Share This Article 1. This future American general officer was British General Edward Braddock’s aide at the Battle of the Monongahela. Charles Lee Horatio Lloyd Gates William Alexander, Lord Stirling George Washington 2. He was the only officer that J.E.B. Stuart mentioned in his dispatches during the Battle of Gettysburg. Major Henry McClellan Major James Mosby General Fitzhugh Lee Captain Charles Corbit 3. He was the first American officer to fly over German lines in World War One. Eddie Rickenbacker Henry “Hap” Arnold John Pershing Billy Mitchell Loading …