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May, Dwight. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 2d Mich. Infantry, Apr. 25, 1861. Resigned Dec. 2, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 12th Mieh. Infantry, Oct. 8, 1862. Colonel, June 10, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 24, 1865. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866. Died, Jan. 28, 1880.
Miles, Nelson Appleton. Born at Westminster, Mass., Aug. 8, 1839. Captain, 22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 9, 1861. Mustered out, May 31, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 61st N. Y. Infantry, May 31, 1862. Colonel, Sept. 30, 1862. Awarded a medal of honor. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 12, 1864; accepted, June 27, 1861. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 25, 1864. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 21, 1865; accepted, Oct. 26, 1865. Served during the Manassas, Peninsular, Northern Virginia, Maryland, Rappahannock, Pennsylvania, Mine Run, Wilder- ness, Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns; and engaged in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac with one exception up to the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Apr. 9, 1865, and was wounded three times during the war. Colonel, 40th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Sept. 6, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, Sept. 1, 1866. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Army, March 2, 1867. Transferred to 5th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 15, 1869. Brig. General, Dee. 15, 1880; accepted Dec. 18, 1880. Maj. General, Apr. 5, 1890; accepted, Apr. 14, 1890. Now (1894) commanding the U. S. Army.
Morgan, Edwin Dennison. Born at Washington, Berkshire County, Mass., Feb. S, 1811. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 28, 1861, the state of New York being created a military depart- . ment under his command. Resigned, Jan. 1, 1863. Died at New York City, Feb. 14, 1883.
Noyes, Edward Follansbee. Born at Haverhill, Mass., Oet. 3, 1832. Major, 39th Ohio Infantry, July 24, 1861. Served under General Pope at the capture of New Madrid and Island No. 10. Lieut. Colonel, July S, 1862. Colonel, Nov. 1, 1862. Present at all the important engagements of the Atlanta campaign till after the battle of Ruff Mills where he was severely wounded; assigned to the command of Camp Dennison. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Apr. 22, 1865.
Ordway, Albert. Born at Boston, Mass., Feb. 24, 1843. Private, 4th Battalion, M. V. M., in service of the U. S. (New England Guards), Apr. 19, 1861. First Lientenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Appointed Adjutant. Present in the campaigns and engagement in North Carolina in 1862. On special duty in Dec., 1862. Aide-de-Camp and Acting Adj. General to June, 1863. Served on staff of 2d Division, 3d Corps, Army of the Potomac in June, 1863. Present at the battle of Mine Run. On the staff of General Terry, in the Ariny of the James during the cam- paign of 1864. Captain, July 5, 1864. Major, Nov. 21, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Apr. 6, 1865. Assigned to Post of Bermuda Hundred. Colonel, May 7, 1865; mustered, Feb. 9, 1866. Provost Marshal General in the state of Virginia. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Feb. 10, 1866.
