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Alexander Mackenzie (b. 1844), Chief of Engineers, was of Scots
parentage. David McMurtrie Gregg (b. 1833), served with distinction in
battles of the Wilderness, and was afterwards Auditor-General of
Pennsylvania. John McNeil (1813-91), Brigadier-General, was born in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, of Scots parentage. General James Birdseye
Macpherson (1828-64), of Ulster Scot descent, took a most prominent
part in many battles. General Grant said at his death: "The country
has lost one of its best soldiers, and I have lost my best friend."
William Macrae (1834-82), of Scottish descent, Brigadier-General in
the Confederate Army was afterwards General Superintendent of the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. William Addison Phillips
(1824-93), soldier, statesman, and author, born in Paisley, refused to
leave his command to accept the nomination for Governor of his state
(Kansas). He was author of "Labor, Land, and Law" (1886). John
Robertson (1814-87), born in Banffshire, was Adjutant-General of
Michigan from 1861 to 1887. He was author of "The Flags of Michigan,"
"Michigan in the War," etc. James Alexander Walker (1832-1901),
descendant of John Walker who came from Wigtown (c. 1730), was also
Member of Congress (1895-99) and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
(1877).
SCOTS IN THE NAVY
John Paul Jones (1747-92), perhaps the most famous Scottish name in
the annals of the American Navy, was the son of a Scottish gardener,
and was born at Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire.
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