Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  Gen. Francis Preston Blair

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                                   BLAIR
   P.579
   BLAIR, GEN. FRANCIS PRESTON, born in Lexington, Ky., February 19,
   1821. Served in Mexican war. Elected to Congress from Missouri, 1856,
   60, 62. Entered Union army. Made major-general, November 29, 1862.
   Fought at Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. At head
   of 17th Army Corps' march with Sherman to the sea. On Democratic
   ticket as Vice-President in 1868 and defeated. Elected in 1871 to U.S.
   Senate. In 1873, defeated. Became State Superintendent of Insurance.