Osborn, Francis Augustus. Born at Danvers, Mass., Sept. 22, 1833. Captain, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 20, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 24th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861;
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mustered, Oct. 1, 1861. Joined Burnside's expedition at Annapolis, Md., Dec., 1861; engaged in battles of Roanoke Island, New Berne, Tranter's Creek and various expeditions in North Caro- lina. Colonel, Dec. 28, 1862. Ordered to Hilton Head, S. C., Jan., 1863, thenee to Seabrook Island and Edisto Inlet; at James Island, July, IS63; at Fort Wagner and on siege and treneh duties ; at St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla., until Apr , 1864; at Gloneester City, Va. With the Army of the James. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Paine, Charles Jackson. Born at Boston, Mass., Ang 26, 1833. Captain, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. Major, " Eastern Bay State Regiment," Jan. 14, 1862 (S. O. 11, Adj. General's orders, U. S. Army) ; joined regiment at Fort Monroe, Va , and went to Ship Island, Miss. ; when regi- inent was changed to 30th Mass. Infantry ; was not commissioned by Governor of Massachusetts. Mustered out, Mar. 27, 1862. Colonel, 2d La. Infantry, Oet. 23, 1862. In command of regiment until placed in charge of brigade during the siege of Port Hudson, La. ; joined General Butler, commanding department of Virginia and North Carolina, as Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, Mar., 1864; present at the battle of Drewry's BIntf, Va. Honorably discharged, Mar. 8, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4, 1864. In command of 3d Division, 18th Army Corps; com- manded his division in attack at New Market, Va. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 15, 1865. In the expedition against Fort Fisher; with Sherman's army in North Carolina, Mar .- Apr., 1865. In command of district of Beaufort, S. C. Mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866,
Palfrey, Francis Winthrop. Born at Boston, Mass., Apr. 11, 1831. First Lieutenant, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., Apr. 20, 1861. On duty at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Apr. 25 to May 25, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 1, 1861. Left the state with regiment, Sept. 4, 1861, for Washington, D. C., and thence to the Upper Potomae; in command of portion of regiment which crossed the river at Edward's Ferry and engaged at the battle of Ball's Blutf, Va. In command of regiment till May 1, 1862; in Mar., 1862, took part in movement up the Potomac to Charlestown, Va .; back to Washington, D. C., and thence to Fort Monroe, Va .; with regiment through the siege of Yorktown, Va. Present at the battles of West Point, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines ; also in the Seven Days Fight, including Peach Orchard, Savage's Station, Nelson's Farm where he was slightly wounded, and White Oak Swamp; in command of regiment at Malvern Hill, July 1 and Ang. 5; Chantilly, Va., South Mountain, Md., Antietam, where he was severely wounded ; was taken prisoner and afterward operated upon by his own surgeon, Dr. Hayward, who had also been taken prisoner, while taking care of him; removed to Philadelphia and later to Boston. Colonel, 20th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 18, 1862; mustered, Jan. 24, 1863. Resigned on ae- count of disability, Apr. 13, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Cannes, France, Dec. 6, 1SS9.
Palfrey, John Carver. Born at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1833. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1857. Sec- ond Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1857. Assistant Engineer on the defences of Hampton Roads, Va., Apr. 24 to July 4, 1861. On sick leave of absence, July 4 to Oct. 27, 1861. First Lieutenant, Aug. 3, 1861. Assistant Engineer at Fort Monroe, Va., Oct. to Nov. 29, 1861. Superintending Engineer of the construction of fort at Ship Island, Miss., Dec. 23, 1861, to Jan. 5, 1863. Acting Aide-de- Camp to Brig. General Phelps and afterwards to Maj. General Butler till Dee. 24, IS62. Detached at Fort Jackson and New Orleans, La., May 4-22, 1862. In charge of the construction and re- pairs of the fortifications about New Orleans, Jan. 5, 1863, to Oct. 5, 1865, and of the field works of the department of the Gulf, Mar., 1863, to June, 1864, and of the defences of Pensacola, Fla., Dec., 1863, to Sept. 12, 1865, and of fort at Ship Island, Miss., Jan. 5, 1863, to Sept. 12, 1865. Captain, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863. Assistant Engineer, department of the Gulf, Jan. 5, 1863, to May 7, 1864; engaged in the siege of Port Hudson, May 30 to July 8, 1863. Senior Engi- neer, June 17 to July 8, 1863. In the Red River campaign, Apr .- May, 1864. Assistant Engineer, military division of west Mississippi, Ang. 4, 1864, to Mar. 15, 1865; engaged in the siege of Fort Gaines, Ala., Ang. 4-8, 1864, and siege and capture of Fort Morgan, Ala., as Senior Engineer, Aug. 9-23, 1864. Brevet Major, Aug. 23, 1561. Assistant Insp. General and Chief Engineer of 13th Army Corps, Mar. 15 to Ang. 1, 1865 (rank of Ltent. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers). Engaged in the campaign of Mobile, Mar. 20 to Apr. 12, 1865; in the siege and capture of Spanish Fort, Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar.
