Hawley did splendid service in the field at thirty-five, and rose rapidly to the rank of brigadier-general.
Gresham had made his brave record at thirty-two, and bears wounds to attest his service.

The McCooks were all young, all gallant, all successful.

Negley was a brigadier-general at thirty-two.

Robert Potter commanded a corps before he was thirty-seven.

Joseph B.Carr achieved an honorable reputation in his early thirties.