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Anderson, John Fromen. Born in Maine. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Aide-de-Camp on the staff's of Generals Burnside and Foster. Major and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 9, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 1, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865. Resigned, Mar. 27, 1865.
Andrews, George Leonard. Born at Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 31, 1828. Cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1851. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 2, 1854. Resigned, Sept. 1, 1855. Assistant Engineer in the ser- vice of the U. S., 1857-59 and 1859-60. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 25, IS61. Guard- ing the upper Potomac, July to Nov., 1861; in garrison at Frederick, Md. and member of board
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for examining volunteer officers, Dec., 1861, to Apr., 1862; in operations under Maj. General Banks in the Shenandoah Valley, Mar. to June, 1862. Colonel, June 13, 1862. Engaged in the combat of Winchester, May 25, 1862, and in the Northern Virginia campaign, June to Ang., 1802, being engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Ang. 9, 1862. In the Maryland campaign, Army of the Potomac, Sept. to Oct., 1862; being engaged in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 10, 1862, for highly meritorious services at the battles of Winchester, Cedar Mountain and Antietam. At New York, forwarding troops and supplies for Maj. General Banks's expedition to New Orleans, Dec. 5, 1862, to Jan. 24, 1863. In operations in the department of the Gulf, Feb. 15, 1863, to Feb. 13, 1865 (Chief of staff of Maj. General Banks, Mar. 6 to July 9, 1863), being engaged in the advance on Port Hudson, Mar. 11, 1863. In com- bat of Fort Bisland, Apr. 13-14, 1863, advance npon Opelousas and Alexandria, Apr. to May, 1863; siege of Port Hudson, May 25 to July 9, 1863; in command of the Corps d'Afrique, July 10, 1863, to Feb. 13, 1SG5; at Port Hudson, La. ; district of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, Dee. 28, 1861, to Feb. 13, 1865. Provost-Marshal General of the Army of the Gulf, Feb. 27 to June 6, 1865; being present at the attack upon Mobile, Ala., and its defences, Mar. 26 to Apr. 12, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Chief of staff of Maj. General Canby, June 6 to Ang. 24, 1865. Mustered out of volunteer service, Ang. 24, 1865. Professor of French, U. S. Military Academy, Feb. 28, 1871. Accepted, Apr. 1, 1871. Professor of Modern Languages, U. S. Military Academy, June 30, 1882. Retired, Aug. 31, 1892.
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss. Born at Waltham, Mass., Jan. 30, 1SIG. Maj. General, U. S. Volun- teers, May 16, 1861. In command of 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Engaged in active ser- vice on the upper Potomae and in the Shenandoah Valley; engaged in the battle of Winehester, Mar. 23, 1862; in guard of the Shenandoah, Apr. and May, 1862, with two divisions. In com- mand of 2d Corps, Army of Virginia ; engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862. In command of the department of the Gulf, Dec. 16, 1862; engaged in the siege of Port Hudson, May, 1863, to July 9, 1863. Engaged in the Red River expedition; present at the battles of Sabine Cross Roads, Apr. 8, 1864, Pleasant Hill, Apr. 9, 1864, and Cane River, Apr. 23, 1861. Received, Jan. 28, 1864, the thanks of Congress for the skill, courage and endurance which compelled the surrender of Port Indson and thus removed the last obstruction to the free navigation of the Mississippi River. Mustered out, Ang. 21, 1865.