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26, 1865. At the storming of Blakely, Apr. 9, 1865, in engineer operations on the Tombighee River and the defences of Mobile Harbor, Ala., Apr., 1865, and in reconstructing the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad, Texas, May to Aug., 1865. On leave of absence, Oct. 5, 1865, to May 1, 1866. Resigned, May 1, 1866.
Patten, Henry Lyman. Born at Kingston, N. H., Apr. 4, 1836. Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. In- fantry, Nov. 25, 1861. In camp at Poolesville, Md., throngh winter of 1861-62; in Shenandoah Valley campaign in Mar. ; Peninsular campaign, Seven Days battles, Va. Engaged at Chantilly, . South Mountain and Antietam. Wounded at Nelson's Farm, June 30, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ang. 1, 1862. Present at the battle of Fredericksburg; wounded twice at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. In command at the battle of Spotsylvania ; present at the battle of Weldon Railroad, battles of the Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Captain, May 1, 1863. Major, Jne 20, 1864. Died at Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 10, 1864, of wounds received, Ang. 17, 1864, in the battle of Deep Bottom, Va. Brevet Lient. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Peirson, Charles Lawrence. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 20th Mass. In- fantry, July 1, 1861. Made prisoner at the battle of Ball's BInff, Oct. 21, 1861. Served on the staffs of Brig. General N. J. T. Dana, and Maj. General John Sedgwick, through all Mcclellan's battles before Richmond, until the retirement of the Army of the Potomac to Harrison's Landing. Lient. Colonel, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 30, 1862. On duty on the upper Potomac till after the battle of Gettysburg. Wounded at the battle of Spotsylvania, May 10, 1864. Severely wounded at the battle of the Weldon Railroad. Colonel, Aug. 19, 1864. Resigned, Jan. 11, 1865. Brevet Colonel, and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Pickett, Josialı. Born at Beverly, Mass., Nov. 21, 1822. First Lientenant, 3d Battalion Riflemen, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 19, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1861. Captain, 25th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 12, 1861. Served term of three months at Fort McHenry, Md. Major, Mar. 20, 1862. Colonel, Oct. 29, 1862. Served in North Carolina, from Oct., 1861, to Jan., 1865. Pres- ent at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., where he was severely wounded. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 3, 1864. Mustered out, Jan. 10, 1865.
Plummer, Joseph Bennett. Born at Barre, Mass., Aug. 10, 1820. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1841. First Lieu- tenant, Mar. 15, 1848. Captain, May 1, 1852. In operations in Missouri; engaged in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Aug. 10, 1861, where he was severely wounded; and retreat to Rolla, Aug., 1861. Colonel, 11th Mo. Infantry, Sept. 25, 1861. Engaged in the combat of Fredericktown (in com- mand), Oct. 21, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oet. 22, 1861. In command of Cape Girardeau, Nov., 1861, to Mar. 1, 1862; engaged in march from Commerce to New Madrid, Mar., 1862, and in occupation of Point Pleasant, constantly skirmishing with the enemy's gunboats and repulsing many attempts to land till Apr. 7, 1862. On expedition to Fort Pillow, Apr., 1862. Major, 8th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 25, 1862. In the Mississippi campaign, Apr. to Aug., 1862; being engaged in the advance upon, and siege of Corinth, Apr. 22 to May 30; including action, May 28, 1862, and pursuit of rebel army under Beauregard, to Boonville, Miss., June 1-11, 1862. Died near Corinth, Miss., Aug. 9, 1862.
Potter, Carroll Hagadorn. Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1855, to Jan. 15, 1857. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volun- teers, Oct. 21, 1861 ; accepted, Oet. 23, 1861. Served on the staff of General Jameson in the Penin- sular campaign. Chief of staff to Generals Robinson, Stoneman, Heintzelman and others. Major, Assistant Adj. General, Feb. 25, 1865; accepted, Mar. 28, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Vol- unteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Colonel, 6th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Mar. 27, 1865. Vacated as As- sistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 28, 1865. First Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Oct. 26, 1566. Mustered out as Colonel, 6th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Oct. 10, 1866. Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 1, 1867, to Mar. 20, 1879. Captain, Mar. 20, 1879.
