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Clary, Robert Emmet, continued. July, 1862, and of the Army of Virginia, July to Oct., 1862, and of the department of the North- west, Oct., 1862, to Mar. 20, 1863. Colonel, staff, Additional Aide-de-Camp, July 5, 1862, to May 3, 1866. Assistant in the Q. M. General's office at Washington, D. C., Mar. 20, 1863, to Ang. 24, 1864; and in charge of the Memphis depot, Tenn., Sept., 1861, to July 11, 1866. Lient. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, Apr. 15, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Colonel, staff, Assistant Q. M. General, July 20, 1866. Retired from active service Feb. 22, 1869, under the law of July 17, 1862. Died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 19, 1890.
Cogswell, William. Born at Bradford, Mass., Aug. 23, 1838. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 11, 1861; mastered, May 25, 1861. Served for two years with the Army of the Potomac. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 23, 1862. Colonel, June 25, 1863. Served for two years with Sherman's Army. Commanded the post of Atlanta, Sept., 1864, and had charge of its destrne- tion. Commanded a brigade during Sherman's March to the Sea. Present at the battles of Averysboro' and Bentonville. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 15, 864. Mustered out, July 11, 1865.
Comstock, Cyrus Ballon. Born at West Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 3, 1831. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1855. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1855. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1855. First Lieutenant, July 1, 1860. Treasurer, U. S. Mili- tary Academy, June 18, 1861, to July 27, 1861. Assistant Engineer in the construction of the defences of Washington, D. C., Ang. 9, 1861, to Mar., 1862. Assistant to Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomae, March to June 2, 1862. Senior Engineer on the staff of General Sunner, June 2 to July 3, 1862. With the engineer battalion, July to Sept., 1862; in the Virginia Penin- sular campaign, being engaged in the siege of Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, and construction of defensive works, making reconnoissances and in the various engineer operations on the advance toward Richmond and change of base to the James River, May to Aug., 1862. In the Maryland campaign, Army of the Potomac, Sept. to Nov., 1862; engaged in the battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862; battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, and numerons reconnoissances, Sept., 1862. Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, Nov. 21, 1862, to Mar. 30, 1863. In the Rappahan- nock campaign, Army of the Potomae, Dec., 1862, to Jnne, 1863; engaged in the battle of I'red- crieksburg, Dec. 12-13, 1862; battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-4, 1863. Captain, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863. In the department of the Tennessee, June to Oct., 1863; engaged in the siege of Vicksburg, June to July 4, 1863. Brevet Major, July 4, 1863. Chief Engineer of the Army of the Tennessee, July 1, to Oct. 16, 1863. On sick leave of absence, Sept. to Dec., 1863. Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, and Assistant Insp. General of the military division of the Mississippi, Nov. 19, 1863, to Mar. 28, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Aide-de-Camp, to the General- in-Chief, Mar. 29, 1864. Aide-de-Camp to Lieut. General Grant, Mar. 29, 1864, to July 25, 1866; in the Richmond campaign, May 4, 1864, to Jan. 4, 1865; engaged in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, May 6, 1864. Present at the battle of Spot- sylvania, May 12, 1861; battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1861; assaults of Petersburg, June 16-18, 1864, and of the Mine, July 30, 1864, and assault and capture of Fort Harrison, Sept. 29, 1864. Chief Engineer of the expedition to Cape Fear River, N. C., Jan. 4-15, 1865. Engaged at capture of Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, and Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 15, 1865. Senior Engineer on the staff of Maj. General Canby in the Mobile campaign, Feb. 27 to Apr. 15, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Engaged in the siege of Spanish Fort, Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, 1865, and storming of Blakely, April 9, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Major, Corps of Engineers, Dec. 28, 1865. Colonel, staff, Aide-de-Camp to General-in-Chief, July 25, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, July 17, 1881. Colonel, Apr. 7, 1888. Retired.
