<istorical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army<BR> page 327<BR> An Asterix before a name indicates that the officer attained the rank of brigadier or major-general either by regular or brevet commission in the regular or volunteer forces*Corbin, Henry Clarke. Ohio. Ohio. 2 lieutenant 83 Ohio infantry 28 July 1862; transferred to 79 Ohio infantry 29 Aug 1862; 1 lieutenant 11 May 1863; resigned 13 Nov 1863; major 14 United States colored infantry 14 Nov 1863; lieutenant colonel 4 Mar 1864; colonel 23 Sept 1865; brevet brigadier-general volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for meritorious services; honorable mustered out 26 Mar 1866; 2 lieutenant 17 infantry 11 May 1866; captain 38 infantry 28 July 1866; transferred to 24 infantry 11 Nov 1869; major assistant adjutant-general 16 June 1880; lieutenant colonel assistant adjutant-general 7 June 1889; colonel assistant adjutant-general 26 May 1896; brigadier-general adjutant general 25 Feb 1898; major general adjutant general 6 June 1900; brevet major 2 Mar 1867 for gallant and meritorious services in action at Decatur Ala and lieutenant colonel 2 </HTML> < Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography<BR> page 250<BR> CORBIN, HENRY CLARK, soldier, was born in Ohio. He was the adjutant at the inaugurations of Garfield, Cleveland, Harrison and McKinley. He headed the remarkable procession of the centennial at New York in 1889 and has been the marshal in other great affairs of that kind. He entered the army as a volunteer. After the civil war he passed a satisfactory examination and was accepted as an officer in the regular army. He has always, since the time of Lincoln, been very near the person of the president. He is adjutant to President McKinley in the president's capacity as commander-in-chief of the army.<BR> He was born in s Clermont Co. He was chief of staff in the Spanish-American War. He was born in 1842 to what CORBIN family at Laurel. Was he named for Henry Barkley,of Buckler Rd, d 1859? ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.