillas; but, as soon as he was sufficiently re-enforced, he proceeded, with an army of from 25,000 to 30,000 men, against Mobile, which, with the assistance of the fleet, was captured, 12 April, 1865. On learning of the surrender of the confederate forces in Virginia, General Richard Taylor, who commanded west of the Mississippi, surrendered to General Canby, and hostilities ceased. On 13 March, 1865, General Canby received the brevets of brigadier-and major general of the regular army. He remained in command of southern military departments until 1866, when he was transferred to Washington, and received, 28 July, 1866, the full rank of brigadier-general in the regular army. After the surrender he was placed in command of the different districts having Richmond as its centre, and assumed the responsibility of permitting the paroled cavalry of Lee's army to reorganize for the suppression of "bushwhacking," which was rife in the neighborhood. The measure was entirely successful, and no bad results followed. Subsequently he was appointed a member of the special commission for deciding claims on the war department, and of the board to prepare plans for a new building for the same department. Afterward he was placed in command of the department of Columbia, and was during the winter of 1872-'3 actively engaged in bringing the Modocs to accept the terms offered them by the government. He was specially adapted for this duty. He had never shared in the bitter hatred of the Indians, so common on the border, but had always leaned to the side of humanity in his dealings with them. Only four days before his death he sent a dispatch to Washington, which, read in the tragic light of after-events, shows both his generosity to his slayers and his sagacious doubts of them: "I do not question the right or the power of the general government to make any arrangement that may be thought proper; but I think they should make such as to secure a permanent peace, together with liberal and just treatment of the Indians. In my judgment, permanent peace cannot be secured if they are allowed to remain in this immediate neighborhood. The Mo-does are now sensible that they cannot live in peace on Lost river, and have abandoned their claim to it, but wish to be left in the lava-beds. This means license to plunder and a stronghold to retreat to, and was refused. Their last proposition is to come in and have the opportunity of looking for a new home not far away, and if they are sincere in this the trouble will soon be ended. But there has been so much vacillation and duplicity in their talks that I have hesitated about reporting until some definite result was attained." On 11 April, in company with two other officers, he met "Capt. Jack," the leader of the Modocs, on neutral ground to confer regarding a treaty of peace. At a preconcerted signal the Indians killed all the commissioners before the escort could come to the rescue, and escaped to their stronghold in the lava-beds. Subsequently they were captured, and "Capt. Jack," with two of his subordinates, was tried and executed.

2.) Brigadier General Thomas McCurdy Vincent

VINCENT, Thomas McCurdy, soldier, born near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, 15 November, 1832. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1853, and on 8 October, 1853, became 2d lieutenant in the 2d artillery. During the three years that followed he served with his company in Florida during active operations in the field against hostile Indians, and from severe exposure in the line of duty became dangerously ill in May, 1855. During his convalescence Lieutenant Vincent compiled a "Sketch of South Florida," which was used by troops in the final operations pending the removal of the Indians, and for which he received the thanks of the general-in-chief. During the years 1855-'6 he performed the duties of assistant adjutant-general and quartermaster and commissary of subsistence. He served with his company at Fort Hamilton and Plattsburg, New York, until August, 1859, when he was detailed as principal assistant professor of chemistry at the military academy. Declining the appointment of captain in the 18th infantry, he was appointed assistant adjutant-general in July, 1861, and assigned to the Army of Northwestern Virginia, being engaged in the battle of Bull Run. In August, 1861, he became captain, and in July, 1862, major of staff. From 1861 till 1865 he was constantly on duty in the adjutant-general's office at Washington, particularly in charge of the "organization and miscellaneous business of the volunteer armies of the United States." persistent applications for service in the field being disapproved by Sec. Stanton for the reason that " the public interests demanded his presence in the war department." Not only did the responsibility for framing all the rolls and instructions issued for the government of the volunteer forces in service during the war, and the charge connected with a personnel of more than 90,000 commissioned officers, devolve upon General Vincent, but the preparation of the plan (of which he was also the sole author), and the immediate general direction of the work under it, for the muster-out and disbandment of the volunteer armies, numbering 1,034,064 officers and men, distributed to 1,274 regiments, 316 independent companies, and 192 batteries. This plan was prepared in advance of any notification from the secretary of war, and was put into execution immediately upon submission to that officer and General Grant. Since the war General Vincent has been identified with all important changes in the methods of transacting the business of the war department, the revision of army regulations, and he has served as adjutant-general of various departments, and in September, 1888, was ordered to Washington on duty. He became lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general in July, 1881, and was brevetted to the grade of brigadier-general, United States army, "for faithful and meritorious services during the rebellion." General Vincent has made several reports to congress on "army organization," and is the author of "The Military Power of the United States during the War of the Rebellion" (New York, 1881).--His brother, Albert Oliver, soldier, born in Cadiz, Ohio, 7 February, 1842; died in St. Louis, Missouri, 9 December, 1882, was educated at common schools, and at the age of nineteen was about to establish himself as a printer, when, at the opening of the civil war, he was tendered by Sec. Cameron a commission as 2d lieutenant in the 2d artillery. From 1861 till 1866 he served with his battery, part of the time commanding it during all the operations of the Army of the Potomac, principally with horse artillery in conjunction with the cavalry, comprising thirty-five battles and minor affairs, besides continuous and rapid marches. He was commissary of musters and superintendent of volunteer recruiting service in 1865, and served with his regiment in California and Washington territory in 1865-'7. He was brevetted captain for Antietam, major for Gettysburg, and lieutenant-colonel for faithful and meritorious services, 13 November, 1865, and declined the appointment of captain, 38th infantry, in July, 1866. He served as major of the 4th Arkansas cavalry in 1864-'5, and was retired from active service in 1869.

