The production of this work is the result of a want which has been long and sensibly felt. Although there are several collections of lives of American officers, there is none which comes down to this period, and none which contains a large number of lives. After the war with Mexico a lively curiosity respecting was awakened regarding the personal history of the officers who have distinguished themselves before that event; and this has led to a fresh desire for general information respecting the military history of the country. To meet this desire the present work has been written.

Contents:

Colonel Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Macomb

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Pickens

Anthony Wayne

Anthony Walton White

Arthur St. Clair

Baron De Kalb

Benedict Arnold

Benjamin Lincoln

Charles Lee

Daniel Morgan

David Humphreys

David E. Twiggs

Eleazar Wheelock Ripley

E. Pendleton Gaines

Ethan Allen

Francis Marion

Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben.

George Clinton

George Croghan

George Washington

Gideon J. Pillow

Gilbert Mottier La Fayette

Henry Dearborn

Henry Knox

Horatio Lloyd Gates

Hugh Mercer

Isaac Roach

Isaac Shelby

Israel Putnam

Jacob Brown

James Clinton

Jeremiah Wadsworth

John Eager Howard

John James

John Laurens

John A. Quitman

John Stark

John Sullivan

John Trumbull

John E. Wool

Joseph Reed

Joseph Warren

Nathanael Greene

Nathan Towson

Otho H. Williams

Peleg Wadsworth

Peter B. Porter

Philip Schuyler

Richard M. Johnson

Richard Montgomery.

Colonel Seth Warner

Thaddeus Kosciusko

Thomas Mifflin

Thomas Sumpter

William Richardson Davie

William Eaton

William Henry Harrison

William Heath

William Moultrie

William J. Worth

Winfield Scott

Zachary Taylor

Zebulon Butler

Zebulon Montgomery Pike