Barnard, John Gross. Born at Sheffield, Mass., May 19, 1815. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1829, to July 1, 1833. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1833. Second Lieutenant, May 15, 1835. Captain, July 7, 1838. Brevet Major, May 30, 1848. Major, Dec. 13, 1858. Chief Engineer of the department of Washington, Apr. 21 to July 2, 1861. In the Manassas campaign of July, 1861; being present at the action of Blackburn's Ford, July IS; and battle of Bull Run, July 21, ISG1; having directed the preliminary reconnaissance upon which it was planned. Member of Joint Board constituted by the Navy department, June 25, 1861, to devise measures for promoting the efficiency of the blockade of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U. S. and of a Board to regulate and fix the ordnance of permanent fortifications and field batteries, Nov. 26, 1861, to Mar. 1, 1862. Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, July 2, 1861, to Aug. 16, 1862. Superintending the construction of the defences of Washington, D. C., Ang., 1861, to Mar., 1862. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 23, 1861. In the Vir- ginia Peninsular campaign, Mar. to Aug., 1862, being engaged in directing the siege works of Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, and offensive and defensive works on the Chiekahominy and on the march to Harrison's Landing on James River, May-Aug., 1862. Present at the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; combat on Williamsburg Road, June 25, 1862. Reconnoitred and selected position upon which was fought the battle of Gaines's Mill, June 27, 1862; reconnoitred passages of White Oak Swamp, June 28-29, and position of Malvern Hill for defence, June 30, 1862. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, June 30, 1862. In the battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; in command of Washington, D. C., during the rebel invasion of eastern Virginia, Ang. 19-Sept. 13, 1862. Chief Engineer of the defences of Washington, D. C., Sept. 13, 1862, to May 25, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, March 3, 1863. Military Member of a Scientific Commission for the investigation of subjects pertaining to the Navy department, June 22, 1863, to June 6, 18Gt; reconnoitring and devising the defences of Pittsburg, Penn., June, 1863; examining south shore of Lake Erie to devise measures to prevent rebel raids from Canada, Dee., 1863; member of Commission to examine the plan and sufficiency of the defences of Washington City, Oct. 29 to
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Dec. 24, 1862; on Board of Engineers to examine Timby's revolving iron tower for harbor de- fence, Dec. 15, 1862, to June 23, 1863; on Board for the Examination of officers of the Corps of Engineers for promotion, Aug. 1, 1863, to Mar. 8, 1864, and from July 6 to Sept. 20, 1864; On Board to devise defences of Potomac aqueduct, Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, 1863; on Board for the arma- ment of the defences of Washington, D. C., Nov. 10 to Dec. 3, 1863; and on the Board of Engi- neers to reorganize our system of sea-coast fortifications, Jan. 27 to May 31, 1564. Chief Engineer " of the arinies in the field; " on the staff of Lieut. General Grant, General-in-Chief of the armies of the U. S., June 5, 1864, to Apr. 9, 1865. In the Richmond campaign, being engaged in the siege of Petersburg and operations before Richmond, June 18, 1864, to Apr. 2, 1865, and was pres- ent at various engagements before Petersburg, June 16 to July 4, 1861. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4, 1861. In the assault and capture of Fort Harrison, Sept. 29, 1864; con- bat near Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27, 1864; assault of Petersburg and its capture, Apr. 2-3, 1865; and in the pursuit and at surrender of the Army of northern Virginia, commanded by General Lee at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Corporator of the National Military and Naval Asylum for totally disabled volun- teers, Mar. 3, 1865, to Mar. 21, 1866. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Dec. 28, 1865. Mnstered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Retired from active service, Jan. 2, 1881. Died at Detroit, Mich., May 14, 1882.