Potter, Robert Barnwell. Born at Boston, Mass., July 16, 1829. Major, 51st N. Y. Infantry, Oet. 14, 1861. Led the assault of Roanoke Island ; was wounded at New Berne. Commanded his regi- ment at Cedar Mountain, Manassas and Chantilly. Engaged in the battle of Antietam (wounded).
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Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 1, 1861. Colonel, Sept. 10, 1862. Engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec., 1862. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. In command of a division at Vicks. burg, and engaged in the siege of Knoxville, Tenn. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 1, 1864. In the Wilderness campaign, and engaged in the final assault on Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1865, where he was severely wounded. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 29, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. Died at Newport, R. 1., Feb. 19, 1887.
Pratt, Benjamin Franklin. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 35th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 11, 1862. Lient. Colonel, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 5, 1863. Brevet Colonel, and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Oct. 27, 1865. Died, July 30, 1890.
Pratt, Calvin Edward. Born at Princeton, Mass., Jan. 23, 1828. Colonel, 31st N. Y. Infantry, Ang. 14, 1861. Present at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, and in the engagement at West Point, Va., May 7, 1862. Present at the engagement of Garnett's and Golding's Farmn. June 28, 1862; Glendale, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 13, 1862. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1863.
Prescott, George Lincoln. Born at Littleton, Mass., May 21, 1829. Captain, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 1, 1861. Mustered out, July 31, 1861. Captain, 32d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 15, 1861. Lient. Colonel, Aug. 13, 1862. Colonel, Dec. 28, 1862. Engaged in the battles of Gettysburg and Laurel Hill. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 18, 1861. Died, June 19, 1864, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1861.
Quincy, Samuel Miller. Born at Boston, Mass., in 1833. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Present at battle of Winchester, Va .; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain; confined at Stanton, Va., and in Libby Prison for three months; exchanged and returned to regi- ment in spring of 1863. Major, 20 Mass. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1862; not mustered. Colonel, Nov. 9, 1862. Present at battle of Chancellorsville, Va. Discharged for disability on account of wounds, June 2, 1863. Lient. Colonel, Ist Corps d'Afrique, afterward 73d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 29, 1863. Stationed at Port IIndson, La. Colonel, May 29, 1864. Transferred to 96th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 27, 1865. Discharged, Jan. 21, 1866. Colonel, SIst U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 25, 1866. On detached duty as President of Examining Board, Insp. General of Col'd Troops, President of U. S. Claim Commission, and finally as Acting Mayor of New Orleans, La., May 4 to June S, 1865. Commanded SIst U. S. Col'd Troops in riots of July, 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1866. Died at Keene, N. H., Mar. 24, 1887.
Read, Samuel Tyler. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 20, 1862. On service in the department of the Gulf. Major, Aug. 13, 1863. Brevet Lient. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Dec. 5, IS64. Died, Dec. 18, 1880.
Revere, Joseph Warren. Born at Boston, Mass., May 17, 1812. Midshipman, U. S. Navy, Apr. 1, 1828. Passed Midshipman, June 4, 1834. Lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1811. Took part in the Mexican War. Resigned from the navy, Sept. 20, 1850. Colonel, 7th N. J. Infantry, Sept. 19, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 25, 1862. In command of brigade at the battle of Freder- icksburg; in command of Excelsior Brigade at the battle of Chancellorsville. Resigned, Ang. 10, 1863. Died at Hoboken, N. J., Apr. 20, 1880.
Revere, Paul Joseph. Born at Boston, Mass., Sept. 10, 1832. Major, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 1, 1861. On duty on the upper Potomac. Wounded in the battle of Ball's Bluff, Oet. 21, 1861, and taken prisoner. Paroled, Feb. 22, 1862. Engaged in the Peninsular campaign. On sick leave of absence during Aug., 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Assistant Insp. General on the staff of General Sum- ner, assigned, Ang. 20, 1862, to Feb. 5, 1863. Wounded at the battle of Antietam. Colonel, 20th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 14, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1863. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Died at Westminster, Md., July 4, 1863.