Couch, Darius Nash. Born at South East, Putnam County, N. Y., July 23, 1822. Cadet, U. S. Mili- tary Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1846. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 16, 1847. Brevet First Lieutenant, Feh. 23, 1847. First Lieu- tenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, Dee. 4, 1847. Resigned, Apr. 30, 1855. Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 17, 1861; mustered, Ang., 1861. In the de- fenees of Washington, D. C., July, 1861, to Mar., 1862. In the Virginia Peninsular campaign, Army of the Potomac, Mar. to Ang., 1862. Engaged in the siege of Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May +, 1862; battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 to June 1, 1862, action of Oak Grove, June 25, 1862, and battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. Maj. General, U. S. Volun-
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teers, July 4, 1862. In the northern Virginia campaign, in the retreat from Manassas to Wash- ington, Ang 30 to Sept. 2, 1862. In the Maryland campaign, Army of the Potomac, Sept. to Nov., 1862; engaged in the attack on Maryland Heights, at Harper's Ferry, Sept. 17, 1862; pursuit of the enemy from Antietam to the Potomnae, Sept. 18-19, 1862, and march to Falmouth, Va., Oct .- Nov., 1862. In the Rappahannock campaign, in command of 2d Corps, Army of the Potomac, Dec., 1862, to June, 1863. In the battle of Fredericksburg, Dee. 13, 1862, and battle of Chancel- lorsville, May 2 to 4, 1863. In command of the department of the Susquehanna, June 11, 1863, to Dec. 1, 1864. Organizing Penn. Militia to resist General Lee's invasion, July, 1863. Engaged in the defence of Chambersburg, which he was compelled to evacuate, July 30, 1864. In command of 2d Division, 23d Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Dee. 8, 1864, to May 8, 1865. In the battle of Nashville, Dee. 15-16, 1861, and operations in North Carolina to effeet the junction with Gen- eral Seliofield, Feb., 1865. On leave of absence, May 9 to 26, 1865. Resigned, May 26, 1865.
Cowdin, Robert. Born at Jamaica, Vt., Sept. 18, 1805. Colonel, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861. Engaged at the battle of Blackburn's Ford. In command of brigade, Oet , 1861, to Feb. 17, 1862. Returned to Regiment and took part in the Peninsular and Manassas campaigns; in command of brigade, Sept. 1, 1862, engaged in the battles of Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, and Chantilly. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 26, 1862. Appointment ex- pired Mar. 4, 1863. Died at Boston, Mass., July 9, 1874.
Crane, Charles Henry. Born at Newport, R. I., July 19, 1825. Appointed from Massachusetts. Aeting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Nov., 1847. First Lientenant, Assistant Surgeon, Feb. 11, 1848. Major, Surgeon, May 21, 1861. Medical Director, Department of Key West, Ila., Jan. to June, 1862. Medical Director, Department of the South to July, 1863. Medical Inspector, prisoners of war, Ang. to Sept., 1863. In the office of the Surg. General, Washington, D. C., Sept., 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Army, Jan. 1, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Executive Officer in the office of the Surg. General. Colonel and Assistant Surg. General U. S. Army, July 28, 1866. Brig. General and Surg. General, July 3, 1882. Died at Washington, D. C., Oct. 10, 1883.
Crosman, George Hampton. Born at Taunton, Mass., Nov., 179S. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1819, to July 1, 1823. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, and Second Lieuten- ant, 6th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1823. First Lieutenant, Ang. 30, 1828, Assistant Quartermaster, Oct. 15, 1830, to July 7, 1838. Captain, Apr. 30, 1837, to June 18, 1846. Captain, staff, Assistant Quartermaster, July 7, 1838. Brevet Major, May 8, 1846. Major, staff, Quartermaster, Mar. 3, 1847. Lient. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, Dee. 22, 1856. Chief Quartermaster of the de- partment of Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah, Apr. 29 to Aug. 24, 1861. In charge of the Quar- termaster's department, Philadelphia, Penn., and depot of clothing and equipage, Schuylkill Arsenal, Sept. 27, 1861, to Ang. 27, 1864. Colonel, staff, Assistant Q. M. General, Feb. 26, 1863. In charge of the preparation for publication of a " Mannal for the Quartermaster's Department," Sept. 20, 1864, to Mar. 10, 1866. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Retired from active service, July 29, 1866, under the law of July 17, 1862. Died at Phila- delphia, Penn., May 28, 1882.