Barnes, James. Born in Massachusetts, about 1809. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1829. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, and Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1829. First Lieutenant, June 30, 1836. Resigned, July 31, 1836. Colonel, 1Sth Mass. Infantry, July 26, 1861. In the defences of Washington, D. C., Aug., 1861, to Mar., 1862. In the Virginia Peninsular campaign, Army of the Potomac, Mar. to July, 1862. In the northern Virginia can- paign, July-Ang., 1862. In the Maryland campaign, Sept .- Nov., 1862; being at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; skirmish at Shepherdstown, Va., Sept. 19, 1862 and march to Falmouth, Va., Oct .- Nov., 1862. Brig .- General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. In the Rappahannock campaign, Army of the Potomac, Dec., 1862, to May, 1863, being engaged in the battle of Fred- erieksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, and battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2-1, 1863. In the Pennsylvania campaign, June-July, 1863, being engaged in the skirmishes of Aldie and Upperville, Va., June 21, 1863, and battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, where he was wounded. On sick leave of absence and on Court Martial duty, July to Sept., 1863. In command of the defences of Norfolk and Portsmonth, Va., Sept., 1863, to Jan., 1864. On Court Martial duty, Mar. to July, 1864; in command of St. Mary's district, July 2, 1864, to Apr. 26, 1865, and of the camp for rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, Md., July 2, 1864, to July 13, 1865. Awaiting orders, July 13, 1865, to Jan. 15, 1866. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Vohinteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Died at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 12, 1869.
Barney, Benjamin Griffin. Born at Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 13, 1827. Captain, 9th Penn. Militia, Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered out Sept. 26, 1862. Captain 2d Penn. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 28, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Penn. Provisional Heavy Artillery, Apr. 20, 1864. Colonel, June 2, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865. Honorably discharged on account of wounds, Nov. 19, 1864. Died at San Francisco, Cal., July 23, 1886.
Barstow, Simon Forrester. Born in Massachusetts. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to General Lander, Sept., 1861, and engaged in his campaign on the upper Potomac to March, 1862. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 6, 1862. Additional Aide-de-Camp, Mar. 18, 1862. Aide-de-Camp on the staff of General MeDowell to June, 1862. Major and Assistant Adj. Gen- eral, U. S. Volunteers, July 15, 1862. Assistant Adj. General, Ist Corps, Army of the Potomac, to Mar., 1863, and engaged at the battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run and General Pope's Virginia campaign. Assistant Adj. General at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomae to the close of the rebellion. On the staff of General Meade, commanding military division of the Atlantic and department of the East, headquarters, Philadelphia, Penn. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 1, 1864, and Brevet Colonel, Apr. 9, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Mnstered out, July 31, 1866. Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army, May 11, 1866. On the staff of General Meade, commanding department of the East, Philadelphia, Penn., to Mar., 1868. Retired, June 7, 1879. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. On the staff of General Meade, commanding Ist Military District and department of the South, headquarters, Atlanta, Ga., Mar., 1868. Died at Oakland, MId., July 31, 1882.
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Bartlett, William Francis. Born at Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 6, 1840. Private, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 14, 1861. Captain, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. Left Massachusetts, Sept., 1861. Engaged at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., siege of Yorktown, seriously wounded and lost a leg, Apr. 24, 1862. Mustered out, Nov. 12, 1862. At home on a furlongh. In charge of Camp Briggs, Pittsfield. Colonel, 49th Infantry, M. V. M., in the ser- vice of the U. S., Nov. 19, 1862. Left the state, Nov. 21, 1862. Present at the attack on Port Hudson, La., where he was again severely wounded in arm and foot. Mustered out. Sept. 1, 1863. Colonel, 57th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 17, 1863. Wounded in the head at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 27, 1864. Led the assault on Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864; was taken prisoner ; exchanged by special request of the Sce- retary of War, Sept. 30. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Sailed for Europe on sick leave of absence Oct. 18, 1865. Returned, June, 1866. Mustered out, July 18, 1866. Died at Pittsfield, Mass., Dee. 17, 1876.
Bates, Erastus Newton. Born in Massachusetts. Major, 80th Ill. Infantry, Ang. 25, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Jan. 25, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865. Mustered ont, June 10, 1865.
Bates, James Lawrence. Captain, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. " Major, 33d Mass. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1862. Colonel, 12th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 9, 1862. Mustered ont, July 8, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 17, 1869, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. Confirmed by the Senate, Mar. 3, 1869, but no commission issued in consequence of the prohibition contained in Act of Mar. 2, 1869. Died at South Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 11, 1875.
