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Samuel S. Carroll, the Glossary

Samuel Sprigg "Red" Carroll (September 21, 1832 – January 28, 1893) was a career officer in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general of the Union during the American Civil War.^[1]

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American frontier

The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few contiguous western territories as states in 1912.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Army of the Shenandoah (Union)

The Army of the Shenandoah was a field army of the Union Army active during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Cedar Mountain

The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Chancellorsville

The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign.

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Battle of Cross Keys

The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Battle of Gettysburg, second day

During the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee attempted to capitalize on his first day's accomplishments.

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Battle of Mine Run

The Battle of Mine Run, also known as Payne's Farm, or New Hope Church, or the Mine Run campaign (November 27 – December 2, 1863), was conducted in Orange County, Virginia, in the American Civil War.

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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania (or the 19th-century spelling Spottsylvania), was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of the Wilderness

The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War.

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Brevet (military)

In the military, a brevet is a warrant that gives a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward, but which may not confer the authority and privileges of real rank.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Captain (United States)

In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a commissioned-officer rank.

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Cemetery Hill

Cemetery Hill is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863).

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Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III, was an American politician, planter, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Samuel S. Carroll and Charles Carroll of Carrollton are Carroll family.

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Colonel (United States)

A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Counterattack

A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games".

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.

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Eastern theater of the American Civil War

The eastern theater of the American Civil War consisted of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the national capital in Washington, D.C., and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina.

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Frontier

A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary.

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Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Georgetown is a historic neighborhood and commercial district in Northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River.

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Gibraltar Brigade

The "Gibraltar Brigade" was a famed infantry brigade within the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.

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II Corps (Union Army)

There were five corps in the Union Army designated as II Corps (Second Army Corps) during the American Civil War.

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III Corps (Union Army)

There were four formations in the Union Army designated as III Corps (or Third Army Corps) during the American Civil War.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Jackson's Valley campaign

Jackson's Valley campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War.

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James Shields (politician, born 1806)

James Shields (May 10, 1806June 1, 1879) was an Irish American politician and United States Army officer, who is the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states, and one of only two to represent multiple states in the U.S. Senate. Samuel S. Carroll and James Shields (politician, born 1806) are Union Army generals.

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Jubal Early

Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

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Kent State University

Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States.

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List of American Civil War generals (Union)

The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Louisiana State University Press

The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University.

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Louisiana Tigers

Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from Louisiana in the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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O'Carroll

O'Carroll (Ó Cearbhaill), also known as simply Carroll, Carrol or Carrell, is a Gaelic Irish clan which is the most prominent sept of the Ciannachta (also known as Clan Cian). Samuel S. Carroll and O'Carroll are Carroll family.

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Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Overland Campaign

The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign and the Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, towards the end of the American Civil War.

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Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge (July 3, 1863), also known as the Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Charge, was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Major General George G. Meade's Union positions on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania during the Civil War.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Quartermaster

Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.

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Rapidan River

The Rapidan River, flowing U.S. Geological Survey.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.

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Regular army

A regular army is the official army of a state or country (the official armed forces), contrasting with irregular forces, such as volunteer irregular militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc.

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St. James School, Maryland

Saint James School is an independent boarding and day school in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Takoma Park, Maryland

Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_S._Carroll

Also known as Samuel Carroll, Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Samuel Spriggs Carroll.

, Takoma Park, Maryland, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, United States Army, United States Declaration of Independence, United States Military Academy, Washington, D.C., West Point, New York, 10th Infantry Regiment (United States), 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment.

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Carroll family

Gibraltar Brigade

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