Crowninshield, Caspar. Born at Boston, Oct. 23, 1837. Captain, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. Transferred as Captain to Ist Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 28, 1861. Major, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 30, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 1, 1864. Colonel, Oct. 21, 1864. In the actions of Ball's Bluff, Va., South Anna Bridge, Fort Stevens and Snicker's Gap; Rockville, Md , Poolesville, South Moun- tain, Antietam and Pocotaligo, S. C ; served under Sheridan, at Summit Point, Va., Berryville,' Halltown, Opeqnon, Winchester, Luray, Waynesboro', Tom's Brook, Cedar Creek, White Oak Road, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Sailors' Creek and Appomattox Court House. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, June 16, 1865.
Cunningham, James Adams. Born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1830. First Lieutenant, 322 Mass. Infantry, Nov. 15, 1861. Stationed at Fort Warren until May, 1862. Captain, Mar. 6, 1862. Joined the Army of the Potomac, with his regiment, July 3, 1862. Major, June 29, 1864. Lient. Colonel, June 30, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1861. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 1, 1865. Mustered out, June 29, 1865.
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Curtis, Arthur Russell. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Intantry, Nov. 25, 18GI. First Lientenant, Jan. 16, 1362. Wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg. Captain, Dec. 14, 1862. Major, May 7, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, June 20, 1861. In command of regiment at the battle of Spotsylvania, wounded and made prisoner. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, May 29, 1865.
Curtis, Greely S. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Major, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oet. 31, 1861. In command of regiment in the James Island expedition against Charleston. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862. In command of regiment at the battle of Kelly's Ford, Mar. 17, 1863, and continued in command until after the battle of Gettysburg. Mustered out, Mar. 4, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Curtis, James Freeman. Born at Boston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1825. Major, 2d Cal. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Lient. Colonel, 4th Cal. Infantry, June 25, 1863. Colonel, May 20, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1865. Served in recruiting 2d Cal. Volunteers; in command of Post at Fort Collville, Washington Territory and Drum Bar- racks, Cal. ; commanding military district of southern California.
Cutler, Lysander. Born at Royalston, Worcester County, Mass., Feb. 16, 1807. Colonel, 6th Wis. Infantry, July 16, 1861. In command of the " Iron Brigade," Army of the Potomac. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. Brevet Maj. General, Aug. 19, 1864. Resigned, June 30, 1865. Died at Milwaukee, Wis., July 30, 1866.
Dana, James Jackson. Born at Waltham, Mass., Apr. 9, 1821. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, June IS, 1855; accepted, June 27, 1855. At Fort Independence, Boston, Mass., to Oct., 1856. In Florida, to Sept., 1857. First Lieutenant, Jan. 10, 1857. Acting Assistant Quarter- master and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence of an artillery battalion, en route from Tampa, Fla., to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. With company at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to Apr., 1858. Establishing Quartermaster's depot at Nebraska City to July, 1858. Joined company at Fort Kearney, Neb., and Acting Assistant Quartermaster and Commissary of post. At Fort Ridgley, Minn. Joined light battery of regiment at Camp Floyd, Utah, to May, 1861. Regimental Quar- termaster, Feb. 20, 1861, to Aug. 24, 1861. Joined regiment at Fort Mellenry, Baltimore, Md., July, 1861. Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Aug. 3, 1861; accepted, Aug. 26, 1861. In charge of transportation, Washington, D. C., to Feb., 1863. Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, and Chief Quartermaster, assigned, Jan. 1 to July 17, 1863, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, and engaged in the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns. In charge of trans- portation, Washington, D. C., to Ang., 1864. Colonel, Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, and in charge of 6th Division, Q. M. General's Office; assigned, Aug. 2, 1864, to Jan. 1, 1867, Washing- ton, D. C. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Major and Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Jan. 18, 1867; accepted, Mar. 18, 1867. In charge of · transportation and supplies for the U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., Jan., 1867. Lieut. Colonel and Deputy Q. M. General, Feb. 13, 1882. Retired, Apr. 9, 1885.
Davis, Hasbrouck. Born at Worcester, Mass., Apr. 19, 1827. Lient. Colonel, 12th Ill. Cavalry, Nov. 18, 1861. Served in Stoneman's pursuit of the Confederates after their retreat from Yorktown in Apr., 1862; in command of Union cavalry at Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. Colonel, Jan. 5, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Ang. 1, 1865. Lost at sea, Oct. 19, 1870.