Baxter, DeWitt Clinton. Born at Dorchester, Mass., Mar. 9, 1829. Lieut. Colonel, 19th Penn. In- fantry, Apr. 27, 1861. Mustered out, Ang. 9, 1861. Colonel, 72d Penn. Infantry, Ang. 10, 1861. Mnstered out Aug. 24, 1864. Brevet Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died, May 9, 1881.
Beecher, James Chaplin. Born at Boston, Mass., Jan. S, 1823. Chaplain, 67th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861. Resigned, Sept. 8, 1862. Lient. Colonel, 141st N. Y. Infantry, Oet. 14, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 6, 1863. Lient. Colonel, 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 18, 1863. Colonel, June 9, 1863. Brevet. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 1, 1866. Died, Aug. 25, 1886.
Blaisdell, William. Born in New Hampshire. Private, Corporal and Sergeant 4th U. S. Infantry and in general service, Jan. 19, 1811, to Apr. 22, 1853. Lient. Colonel, 11th Mass. Infantry, June 13, 1861. Colonel, Oct. 11, 1861. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 23, 1864. Killed in action before Petersburg, Va., June 23, 1864.
Bolles, John Augustus. Born at Eastford, Conn., Apr. 16, 1809. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 30, 1862. Major, Judge Advocate, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 3, 1862, until he resigned, July 18, 1863. Major, Additional Aide-de- Camp, June 20, 1862. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1865. Resigned, July 17, 1865. Died at Washing- ton, D. C., May 25, 1878.
Boynton, Henry Van Ness. Born at West Stockbridge, Mass., July 22, 1835. Major, 35th Ohio In- fantry, July 29, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, July 13, 1863. Served in the campaigns of the Army of the Ohio under Generals Buell and Rosecrans and of the Army of the Cumberland under General George II. Thomas until date of discharge. Served throughont in the division originally com- manded by General Thomas. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Honorably discharged, Sept. 8, 1864.
Breck, Samuel. Born at Middleborongh, Mass., Feb. 25, 1834. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1855. Brevet Second Lientenant, U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1855. Second Lieu- tenant, Ist U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1855. First Lientenant, April 11, ISG1, to Feb. 20, 1862. Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Nov. 29, 1861; accepted, Dec. 6, 1861. Adj. General of General MeDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, in the defences of Washington, D. C., Dec., 1861, to Mar. 21, 1562. Assistant Adj. General, Ist Army Corps, Mar. 24, 1862, and of the
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department of the Rappahannock, Apr. 4 to June 20, 1862. Engaged in the occupation of Fred- ericksburg, Va., Apr. 18, 1862, and in the expedition to the Shenandoah Valley to intercept the retreat of the forces under General Jackson, May-June, 1862. Major, staff, Additional Aide-de- Camp, U. S. Volunteers, May 23, 1862; vacated, July 17, 1862. Assistant in the Adj. General's office, Washington, D. C .; in charge of rolls, returns, books, blanks and business pertaining to the enlisted men of the regular and volunteer foress and of the records of discontinued com- mands and the preparation and publication of the Volunteer Army Register, July 2, 1862, to June 5, 1870. Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Army, July 17, 1862. Brevet Lient. Colonel, Sept. 24, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Feb. 28, 1877. Colonel, Assistant Adj. General, Ang. 31, 1893.
Briggs, Henry Shaw. Born at Lanesborough, Mass., Ang. 1, 1824. Captain, Sth Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 30, 1861. Colonel, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 10, 1861. Present at the battle of Williamsburg. Wounded and disabled at the battle of Fair Oaks. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1862. Mustered out, Dee. 4, 1865. Died at Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 22, 1887.
