MCCLERNAND, JOHN A.
\mə klˈɜːnand], \mə klˈɜːnand], \m_ə k_l_ˈɜː_n_a_n_d]\
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Born in 1812, represented Illinois in the U.S. Congress as a Democrat from 1843 to 1851 from 1859 to 1861. He organized a brigade in 1861, and commanded it at Belmont and Fort Donelson. He commanded a division at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post and on the Big Black River. He retired in 1864.
By John Franklin Jameson
