In 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to the command of General Lander's brigade. After the latter's death, at the head of the division of General Banks's army in the Shenandoah Valley, he opened the second campaign with the victory at Winchester, Virginia.

General James Shields

In 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to the command of General Lander's…