Davis, Nelson Henry. Born at Oxford, Worcester County, Mass., Sept. 20, 1821. Cadet, U. S. Mili- tary Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1846. Brevet Second Lientenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1816. Second Lientenant, 2d Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847. Brevet First Lieutenant, Ang. 20, 1847. First Lieutenant, 2d Infantry, June 8, 1849. Captain, Mar. 3, 1855. On the upper Potomac, June to July, 1861. In the Manassas campaign of July, 1861; engaged in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. On Provost duty at Washington, July to Sept., 1861. Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 4 to Nov. 12, 1861. In the defences of Washington, Sept. to Nov., 1861. Major, staff, Assistant Insp. General, U. S. Army, Nov. 12, 1861. On inspection duty with the Army of the Potomac, Nov., 1861, to Apr., 1862; engaged in the skirmish near Warrenton Junction, Va. In the Virginia Peninsular campaign, Apr. to Aug., 1862; engaged in the siege of Yorktown, Apr. 5
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to May 4, 1862; battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; skirmishes on the Chickahominy, May, 1862; battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 to June 1, 1862; battle of White Oak Swamp, June 28, 1862; battle of Glendale, June 30, IS62; battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; and skirmish of Harrison's Landing, July 2, 1862. On inspection of the defences of Washington, south of the Potomac, Sept., 1862; being engaged in the Maryland campaign, Army of the Potomac, Sept., 1862; in the battle of South Mountain, Sept. 11, 1862; battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. On special duty making investigations, Oct. to Nov., 1862. On inspection duty, Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 1862, to Mar , 1863. In the Rappahannock campaign, Army of the Potomac, Mar. to May, 1863; engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863. In the Pennsylvania campaign, June to July, 1863; engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, and skirmish near Hagerstown, July S, 1863. Brevet Lient. Colonel, July 2, 1863. In the department of New Mexico, Nov., 1863, to June 27, 1865, making inspections, special investigations, explorations of country, locating military posts, scout- ing against Indians, etc., and was engaged in several skirmishes. Brevet Colonel, May 29, 1864. Colonel, staff, Insp. General, Mar. 23, 1864. Brevet Brig General, Mar. 13, 1865. In the district of New Mexico, June 27, 1865, to Ang. 31, 1867. Brig. General, staff, Insp. General, Mar. 11, 1865. Retired from active service, Sept. 20, 1885. Died at Governor's Island, N. Y., May 15, 1890.
Davis, William Watts Hart. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, Dec. 5, 1846. First Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1846. Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 16, 1847. Captain, Mar. 16, 1848. Mustered out, July 24, 1848. Captain, 25th Peun. Infantry, Apr. IS, 1861. Mustered ont, July 26, 1861. Colonel, 104th Penn. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861. Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
DeLand, Charles Victor. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 9th Mich. Infantry, Oct. 15, ISGI. Honor- ably discharged, Feb. 25, 1863. Colonel, Ist Mich. Sharpshooters, July 7, 1863. Honorably dis- charged, Feb. 4, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Dennis, John Benjamin. Born in Connecticut. Private, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 16 to Aug. 2, ISG1. Captain, 7th Conn. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861. Major, Additional Pay- master, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 25, 1865. Brevet Lient. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 31, 1865.
Devens, Charles. Born at Charlestown, Mass., Apr. 4, 1820. Major, 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 19, 1861; inustered, May 19, 1861. Served at Annapolis, Md., and at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. Mustered out, July 20, 1861. Colonel, 15th Mass. Infantry, July 15, 1861. Served at Washington, D. C., and Poolesville, Md .; battle of Ball's Bintf, Va., where he was slightly wounded ; crossed into Virginia, Feb., 1862, and took active part in the siege of Yorktown, Va., Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 15, 1862. Commanded 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 4th Army Corps during campaign of the Peninsula; after- wards commanded 3d Division, 11th Army Corps; Ist Division, 18th Army Corps; and 3d Divi- sion 24th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and Cold Harbor, Va., South Mountain and Antietam, Md , severely wounded at Fair Oaks and again at Chancellorsville, Va., May, 1863. Remained in service after the close of the war. In com- mand, first, of the district of northeastern Virginia and afterwards of the district of Sonth Carolina. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 3, 1865. Mustered out, June 2, 1866.
