How To Use Generalcy In A Sentence
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After passing through several desperate campaigns, he rose by promotion to the adjutant generalcy of regiment's corps.
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Awarded a major generalcy for the operations, he was ordered eastward upon creation of the Army of Virginia.
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His main contribution, however, to Britain was his training of light infantry and his military changes earned him a lieutenant generalcy.
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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
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But, unhappily, Government would not re-enforce Johnston -- even to the very limited extent it might; and Mr. Davis promoted Pemberton to a lieutenant-generalcy and sent him to Vicksburg.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
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He went to sea as a youth and so distinguished himself that by the time he was 35 he held the captain generalcy of the Indies fleet, which convoyed treasure ships from the New World to Spain.
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For Stuart, the formation of a corps brought with it the prospect of a lieutenant generalcy for himself.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
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Coincident with General Eisenhower's advancement to a permanent major generalcy, the Distinguished Service Medal has been awarded to him with the following citation.
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He had prized a lieutenant generalcy since the organization of cavalry corps.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
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He began that part of his career that was to lead him to the adjutant generalcy and a place of prominence in the history of the new state.
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Meanwhile, Grant, elevated to a lieutenant-generalcy, had been transferred to the Potomac frontier; and men, money, supplies -- without stint or limit -- had been placed at his disposal.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
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He then commanded another expedition to punish the Ashanti in West Africa, his capture of their capital at Kumasi in February 1873 being rewarded with his major generalcy.
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No wonder was it that when in the war between the states leaders were needed to take command of the raw recruits which flocked to the standard of General Sterling Price to form the Missouri State Guard, he was selected for the command of a regiment from which he rose by rapid promotion to a major generalcy.
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He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
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He traces the steady development of Ike's generalcy.
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With the July 4, 1863, capitulation of the city he was awarded a major generalcy in the regular army.
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He served in the western theater, where he won a major generalcy by 1863.
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This confirmed him; and soon after I recommended him for a brigadier-generalcy in the regular army, and it was given to him for this victory.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
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In 1943 his major generalcy was substantiated (made permanent); and late that August he was given a field command.
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He saw a lot of action in his rise to a brigadier generalcy during World War I, but perhaps the toughest fight of his career occurred when he was a second lieutenant and was a sparing partner for James ‘Gentleman Jim’ Corbett, who was preparing for his famous heavyweight title match with John L. Sullivan in 1892.
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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
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He was too much of a gentleman, however, too genial and good-natured, too averse to controversy to agitate for the major generalcy he knew he deserved.
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Having the high rank of lieutenant general, there was no command for him after Vicksburg, so he resigned his lieutenant generalcy to accept an appointment as a colonel in the artillery division.
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He rendered valuable service to his country, and had he lived, would probably have been recommended by me before this time for a brigadier generalcy.
