Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Cumming Schenck (October 4, 1809 March 23, 1890) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys. His eldest brother, James Findlay Schenck, was rear admiral of the United States Navy. Schenck was born in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio to William Cortenius Schenck (1773 1821) and Elizabeth Rogers (1776 1853). William Schenck was descended from a prominent Dutch family and was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey. William Schenck was a land speculator and an important early settler of Ohio who had also been in the War of 1812 and, like his son, rose to the rank of general. He died when Robert was only twelve and the boy was put under the guardianship of General James Findlay.