The production of this work is the result of a want which has been long and sensibly felt. Although there are several collections of lives of American officers, there is none which comes down to this period, and none which contains a large number of lives. After the war with Mexico a lively curiosity respecting was awakened regarding the personal history of the officers who have distinguished themselves before that event; and this has led to a fresh desire for general information respecting the military history of the country. To meet this desire the present work has been written.
Contents:
Colonel Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Macomb
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Pickens
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Walton White
Arthur St. Clair
Baron De Kalb
Benedict Arnold
Benjamin Lincoln
Charles Lee Daniel Morgan
David Humphreys
David E. Twiggs
Eleazar Wheelock Ripley
E. Pendleton Gaines
Ethan Allen
Francis Marion
Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben.
George Clinton
George Croghan
George Washington
Gideon J. Pillow
Gilbert Mottier La Fayette
Henry Dearborn
Henry Knox
Horatio Lloyd Gates
Hugh Mercer
Isaac Roach
Isaac Shelby
Israel Putnam
Jacob Brown
James Clinton
Jeremiah Wadsworth
John Eager Howard
John James
John Laurens
John A. Quitman
John Stark
John Sullivan
John Trumbull
John E. Wool
Joseph Reed
Joseph Warren
Nathanael Greene
Nathan Towson
Otho H. Williams
Peleg Wadsworth
Peter B. Porter
Philip Schuyler
Richard M. Johnson
Richard Montgomery.
Colonel Seth Warner
Thaddeus Kosciusko
Thomas Mifflin
Thomas Sumpter
William Richardson Davie
William Eaton
William Henry Harrison
William Heath
William Moultrie
William J. Worth
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
Zebulon Butler
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
