major-generalcy

I was not aware of the reasons for this course, and therefore strongly recommended him for a major-generalcy.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

General J.E. B. Stuart had by his successful conduct of the cavalry, no less than by his personal gallantry, worked his way from the colonelcy he held at Manassas to a major-generalcy of all that arm of the Virginia army.

Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon

I was not aware of the reasons for this course, and therefore strongly recommended him for a major-generalcy.

Chapter XLV 1885

On the 1st of March the President, feeling that the time had come when his armies should be in motion, and plainly discouraged at the poor success he had had in getting Rosecrans ready for an advance, authorized General Halleck to say to him that there was a vacant major-generalcy in the regular army which would be given to the general in the field who should first win an important and decisive victory.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864

I was not aware of the reasons for this course, and therefore strongly recommended him for a major-generalcy.

The Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant, Part 4. 1853

I was not aware of the reasons for this course, and therefore strongly recommended him for a major-generalcy.

Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete 1853

Perhaps the highest tribute paid to Putnam's prowess was the offer of his old-time friend and comrade, General Gage, the British commander-in-chief, to pay him a large sum of money, and secure him a major-generalcy in the British army, if he would desert the “rebel "cause and come over to that of the King.

Old Put The Patriot Over, Frederick A 1904

"He feels very sore at the rumored intentions to relieve him, and the major-generalcy does not cicatrize the wound.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864