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* [[John Tyler]], commanded a company called the [[Charles City, Virginia|Charles City]] Rifles, part of Virginia's 52nd Regiment, in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart L. Butler|title=Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcGHZfcKC8C&pg=PA282|year=2012|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-6040-2|page=282}}</ref> | * [[John Tyler]], commanded a company called the [[Charles City, Virginia|Charles City]] Rifles, part of Virginia's 52nd Regiment, in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart L. Butler|title=Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcGHZfcKC8C&pg=PA282|year=2012|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-6040-2|page=282}}</ref> | ||
* [[James Polk]], joined the [[Tennessee]] Militia as a captain in a cavalry regiment in 1821. He was subsequently appointed a colonel on the staff of [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Louise A. Mayo|title=President James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSs5yfHZCIC&pg=PA14|year=2006|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59454-718-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZlARhqdLa4C|year=1980|publisher=Department of the Army|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Barbara Bennett Peterson|title=Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee and Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmx5cMwRQhsC&pg=PA5|year=2002|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59033-145-3|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John Seigenthaler|author-link=John Seigenthaler|title=James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzi6Ux3L934C&pg=PA30|year=2004|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6942-6|page=34}}</ref> | * [[James Polk]], joined the [[Tennessee]] Militia as a captain in a cavalry regiment in 1821. He was subsequently appointed a colonel on the staff of [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Louise A. Mayo|title=President James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSs5yfHZCIC&pg=PA14|year=2006|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59454-718-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZlARhqdLa4C|year=1980|publisher=Department of the Army|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Barbara Bennett Peterson|title=Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee and Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmx5cMwRQhsC&pg=PA5|year=2002|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59033-145-3|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John Seigenthaler|author-link=John Seigenthaler|title=James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzi6Ux3L934C&pg=PA30|year=2004|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6942-6|page=34}}</ref> | ||
* [[Millard Fillmore]], served as inspector of New York's 47th Brigade with the rank of major.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Roger Sherman Skinner|title=The New-York State Register for 1830–1831|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ|year=1830|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ/page/n365 361]|publisher=New York }}</ref> Commanded the Union Continentals, a militia unit raised to perform local service in [[Buffalo, New York]], during the | * [[Millard Fillmore]], served as inspector of New York's 47th Brigade with the rank of major.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Roger Sherman Skinner|title=The New-York State Register for 1830–1831|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ|year=1830|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ/page/n365 361]|publisher=New York }}</ref> Commanded the Union Continentals, a militia unit raised to perform local service in [[Buffalo, New York]], during the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Buffalo Historical Society|author2=Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.)|title=Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNYwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR32|year=1907|publisher=The Society.|page=xxxii}}</ref> | ||
* [[Franklin Pierce]], appointed [[aide de camp]] to [[Governor of New Hampshire|Governor]] [[Samuel Dinsmoor]] in 1831. He remained in the militia until 1847 and attained the rank of colonel before becoming a brigadier general in the Army during the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=John Farmer|editor2=G. Parker Lyon|title=The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1832|page=53}}</ref> | * [[Franklin Pierce]], appointed [[aide de camp]] to [[Governor of New Hampshire|Governor]] [[Samuel Dinsmoor]] in 1831. He remained in the militia until 1847 and attained the rank of colonel before becoming a brigadier general in the Army during the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=John Farmer|editor2=G. Parker Lyon|title=The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1832|page=53}}</ref> | ||
* [[James Buchanan]], a member of the [[Pennsylvania]] Militia. His dragoon unit took part in the defense of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], during the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph E. Eshelman|title=A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia|url=https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe|url-access=registration|year=2011|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9837-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe/page/114 114]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Shriver Klein|title=President James Buchanan, a biography|url=https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp|year=1962|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp/page/n59 18]}}</ref> | * [[James Buchanan]], a member of the [[Pennsylvania]] Militia. His dragoon unit took part in the defense of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], during the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph E. Eshelman|title=A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia|url=https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe|url-access=registration|year=2011|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9837-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe/page/114 114]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Shriver Klein|title=President James Buchanan, a biography|url=https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp|year=1962|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp/page/n59 18]}}</ref> | ||
* [[Abraham Lincoln]], served in the [[Illinois National Guard|Illinois Militia]] during the [[Black Hawk War]]. He commanded a company in the 4th Illinois Regiment with the rank of captain from April to May 1832. He was a private in Captain Alexander White's Company from May to June 1832. He served as a private in Captain Jacob Earley's company from June to July 1832.<ref>{{cite book|author=Illinois Adjutant General's Office|title=Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831–32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8|url=https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi|year=1882|publisher=H. W. Rokker, state printer|pages=[https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi/page/100 100], 176, 183}}</ref> | * [[Abraham Lincoln]], served in the [[Illinois National Guard|Illinois Militia]] during the [[Black Hawk War]]. He commanded a company in the 4th Illinois Regiment with the rank of captain from April to May 1832. He was a private in Captain Alexander White's Company from May to June 1832. He served as a private in Captain Jacob Earley's company from June to July 1832.<ref>{{cite book|author=Illinois Adjutant General's Office|title=Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831–32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8|url=https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi|year=1882|publisher=H. W. Rokker, state printer|pages=[https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi/page/100 100], 176, 183}}</ref> | ||
