Agents of the railroad began reporting Confederate troop military.military_service in western Virginia and its Shenandoah Valley under General Jubal Early eleven days prior to the battle , and Garrett had their intelligence passed to authorities in the U.S. War Department and to Major General Lew Wallace , ( later noted author of the historical novel `` '' Ben Hur '' '' ) who commanded the department that would be responsible for defense of the area .

On October 11 , Bush rejected as uncredible a report that Iraqi deaths have totaled 655,000 from the war , and United States Army Chief of Staff General Peter Schoomaker said that the U.S. military is planning to retain current troop military.military_service in Iraq through 2010 .

Lieutenant General John M. Riggs ( born c. 1946 ) United States Army retired , is an American Army general who was retired , apparently as a result of his contradiction of the U.S. government stance on troop military.military_service needed to support the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq .

He claimed U.S. Army General William C. Westmoreland had conspired to minimize reported Vietnamese enemy troop military.military_service in 1967 .

McAfee was made a General in the United States Army during the War of 1812 and commanded a troop military.military_service by order of Gen. Andrew Jackson , that took part in the Battle of New Orleans .