The Quirky History,Savannah,Georgia And The United States

Maj. Gen. Matthew Calbraith Butler , Confederate States Army, became a major general of U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War—despite having lost his right foot in the battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863.

Fitzhugh Lee , son of Robert E. Lee’s elder brother Sydney Smith Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the Civil War and a major general of U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War. (The War Department appointed Fitz Lee commander of the Seventh Army Corps, and authorized him to establish Camp Cuba Libre near Jacksonville, Florida.)

Maj. Gen. Peter Conover Hains served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I

Discovery of a rebel battery & camp on Vernon River, Ga., by the U.S. gun boats "Ottowa," "Seneca," "Pembina," & "Mary Andrew," under command of Capt. Rogers of the "Wabash" - Position of U.S. gun boats at the time of rebel battery opening fire - Dec. 11, 1861 / pencil drawing by William Crane.