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Sherwin, Thomas. Born at Boston, Mass., July 11, 1839. First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. Major, June 28, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 17, 1962. Served with the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsular campaign, and campaigns following; commanded regi- ment at the battle of Gettysburg. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 18G5.
Sibley, Caleb Chase. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1829. Brevet Sceond Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1829. Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1829. First Lieutenant, Oct. 31, 1836. Regimental Adjutant, Ang. 4, 1838, to Sept. 22, 1810. Captain, Sept. 22, 1840. Major, 3d Infantry, Jan. 19, 1859. Lieut. Colonel, 9th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 9, 1861. Colonel, 16th Infantry, Apr. 20, 1861. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Retired from active service, Feb. 22, 1869, under the law of July 17, 1862. Died, Feb. 19, 1875, at Chicago, Il1.
Smith, Thomas Church Haskell. Born at Acushnet, Mass., Mar. 24, 1819. Lieut. Colonel, Ist Ohio Cavalry, Sept. 5, 1861, to Apr. 27, 1863. Served under General John Pope in Virginia. Served in Buell's Army in Kentucky and Tennessee, until the battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6-7, 1562.
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Smith, Thomas Church Haskell, continued.
In General Sherman's Division, in Thomas's wing of Grant's Army, before Corinth ; subsequently in General Granger's Cavalry Division in Pope's Army. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862; accepted, Apr. 27, 1863. In command of the district of Wisconsin in 1863. Insp. Gen- eral of the department of the Missonri in 1864. Mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. Major, Paymaster U. S. Army, Apr. 17, 1878; accepted, May 6, 1S7S. Retired, Mar. 21, 1883.
Smith, Thomas Kilby. Born at Boston, Mass., Sept. 23, 1820. Lieut. Colonel, 51th Ohio Infantry, Sept. 9, 1861. Colonel, Oct. 31, 1861. Present at the battle of Shiloh, in command of brigade. Commanding brigade in the battles at Chickasaw Bluffs and Arkansas Post; in the various oper- ations and battles preliminary to the siege of Vicksburg, and at Vicksburg, May 19-22, 1863. Served on the staff of General Grant. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 11, 1563. Engaged in the Red River expedition, in command of a division of the Army of the Tennessee, Mar. 7, 1864; present in several series of fights during the retreat to Alexandria. Granted leave of absence until Jan., 1865. Assigned to command of military district of Alabama, and afterward to the post, and district of Mobile. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out of ser- vice, Jan. 15, 1866. Died at New York City, Dec. 14, 1SS7.
Spear, Samuel Perkins. Born at Boston, Mass., in 1815. Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, 2d U. S. Dragoons, Ang. 10, 1839, to Aug. 10, 1844. Private, Sergeant and Sergeant Major, 2d U. S. Dragoons, Oct. 1, 1848, to Aug. 1, 1858. Private, ordnance, June 11 to Dee. 15, 1859. Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, 2d Cavalry, Mar. 2, 1860, to Aug. 6, 1851. Lieut. Colonel, 11th Penn. Cavalry, Oct. 5, 1861. Colonel, Ang. 20, 1862. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, May 9, 1865. Died at New York City, May 5, 1875.
Sprague, Augustus Brown Reed. Born at Ware, Mass., Mar. 7, 1827. Captain, 3d Battalion, Mass. Rifles, Apr. 17, 1861 ; mustered, May 19, 1861. On duty at Fort McHenry ; in command of battalion till Ang. 3, 1861. Mustered ont, Ang. 3, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 25th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 9, 1861 ; served in the Burnside expedition ; officially reported for bravery and efficiency in the battles of Roanoke Island and New Berne. Colonel, 51st Mass. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1862. On duty in North Carolina, and present at the battles of Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro'; with General Dix at White House; ordered to Baltimore and Maryland Heights ; with the Army of the Potomac, near Williamsport, Md. Mustered out, July 27, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Feb. 27, 1864 ; served in southern Virginia and North Carolina. Commissioned Colonel, Sept. 18, 1865; not mustered. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Orders for mnster ont received, Aug. 20, 1865. Discharged with regiment, Sept. 20, 1865.
Stephenson, Luther, Jr. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Captain, 1st Battalion Mass. Infantry, after- ward 32d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 28, 1861. Major, Ang. 11, 1832; minstered, Feb. 24, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 29, 1862; mustered, May 26, 1863. Discharged (disability resulting from wound received in action), June 28, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls. Born at Andover, Mass., Mar. 25, 1818. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1835, to July 1, 1839. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1839. First Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1840. Brevet Captain, Aug. 20, 1817. Brevet Major, Sept. 13, 1847. Resigned, Mar. 16, 1853. Colonel, 79th N. Y. Infantry, July 30, 1861. In the defenees of Washington, July 30 to Oct. 21, 1861. Brig. General, U S. Volunteers, Sept. 28, 1861. In command of brigade in the Port Royal expeditionary corps, Oct. 21, 1861, to Mar. 31, 1862; engaged, and in command of the land forces which attacked the enemy at Port Royal Ferry, and captured and destroyed the rebel batteries on Coosaw River, S. C., Jan. 1, 1862. In the department of the South, Mar. 31 to July 12, 1862; in command of brigade, and subsequently of a division ; engaged in the demonstra- tions and actions on Stono River, June 3-10, 1862; and assault of the rebel works at Secession- ville, James Island, S. C., June 16, 1562. In command of division at Newport News, Va., July -Aug., 1862. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4, 1862. In the northern Virginia campaign, Aug .- Sept., 1862; engaged in various skirmishes on the Rappahannock, Aug., 1862; battle of Manassas, Ang. 29-30, 1862. Killed, Sept. 1, 1862, while leading his division in a charge at the battle of Chantilly.