3.) Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General Granville Moody,

Born in Portland, Maine, he moved from New England to Ohio when he was a young man to assist his brother in his mercantile pursuits. Although he was raised a Presbyterian, he began to attend a Methodist church and became a Methodist minister, and traveled to churches throughout Ohio. With the beginning of the Civil War, he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, despite having no previous military experience. Before he took over formal command of the unit, though, he served as commander of the Camp Chase Military Prison in Columbus, Ohio. After a few months in that capacity, he joined the 74th Ohio in Nashville, Tennessee and participated in the December 1862 Battle of Stone's River. With news that his unit was to be shifted from Nashville to Chattanooga in the middle of 1863, Colonel Moody resigned his commission on May 16, 1863. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers "for distinguished services in the battle of Stone's River, Tennessee, and for meritorious services during the war." After the war, he resumed his career as a Methodist clergyman.

4.) Brevet Major General George Douglas Ramsay,

was born in Dumfries, Virginia, on 21 February 1802, the son of a Scottish merchant who had been in business in Alexandria, Virginia, for some time. The family subsequently moved the short distance into Washington, D.C., and George entered the Military Academy in 1814 at the unusually early age of 12. He graduated six years later as the 26th man in the 31 man Class of 1820.

Commissioned in the Corps of Light Artillery, he was assigned to the 1st U.S. Artillery Regiment in 1821 when that branch was reorganized into regiments. He served in various garrisons in New England and at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and on assignment with the Corps of Topographical Engineers. He was promoted first lieutenant in 1826 and became the adjutant of his regiment in 1833.

In February 1835, Ramsay was promoted captain, in which grade he was to serve for 26 years while commanding several arsenals and during his subsequent service in the Mexican–American War. He won a brevet majority for gallantry in the Mexican War and served as Chief Ordnance Officer of the Army of Occupation commanded by Major General Zachary Taylor. He returned to peacetime responsibilities as the commandant of several arsenals until assigned to serve on the Ordnance Board on the eve of the Civil War. With the coming of that conflict, his rise, heretofore glacial, was relatively meteoric. He was made a major in April 1861, a lieutenant colonel in August of that same year, and a colonel in June 1863.

When in September 1863, Ramsey was named to replace Brigadier General James Ripley as Chief of Ordnance, he was serving as Commandant of the Washington Arsenal. A friend of President Lincoln's, he was selected for his new post over the objections of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who had previously been irritated by Ramsay's independence, and who preferred the appointment of Captain George T. Balch. A compromise was reached, though without Ramsay's knowledge. He was promoted to brigadier general and Chief of Ordnance, but Balch was given substantive charge of the Office, Chief of Ordnance. This increasingly unhappy arrangement continued for a year, during which time the policies of Ramsay's predecessor were followed virtually without alteration.