Devereux, Arthur Forrester. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 8th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 18 to Ang. 1, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 3, IS61. Wounded at the battles of Antietam and Second Bull Run. Colonel, Nov. 29, 1862. Engaged at the battle of Gettysburg. In command of garrison at the draft rendevous on Long Island. In · command of 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Army Corps, Nov., 1863. Present at the battle of Mine Run. Resigned, Feb. 27, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Dimon, Charles Augustus Ropes. Born at Fairfield, Conn., Apr. 27, 1841. Private, Sth Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 17, 15G1 ; inustered, May IS, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. Engaged in expedition to Vicksburg from Baton Rouge in 1862; present at the battle of Baton Rouge. Major, 20 La. Infantry, Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out, June 22, 1863. Major, Ist U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 18,
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1864. Lient. Colonel, Mar. 8, 1861. Colonel, Mar. 12, 1864. In Suffolk, Va, in 1864. Present at the battles of Port Hudson Plains, Fort Rice and Port Hudson; engaged in Indian campaign in Dakota, 1861 and 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 27, 1865.
Dodge, Grenville Mellen. Born at Danvers, Mass., Apr. 12, 1831. Colonel, 4th Iowa Infantry, July 6, 1861. Served in Missouri under Fremont; commanded a brigade in the Army of the South- west; engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, where he was wounded. Brig. General, U. S. Volun- teers, Mar. 21, 1862. In cominand of the district of Mississippi, June, 1862; superintended the construction of the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad; served during the Vicksburg campaign. Ap- pointed to the command of Corinth, Nov. 15, 1862; engaged in building railroad from Decatur to Nashville. Engaged in the battles of Sugar Valley, May 9, 1861, and Resaca, May 14 and 15, 1864. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 7, 1864. In command of 16th Corps in Sherman's Georgia campaign ; engaged in the siege of Atlanta where he was severely wounded, Aug. 9, 1864. In command of the department of Missouri, Dec., 1864, and of Kansas and the Territories, in Feb., 1865. Resigned, May 30, 1866.
Donohoe, Michael Thomas. Born at Lowell, Mass., Nov. 22, 1838. Captain, 3d N. H. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861. At Ammapolis, Md., until Oct. 29, 1861 ; with Sherman's "Expeditionary Corps" in South Carolina from Nov., 1861, until Ang , 1862. Resigned, July 31, 1862. Colonel, 10th N. H. Infantry, Ang. 6, 1862; mustered, Sept. 20, 1862. Present at the battle of James Island; with 9th Army Corps, Ist Division, until Mar., 1863. Engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, siege of Suffolk, Va., Dix's campaign, June and July, 1863. On recruiting service in Concord, N. H., Nov. and Dee., 1863. On detatched service in command of 3d N. HI. Infantry, Dec., 1863, at Morris Island. With the 18th Army Corps in 1864; wounded at Fort Harrison, Sept. 29, 1861; in hospital during Oct. and Nov., 1864. In command of 2d Brigade, Ist Division, 21th Army Corps, until June 21, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 21, 1865.
Drake, George Bernard. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 12th Mass. Infantry, Apr., 1861. Second Lieutenant, June 26, 1861, to Aug. 26, 1861. Assistant Adj. General of General Abercrombie's Brigade in the department of the Shenandoah. Second Lientenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1861. Engaged at the action of Edward's Ferry, advance on Winchester, and action at Rappa- hannock Bridge, Va. Captain and Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, May 22, 1862. Engaged in the campaign to Fredericksburg and Front Royal; Jackson's Raid, May to June, 1862; Pope's advance and retreat from the Rapidan and battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam, Md. (wounded). Major and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 11, 1863. Lieut. Colonel and Assistant. Adj. General, assigned, Nov. 4, 1863, to Mar. 23, 1865. Chief of staff, 23d Corps. First Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 20, 1863. Engaged with General Burnside's army in the campaign from Lexington, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. Assistant Adj. General and Chief of staff, department of the Gulf. Engaged in the Red River campaign. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Mar. 23, 1865.
