WebWool had field command during the Battle of Buena Vista. He ended the war as commander of the Army of Occupation in northeastern Mexico. John E. Wool was born in Newburg, New York, on February 20, 1784. When … After the Mexican–American War, Twiggs was appointed brevet major general and commanded the U.S. Army's Department of Texas. He was in this command when the American Civil War broke out. He was one of four general officers of the line in the U.S. Army in 1861, along with Winfield Scott, John Wool, and William Harney. As there was then no mandatory retirement, all four men were over the age of 60, with three having served in the War of 1812 half a century earlier.

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General David Twiggs - The Civil War

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