Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios: Robert Cumming SCHENCK (published 1907) *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Marti Graham marti@rootsweb.com Posted by Ruth Price Waldbauer Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios (c) 1907 http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Transcriptions/CivilWar/1907MarcusFWrightBios July 26,1999 *********************************************************************** COMPLETE TITLE OF THIS BOOK IS: Official Portfolio of War and Nation "A Graphic and Pictorial History Prepared Directly from the Government Records in the Departments of War and Statistics" "Story, Complete And Official, Of All The Political Issues, Campaigns, Engagements, and Heroic Episodes Of The Titanic And Dreadful Conflict Between the states on land and sea .. .. .." "Leaders Of The North And South, Fraternizing Under The Symbol Of Indestructible Union, Submit This Work As Their Impartial Report of the War, its conception, prosecution, and results" "Accompanied by the complete, superb collection of the famous war pictures." "drawn upon the spot by the Government's great artists of that time BAKER WEVILL NEWTON WAND CRANE SUNORIS RAWSON HEILLEN BEARD OSBORN RUSSELL BECKER SCHELL WILCOX SARTONS LOVIE LUMBERG WEAVER CHAMBERLAIN DAVIS FORBES BOSSE TAYLOR "Narrative and descriptive by John Clark Ridpath, Rossiter Johnson, General Fitzhugh Lee, General John T. Morgan, George L. Kilmer and General Joseph B. Carr." "Carefully edited by General Marcus F. Wright of the War Department Washington, D. C." 608 pages Copyright. 1907 BY G. F. Stanley *********************************************************************** SCHENCK p.582 SCHENCK, GEN. ROBERT CUMMING, born in Franklin, Ohio, October 4, 1809. Graduated at Miami University 1827. Studied law, and practiced in Dayton. Served three terms in Congress. Sent to Brazil 1857, on diplomatic mission. Devoted to railroad business till outbreak of Civil war. Commissioned brigadier May 17, 1861. Wounded at second battle of Bull Run. Promoted to rank of major-general 1862. Sent to Congress in 1866. In 1870 appointed Minister to Great Britain. Resumed law practice in Washington, which he continued till his death on March 23, 1890.