* [[Andrew Johnson]], served in the [[Tennessee National Guard|Tennessee Militia]] in the 1830s, and attained the rank of colonel.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans L. Trefousse|title=Andrew Johnson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blkUcM2B3dgC|year=1997|publisher=W. W. Norton, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-393-31742-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James Knox Polk|editor1=Wayne Cutler|editor2=Herbert Weaver|title=Correspondence of James K. Polk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vu99nZ2h7cC&pg=PA439|volume=7|year=1989|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-0-8265-1225-3|page=439}}</ref> During the | * [[Andrew Johnson]], served in the [[Tennessee National Guard|Tennessee Militia]] in the 1830s, and attained the rank of colonel.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans L. Trefousse|title=Andrew Johnson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blkUcM2B3dgC|year=1997|publisher=W. W. Norton, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-393-31742-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James Knox Polk|editor1=Wayne Cutler|editor2=Herbert Weaver|title=Correspondence of James K. Polk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vu99nZ2h7cC&pg=PA439|volume=7|year=1989|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-0-8265-1225-3|page=439}}</ref> During the American Civil War he remained loyal to the Union and was appointed Military Governor of Tennessee with the rank of brigadier general.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kate Havelin|title=Andrew Johnson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_k8KQ0_45YC&pg=PA23|year=2004|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=978-0-8225-1000-0|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Gary L. Donhardt|title=In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion: The Life of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States (1808-1875)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW32n2HWwRIC&pg=PA6|year=2007|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-60021-086-0|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Clifton R. Hall|title=Andrew Johnson: Military Governor of Tennessee|url=https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall|year=1916|page=[https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall/page/19 19]}}</ref> | ||
* [[Ulysses S. Grant]], having left the Army as a captain, at the start of the Civil War he served in the Illinois Militia as aide de camp and mustering officer for [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] [[Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)|Richard Yates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James S. Brisbin|title=The campaign lives of Ulysses S Grant and Schuyler Colfax|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning|url=https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog|year=1868|pages=[https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog/page/n63 58]–59}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ulysses Simpson Grant|title=The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April to September, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be-a9wVl1foC&pg=PA29|year=1969|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-0366-3|page=29}}</ref> He held these positions until being appointed commander of the [[21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment|21st Illinois Infantry]], which set him on the path to becoming a general and commander of all Union armies.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Farina|title=Ulysses S. Grant, 1861–1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiXipzGjMxsC&pg=PA22|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8051-7|page=22}}</ref> | * [[Ulysses S. Grant]], having left the Army as a captain, at the start of the Civil War he served in the Illinois Militia as aide de camp and mustering officer for [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] [[Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)|Richard Yates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James S. Brisbin|title=The campaign lives of Ulysses S Grant and Schuyler Colfax|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning|url=https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog|year=1868|pages=[https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog/page/n63 58]–59}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ulysses Simpson Grant|title=The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April to September, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be-a9wVl1foC&pg=PA29|year=1969|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-0366-3|page=29}}</ref> He held these positions until being appointed commander of the [[21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment|21st Illinois Infantry]], which set him on the path to becoming a general and commander of all Union armies.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Farina|title=Ulysses S. Grant, 1861–1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiXipzGjMxsC&pg=PA22|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8051-7|page=22}}</ref> | ||
* [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], joined a militia company in 1846 intending to fight in the Mexican–American War, but resigned because of ill health.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Dean Howells|author2=Rutherford Birchard Hayes|title=Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler|publisher=Hurd and Houghton|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft|year=1876|page=[https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft/page/29 29]}}</ref> Enlisted as a private in a [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] militia company at the start of the Civil War in 1861, and was elected commander with the rank of captain. He was subsequently appointed a major in the [[23rd Ohio Infantry]], and ended the war as a brigade commander and [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] Major General.<ref>Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, [http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civilwar/display.asp?id=1133&subj=civilwar ''Military and Personal Sketches of Ohio's Rank and File from Sandusky County in the War of the Rebellion''], 1885, republished on the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center web site</ref> | * [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], joined a militia company in 1846 intending to fight in the Mexican–American War, but resigned because of ill health.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Dean Howells|author2=Rutherford Birchard Hayes|title=Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler|publisher=Hurd and Houghton|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft|year=1876|page=[https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft/page/29 29]}}</ref> Enlisted as a private in a [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] militia company at the start of the Civil War in 1861, and was elected commander with the rank of captain. He was subsequently appointed a major in the [[23rd Ohio Infantry]], and ended the war as a brigade commander and [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] Major General.<ref>Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, [http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civilwar/display.asp?id=1133&subj=civilwar ''Military and Personal Sketches of Ohio's Rank and File from Sandusky County in the War of the Rebellion''], 1885, republished on the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center web site</ref> | ||