Revere, William H., Jr. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 11th N. Y. Infantry, May 7, 1861. Resigned, June 1, 1861. Colonel, 10th Md. Infantry, July 30, 1863. Mustered out, Jan. 29, 1864. Colonel, 107th U. S. Col'd Infantry, July 11, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volun- teers, Aug. 17, 1865. Died Sept. 20, 1865.
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Rice, James Clay. Born at Worthington, Mass., Dec. 27, 1829. Enlisted as private. Promoted First Lieutenant, 39th N. Y. Infantry, May 10, 1861. Captain, Aug., 1861. Lient. Colonel, 44th N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861. Colonel, July 4, 1862. Present at the battles of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; com- manded a brigade at Gettysburg; engaged in the advance on Mine Run and in the operations in the Wilderness. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 17, 1863. Killed at the battle of Laurel Hill, May 10, 1864.
Russell, Charles Sawyer. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 11th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 1, 1864. Colonel, 28th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Ang. 27, 1864. Mustered out of volunteer service, Nov. 8, 1865. Transferred from 11th to 20th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Sept. 17, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, May 3, 1868. Brevet Colonel, July 30, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 30, 1864. Died at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1866.
Russell, David Allen. Born at Salem, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1820. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1815. Brevet Second Lientenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1845, Second Lieu- tenant, Ith Infantry, Sept. 21, 1816. Brevet First Lieutenant, Ang 15, 1847. First Lieutenant, 4th Infantry, Jan. 1, ISIS. Captain, June 22, 1854. In the defences of Washington, Nov. 27, 1861, to Jan. 28, 1862, and from Jan. 31 to Mar. 10, 1862. Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 31, 1862. In the Virginia Peninsular campaign, Army of the Potomae, Mar. to Ang., 1862; engaged in the siege of Yorktown, Apr 5 to May 4, 1862; battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 to June 1, 1862; and battles of the Seven Days' change of base to James River, June 26 to July 2, 1862. Brevet Lient. Colonel, July 1, 1862. In the Maryland campaign, Sept. to Nov., 1862. Major, Sth Infantry, Aug. 9, 1>62. Engaged in the battle of Crampton's Gap, Sept. 14, 1862; battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; and march to Falmouth, Va., Oct .- Nov., 1862. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. In command of brigade, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. In the Rappahannock campaign, Dec., 1862, to June, 1863. Engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; storming of Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; battle of Salem, May 3-4, 1863, and combat of Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863. In the Pennsylvania campaign, June to July, 1863; engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2-3, 1863, and pursuit of the enemy to Warrenton, Va., July, 1863. Brevet Colonel, July 1, 1863. In the Rapidan campaign, Oct. to Dec., 1863; engaged in the capture of the rebel works at Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7, 1863; Mine Run operations, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 1$63. In command of division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the Richinond campaign; engaged in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 ; battles about Spotsylvania, May 9-21, 1861. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, May 6, 1861. In the battles of North Anna, May 23-24, 1864; battle of Totopotomy, May 30, 1864; battles and actions of Cold Harbor, June 1-13, 1864; siege of and battles about Petersburg, June 23 to July 10, 1861; in the Washington campaign, July, 1864; engaged in the defence of the capital, July 11-12, 1864; action before Fort Stephens, D. C., July 12, 1864; skirmish at Snicker's Gap, July 18, 1864, while in pursuit of General Early's rebel raiders to Winchester, Va., and in the return to Washington, July, 1864. In the Shenandoah campaign, Ang .- Sept., 1861. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, and Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Ariny, Sept. 19, 1864. Killed at the battle of Opequon, Sept. 19, 1864.
Russell, Henry Sturgis. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861. Captain, Dec. 13, 1861. Taken prisoner at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug., 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 22, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 2, 1864. Colonel, Apr. 5, 1864. Wounded near Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864. Resigned, Feb. 14, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Sargent, Horace Binney. Born at Quiney, Mass., June 30, 1821. Lieut. Colonel, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 12, ISG1. On duty in South Carolina. Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862. Additional Aide-de-Camp to Maj. General Banks; on duty in the department of the South; Army of the Potomac; and de- partment of the Gulf. Present at the battles of Secessionville, Culpepper, Rapidan Station, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. Engaged in the Red River campaign. Wounded in action of Bayou Rapids. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 21, 1864. Discharged for disability resulting from wounds received in action, Sept. 29, 1864.
