He declined the command of the Army of the Potomac once, if not oftener.
General Alfred H.Terry came into the army as a volunteer without a military education.

His way was won without political influence up to an important separate command--the expedition against Fort Fisher, in January, 1865.

His success there was most brilliant, and won for him the rank of brigadier-general in the regular army and of major-general of volunteers.

He is a man who makes friends of those under him by his consideration of their wants and their dues.

As a commander, he won their confidence by his coolness in action and by his clearness of perception in taking in the situation under which he was placed at any given time.
Griffin, Humphreys, and Mackenzie were good corps commanders, but came into that position so near to the close of the war as not to attract public attention.