Union Major General - Terry raised a regiment of Connecticut volunteers and led them into battle at Manassas and various other engagements in Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. His knowledge of military history and tactics, together with his success on the battlefield, won him promotion to brigadier general during the war. He was one of a very few volunteer officers to attain this rank and remain in the army after the war's end. In 1866 he was named the military commander of the Dakota Territory.
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