Ramsay was a pleasant person, hopeful of providing satisfaction to his superiors and not unreceptive to new ideas in the weapons field. His tenure, however, was too short, and he could take little decisive action in this area. Emphasis continued to be placed on seeing to it that adequate supplies reached the soldier on the fighting front. Following continuing difficulties with Secretary Stanton and Capt. Balch, Ramsay was relieved of his post in September, 1864. He then was made Inspector of Arsenals, a post he held until June 1866. (Captain Balch was soon transferred to West Point as an instructor in ordnance, and resigned from the service as a brevet lieutenant colonel in 1865.) Ramsay's last assignment was as commander of the Washington Arsenal, from which post he retired in February 1870, at the age of 68. In 1865, he was brevetted a major general for long and faithful service to the Army. Following his retirement, he lived in Washington, and died there at age 80 on 23 May 1882. He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

5.) Captain, & Colonel George T. Baluch,

His most significant service to the US Army Ordnance Corps clearly took place between September of 1863 and September of 1864, during which time he served as the Army's de facto Chief of Ordnance by order of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

In September 1863, Brigadier General James Ripley was obliged to step down as Chief of Ordnance. Many problems had developed during his tenure, most notably his continuing refusal to utilize and promote newly developed weapons for the Army. President Lincoln and his Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, disagreed about who should take his place. The Civil War had reached a critical stage in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, and it was imperative that the Army's Ordnance Department continues to provide the best possible support to the combat branches. Lincoln wanted to elevate COL George D. Ramsay, Commandant of the Washington Armory, to the post of Ordnance Chief. Mr. Stanton, strenuously resisted and sought to promote Captain Balch, then an assistant in the Ordnance office. Lincoln and Stanton compromised. Ramsay was promoted to brigadier general and given the title of Chief of Ordnance, but without his knowledge, Balch was placed in charge of the Office, Chief of Ordnance, and was given substantive control over its operations. Ramsay was a figurehead chief, while Captain Balch made virtually all-essential decisions. For a year, Balch, operated as Chief. Stanton's biographers Benjamin Thomas and Harold Hyman have stated that Balch, though nominally Ramsay's principal assistant, was actually Ramsay's "overseer." With Stanton and Ramsay, his two superiors, continually quarreling, Balch, a most capable officer, was caught in the middle of an impossible command situation. In light of this fact, the long-forgotten Captain Balch deserves great credit for having kept the Ordnance Department functioning smoothly and effectively at a critical juncture during the Civil War. He made certain that urgently needed weapons, munitions, and equipment were kept flowing to the front lines. He left the affairs of the Ordnance Department in such excellent shape when he departed for his next assignment that its accounts were the first to be settled after the Civil War ended.

In September 1864, Captain Balch was transferred to instructional duties at West Point for the academic year 1864-1865. He then was placed in charge of the Charleston, SC Arsenal, where he began the task of bringing that facility back into full operation following the destruction done to it at the end of the Civil War. He resigned from the Army in December 1865. Placed in an extremely awkward situation in the middle of the Civil War, Captain Balch performed his duties in an outstanding manner.

In later life, Balch was an official with the Erie Railroad, a firm that had previously suffered from mismanagement. As company auditor, he developed an accurate, exhaustive, and much-needed system of inventorying the company's property. His experience as an Army logistician was of great benefit in this connection. When the company went into receivership, he drew up a comprehensive inventory of its assets for its English bondholders, which was said to have been the most complete document of its kind ever written. This activity in turn led him to publish several technical volumes concerning the nature of railroad property, plants, right-of-way, and other related issues.

Toward the end of his life, while auditor of the New York City Board of Education, he devoted much effort to promoting patriotism in the children of the nation's public schools. A motto he drafted in this connection, "We give our heads and hearts to God and our country; one country, one language, one flag!" was adopted by a number of schools in many states. It was Captain Balch who proposed that flagpoles be erected on or in front of all the public schools in the nation, and he became nationally known for his work on this project.

Captain Balch's service to the Ordnance Department and his country during a most critical time in its history has never—because of its unusual nature--been properly recognized, and he is deserving of induction in to the Ordnance Hall of Fame.

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