Brooks, Horace. Born at Boston, Mass., Ang. 14, 1814. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1835. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 28, 1835. Brevet First Lientenant, Dee. 31, 1835. First Lieutenant, Feb. 8, 1837. Captain, June 18, 1846. Brevet Major, Aug. 20, 1817. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 8, 1847. In defence of Washington, D. C., Teb .- Mar., 1861. Major, Apr. 23, 1861. At Fort Pickens, Fla., Apr. to Oct., 1861. Lient. Colonel, Oct. 26, 1861. At Fort Jefferson, Fla., Nov., 1861, to Mar., 1862. At Phila- delphia, P'enn., Apr .- May, 1862. On leave of absence. May to July, 1862. Member of Board for Retiring Disabled Officers, July to Sept., 1862. Superintendent of volunteer recruiting service and chief mustering and disbursing officer at Columnmms, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1862, to Sept. 1, 1863. In command of regimental headquarters. At Fort Washington, Md., Sept. 10, 1863, to Nov. 13, 1865. Colonel, 4th U. S. Artillery, Ang. 1, 1863. Member of Board to examine recommendations of applicants for appointment in the Regular Army at Washington, D. C., Nov. 13, 1865, to Ang. 8, 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Retired from active service, Jan. 10, 1877, under law of July 17, 1862. Died at Kissimmee, Fla., Jan. 13, 1891.
Brown, Orlando. Born in Connecticut. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 18th Mass. Infantry, July 31, IS61. Major, Surgeon, 29th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 14, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 6, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 13, 1863. Colonel, 24th U. S. Col'd In- fantry, June 19, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 6, 1866. Mustered out, Aug. 28, 1868.
Buckland, Ralph Pomeroy. Born at Leyden, Mass., Jan. 20, 1812. Colonel, 72d Ohio Infantry, Jan. 10, 1862. Commanded the 4th brigade Sherman's division at the battle of Shiloh. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, IS62. Commanded brigade 15th Army Corps at Vicksburg and the district of Memphis in 1864. Resigned Jan. 6, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volun- teers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Burbank, Sidney. Born in Massachusetts, Sept. 26, 1807. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1829. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, and Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1829. First Lieutenant, Oct. 29, 1836. Captain, Nov. S, 1839. Major, 2d Infantry, Dec. 8, 1855. Transferred to Ist Infantry, July 3, 1856. Lieut. Colonel, 13th Infantry, May 14, 1861. Recruiting his regiment, 1861-63, Colonel, 2d Infantry, Sept. 16, 1S62. Commanding brigade of regulars, Army of the Potomac, Apr .- May, 1863. Engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2-4, 1863. In the Pennsylvania campaign, June-July, 1863. Engaged in the battle of Gettysburg. In command of regular brigade, July 2, 1863, and pursuit of the enemy to Manassas Gap. In command of Ist Brigade of Regulars, Army of the Potomac, in the field, Sept., 1863, to Jan., 1864. Commanding draft rendezvous at Columbus, Ohio, Jan. IS to June 26, 1864, and of 2d Infantry, headquarters at Newport Barracks, Ky., June 26, 1864, to Jan., 1836. At Louisville, Ky., Jan. to Oct., 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Unassigned, March 15, 1869, to May 1, 1870. Retired from active service, May 1, 1870, on his own application. Died at Newport, Ky., Dec. 7, 1852.
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Butler, Benjamin Franklin. Born at Deerfield, N. II., Nov. 5, 1818. Brig. General, Mass. Volun- teers, in service of the U. S., Apr. 17, 1861. Landed at Annapolis, Md., Apr. 21, 1861. In com- mand of the district of Annapolis. Entered and occupied the city of Baltimore, May 13, 1861. Relieved from command by Maj. General Winfield Seott. Maj. General, U S. Volunteers, May 16, 1861. Assigned to the command of Fort Monroe and the department of eastern Virginia. Captured Forts Hatteras and Clark in Aug., 1861. Engaged in recruiting an expedition for the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi. Took possession of the city of New Orleans, May 1, 1862, after ts capture by the naval forces. Recalled, Dec. 16, 1862. Placed in command of depart- ment of Virginia and North Carolina and of the Army of the James, Nov , 1863. Occupied City Point and Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 5, 1861. On duty in New York during presidential election in Oct , 1864. In command of unsuccessful expedition against Fort Fisher, N. C., Dee., 1864. Relieved from command by General Grant. Resigned, Nov. 30, 1865. Died at Washing- ton, D. C , Jan. 11, 1893.