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Saxton, Rufus. Born at Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1824. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1815, to July 1, 1810. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1849. Second Lientenant, 4th Artillery, Sept. 12, 1850. First Lieutenant, Mar. 2, 1855, to May 13, 1861. In command of de- tachment of artillery at St. Louis Arsenal, Mo., Feb. to June, 1861; engaged in breaking up the assemblage of secessionists at Camp Jackson, May 10, 1861. Captain, staff, Assistant Quarter- master, May 13, 1861; accepted, May 18, 1861. Chief Quartermaster on the staff of General Lyon, in military operations in Missouri, June to July, 1861; on the staff of Maj. General MeClellan in western Virginia campaign, July, ISGI, of expeditionary corps to Port Royal, S. C., Sept. to Nov., 1861; and of the department of the South, Nov., 1861, to Apr , 1862. Brig. Gen- eral, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 15, 1862; accepted, Apr. 21, 1862. In command of the defences of Harper's Ferry, Va., May to June, 1862. Awarded a Medal of Honor. Military Governor of the department of the South, July, 1862, to Jan. 16, 1865; charged with the organization and recruit-
. ing of colored troops, Ang , 1862, to Jan., 1865. In command of the district of Beaufort, S. C., Feb., 1863, to Jan., 1865. Commissioner of military reservations, etc., Nov., 1863, to Jan , 1565. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 12, 1865. Inspector of the settlements and planta- tions, department of the South, Jan. 16 to May 18, 1865. Superintendent of volunteer recruiting service, Feb. 14 to May IS, 1865. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel, Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Apr. 9, 1865. Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of · Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the states of South Carolina and Georgia, May 18, 1865, and of the state of Florida, June 8, 1865, to Jan. 9, 1866. Mustered ont of volunteer ser- vice, Jan. 15, 1866. Major, staff, Quartermaster, July 29, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, June 6, 1872. Colonel, staff, Assistant Q. M. General, Mar. 10, 1882. Retired from active service, Oct. 19, 1888.
Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald. Born at Natick, Mass., July 7, 1816. Major, Assistant Adjt. General, Mo. State Militia, June 18, 1861. Engaged in the organization and instruction of troops under General Lyon in Missouri; Adjt. General on the staff of General Sweeney, with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. Engaged in the expedition to Springfield, Mo. Senior Aide-de-Camp, staff of General Lyon ; President of Court-Martial; engaged in the battles of Dug Springs, Mo .; Wilson's Creek, Mo., where he was wounded. Aide-de-Camp, staff of Major S. D. Sturgis. Lieut. Colonel, 19th Mo. Infantry, Aug. 30, 1861. In command Provost Guard, St. Louis, Mo .; ordered to Benton Barracks; regiment consolidated with 3d Mo. Infantry. Colonel, 3d Mo. Infantry (Lyon regi- ment), Jan. 18, 1862. On expedition to IIelena, Ark., Mar .- July, 1862; in charge of brigade; on expedition to Pilot Knob and Ironton, Mo .; in the movement of Sherman against Vicksburg, Dec. 2, 1862; battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Miss .; Arkansas Post; Deer Creek, Miss., expedition ; expedition to Black Bayon. In command of Ist Miss. Regiment Volunteers of African descent, afterwards 51st U. S. Col'd Infantry, and of all troops of African descent in that vicinity. Colonel, 51st U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 9, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 27, 1863. Ordered to report at Washington, D. C., thence to General Grant at Nashville, Tenu., and assigned to com- mand in General McPherson's Corps with headquarters at Haines's BIntf. Appointment expired by constitutional limitation, July 4, 1864. Died at Bellingham, Mass., Ang 25, 1889.
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