Draper, Alonzo Granville. Born at Brattleboro', Vt., Sept. 6, 1835. Captain, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery, July 5, 1861. Major, Jan. 16, 1863. Colonel, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 1, 1863. Attached to 25th Army Corps. In charge of brigade in Maj. General Paine's division. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oet. 28, 1864. Died at Brazos, Tex., Sept. 3, 1865.
Draper, William Franklin. Born at Lowell, Mass., Apr. 9, 1842. Private, 25th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 9, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Oet. 12, 1861. Signal Officer on the General's staff, and engaged in the battles of Roanoke Island, New Berne and Fort Macon. First Lieutenant, Apr. 15, 1862. Captain, 36th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 12, 1862; mustered, Ang. 27, 1862. Engaged in the Antietam campaign and battle of Fredericksburg. Present at the capture of Vicksburg and in the march to Jackson. Major, July 31, 1863; mustered, Sept. 1, 1863 Engaged in the siege of Knoxville and battles of Blue Springs, Campbell's Station and Strawberry Plains; commanded regiment after Oct. 10. Present at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, where he was wounded. Lieut. Colonel, May 6, 1864; mustered, Aug. 9, 1864. Present at the siege of Petersburg and in
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Draper, William Franklin, continued.
command of brigade at the battle of Weldon Railroad. Engaged in the battles of Poplar Grove Church and Pegram Farm where he was wounded. Mustered out, Oct. 12, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Dudley, Nathan Augustus Monroe. Born at Lexington, Mass., Aug. 20, 1825. First Lieutenant 10th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855; accepted, Mar. 23, 1855. Captain, May 7, 1861. On provost duty, Washington, D. C., Oct., 1861, to Feb , 1862. Colonel, 30th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 1, 1862. Commanding brigade during the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and in the oceu- pation of New Orleans, La. Military commander of city, May to June, 1862. Commanding a brigade in an expedition to Vicksburg, Miss., and with batteries of regiment, engaged during the passage of Farragut's fleet at Vicksburg, Miss. Commanding right wing, and after the death of General Williams, the forces, and engaged at the battle of Baton Rouge, La. Commanding de- fences of New Orleans, La., Ang., 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Aug. 5, 1862. Acting Assist- ant Insp. General, department of the Gulf. Commanding an expedition to Winter's Plantation, to open communication with Farragut's fleet, Apr., 1863. Commanding brigade of infantry and two regiments of cavalry, in a reconnoissance of Port IIndson, and engaged at the action of Plain Store, and seige and assault of Port Hudson. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Army, June 14, 1863. Commanding brigade and engaged at the actions of Bayou la Fourche and Cox's Plantation. Act- ing Assistant Insp. General, department of the Gulf, Aug., 1863. Chief of staff to General Banks, in his Texas expedition, Nov., 1863, to Feb., 1864. Commanding Brigade of Cavalry and Horse Battery in the Red River campaign, and engaged at the action of Natchitoches, battles of Sabine Cross Roads, Cane River Crossing, action of Nelson's Log Cabin, and guarding the supply train of the command, during the retreat. Organizing cavalry in the department of the Gulf and com- manding Cavalry Brigade, Valley of the Monocaey, MId., Apr. to Aug., 1864. Major, 15th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 19, 1865. Mustered out of volunteer service, Feb. 16, 1865. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Assigned to duty according to his brevet rank of General, Mar., 1865. Commanding post of Tullahoma from Sept., . 1865, and in the Freedmen's Bureau, Memphis, Tenn., to Dec , 1865. Transferred to 21th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866, by the reorganization of the army. Joined the 15th U. S. Infantry at Vicksburg, Miss., and commanding post to May, 1868. Commanding post of Natchez, Miss., May, 1868. Unassigned, Mar. 15, 1869. Assigned to 3d U. S. Cavalry, Dec. 15, 1870. Lieut. Colonel, 9th U. S. Cavalry, July 1, 1876. Colonel, Ist U. S. Cavalry, June 6, 1885. Retired Aug, 20,1889.
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