General Logan, to whom is conceded by common consent the leading reputation among volunteer officers, and who rose to the command of an army, went to the field at thirty-five.

General Butler was forty-two when he was placed at the head of the Army of the Gulf, and began his striking career in Louisiana.

General Banks was forty-four when with the rank of major-general he took command of the Department of Maryland.

Alfred Terry, since distinguished in the regular service, achieved high rank as a volunteer at thirty-five.
Garfield was a major-general at thirty-one with brilliant promise as a solider when he left the field to enter Congress.

Frank Blair at forty-one was a successful commander of a division in the arduous campaign which ended with the fall of Vicksburg.