Capron, Horace. Born at Attleborough, Mass., Ang. 31, 1801. Lieut. Colonel, 14th Ill. Cavalry, Dec. 3, 1862. Colonel, Feb. 6, 1863. Engaged in the skirmishes of Celina and Kettle Creek in Apr. and May, 1863. In pursuit of Morgan's raiders from June 22 to Ang. 13, 1863. Present at the battle of Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19, 1863. Engaged in skirmishes at the surrender of Cumber- land Gap, Abingdon, Va., Powder Spring Gap and present at the battles of Blountsville, Tenn., Rhea Town, Walker's Ford, Bean's Station and Mossy Creek, Sept., 1863, to Jan., 1864. In com- mand of troops at Nicholasville, under Maj. General Stoneman, June 26, 1864. Engaged in charge of Capron's Brigade in operations upon the right flank of General Sherman's Army on the Chattahoochee River, skirmishing from July 26, 1864, to Ang 4, 1864. Served under General Slocum in the 20th Army Corps and under General Schofield and Maj. General George H. Thomas in frequent skirmishes and battles from Aug. 21, 1864, to Nov. 23, 1864. Engaged in the battles of Columbia, Nov. 24, and Franklin, Nov. 29, 1864. Disabled in a night charge by the enemy. Honorably discharged for disability, Jan. 23, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1885.
Carruth, Sumner. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. Wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks. Major, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862. Lient. Colonel, Aug. 27, 1862. Wounded at the battle of Antietam. Colonel, Apr. 25, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Mustered out, June 9, 1865.
Chamberlain, Samuel Emery. Born at Centre Harbor, N. II., Nov. 28, 1829. Private, Ist Dragoons, U. S. Army, June 16, 1846. Discharged, June 30, 1818. First Lieutenant, 3d Infanty, MI. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 23, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Private, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 6, 1861. Captain, Nov. 25, 1861. Wounded seven times while serving with the regiment ; at Poolesville, where he was also captured ; Kelly's Ford (severely wounded), Brandy Station, St. Mary's Clurch, Malvern Hill, Reams's Station and Boydtown Plank Road. Major, Oet. 30, 1862. Chief of staff to General W. W. Averell. Lieut. Colonel, Marel 5, 1861. Colonel, Sept. 30, 1861; not mustered. Mustered out as Lient. Colonel, July 28, 1865. In command of Camp Parole. Colonel, 5th Mass. Cavalry, July 26, 1865. Mustered ont, Nov. 28, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 24, 1865.
Chapman, George Henry. Born in Massachusetts. Major, 3d Ind. Cavalry, Nov. 2, 1861. Lient. Colonel, Oct. 25, 1862. Colonel, Mar. 12, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 21, 1864. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, Jan. 7, 1866. Died, June 17, 1882.
Chickering, Thomas Edward. Born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 22, 1864. Colonel, 41st Mass. Infantry, afterward 31 Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 15, 1862. On duty at New Orleans, Dec., 1862. Military Governor of Opelousas, Apr., 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Boston, Feb. 14, 1871.
Clary, Robert Emmet. Born at Ashfield, Mass., Mar. 21, 1805. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1823, to July 1, 182S. Brevet Second Lieutenant, U. S. Infantry, and Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1828. First Lieutenant, Apr. 1, 1836. Captain and Assistant Quarter- master, July 7, 1838. Captain, Apr. 3, 1839, to June 18, 1816. Major, staff, Quartermaster, May 17, 1861, to Ang. 4, 1861. Chief Quartermaster, department of West Virginia, Nov., 1861, to
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