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Stevenson, Robert Hooper. Born at Boston, Mass., Mar. 12, 1838. Captain, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M, in service of the U. S., Apr. 14, 1861. Major, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Served with 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, with Burnside's expedition in North Caro- lina, 1861 and 1862; wounded at the battle of New Berne, N. C., Mar. 14, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 28, 1862. With 18th Army Corps in the department of North Carolina and department of the South, 1862 and 1863 ; with 10th Army Corps in the department of the South and Army of the James, 1863 and 1861. Resigned, May 31, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volun- teers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Stevenson, Thomas Greely. Born at Boston, Mass., Feb. 3, 1836. Colonel, 24th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861. Engaged in the capture of Roanoke Island and New Berne in 1862. In the de- fence of Washington, N. C., Sept. 6, 1862. In charge of brigade against Goldsboro' and Kinston. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 21, 1862. Engaged in expedition against Charleston, Feb., 1863. Present at the assault on Fort Wagner and at Morris Island. Appointment expired, Mar. 4, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 14, 1863. In command 1st Division, 9th Army Corps. Killed at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864.
Stone, Charles Pomroy. Born at Greenfield, Mass , Sept. 30, 1824. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845. Brevet Second Lieutenant, ordnance, July 1, 1815. Second Lieuten- ant, Mar. 3, 1847. Brevet First Lieutenant, Sept. 8, 1847. Brevet Captain, Sept. 13, 1817. First Lieutenant, ordnance, Feb. 26, 1853. Resigned, Nov. 17, 1856. Colonel, staff, Insp. General, Dis- triet of Columbia Volunteers, Jan. 1, 1861. In command of District of Columbia Volunteers, Apr. 16 to July 23, 1861; engaged in guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and outposts of Washington, D. C., Apr., 1861, in the capture of Alexandria, Va., May 24, 1861. Colonel, 14th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 17, 1861. On Rockville expedition, June 10, 1851 ; skirmishes at Conrad's and Edward's Ferry, Md., June, 1861 ; skir- mishes at Harper's Ferry, July 7, 1861, and in Maj. General Patterson's operations in the Shenan- doah Valley, commanding brigade, July S-23, 1861. In command of special corps of observation on the upper Potomac, Ang. 10, 1861, to Feb. 9, 1862. Prisoner at Fort Lafayette and Fort Ham- ilton, N. Y., where he was incarcerated, Feb. 9, 1862, without charges being preferred against him and held till Aug. 16, 1862, when he was released from arrest. Awaiting orders at Washington, D. C., Ang. 16, 1862, to May, 1863. In the department of the Gulf, May, 1863, to Apr. 16, 1861; engaged in the siege of Port Hudson, May 27 to July 8, 1863, and was one of the commissioners for receiving its surrender. Chief of staff of Maj. General Banks, July 25, 1803, to Apr. 16, 1864; in skirmishes on Bayou Teehe, Oct., 1863; battle of Sabine Cross Roads, Apr. 8, 1864, and battle of Pleasant Hill, Apr. 9, 1561. Mustered out of volunteer service, Apr. 4, 1861. Awaiting orders at Cairo, I11., Apr. IS to Ang. 13, 1861. In command of brigade of 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, before Petersburg, Aug. 21 to Sept. 13, 1864. Resigned, Sept. 13, 1864. Died at New York City, Jan. 24, 1887.
Stratton, Franklin Asa. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 11th Penn. Cavalry, Oct. 29, 1861. Major, Sept. 1, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Oet. 1, 1864. Colonel, May 25, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, Aug. 13, 1865. Died, July 17, 1879.
Strong, George Crockett. Born at Stockbridge, Vt., Oct. 16, 1832. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857. Brevet Second Lieutenant, ordnance, July 1, 1857. . Second Lieutenant, July 31, 1859. First Lieutenant, ordnance, Jan. 25, 1861. Ordnance officer on the staff of Brig. General MeDowell, June 11-27, 1861. In the Manassas campaign ; engaged in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Assistant ordnance officer on the staff of Maj. General MeClellan at Washington, July 27 to Sept. 25, 1861, and on the staff of Maj. General Butler, Sept. 25, 1861, to Mar. 20, 1862. Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Vol- unteers, Oct. 1, 1861. Engaged in the organization of the expedition to New Orleans, La. Chief of staff and ordnance to Maj. General Butler, commanding department of the Gulf, May 20 to Dec. 16, 1862; engaged on an expedition from Ship Island to Biloxi, Miss. (in command), Apr , 1862, capture of New Orleans, La., May 1, 1862. On sick leave of absence, June to Sept., 1862. In command of expedition to Ponchatoula, the headquarters of General Jeff. Thompson, Sept. 13-23, 1862, destroying a large train and inflicting inneh other damage on the eneiny. Sick at New York City, Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. Attached to the staff of General Butler, Dec., 1862, to June, 1863. Captain, Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1863. In command of brigade,
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Strong, George Crockett, continued.
June-July, 1863; in operations against Charleston, S. C., comprising the descent upon Morris Island, July 10, siege of Fort Wagner, July 10-18, and assault of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, where, while leading the stormers, he was mortally wounded. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 18, 1863. Died of wounds at New York City, July 30, 1863.
Sumner, Edwin Vose. Born at Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1797. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, Mar. 3, 1819. First Lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1823. Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, June, 1827. Captain, Ist U. S. Dragoons, Mar. 4, 1833. Major, 2d U. S. Dragoons, June 30, 1846. Brevet Lient. Colonci, U. S. Army, Apr. 18, 1817: Brevet Colonel, Sept. 8, 1847. Lieut. Colonel, 1st U. S. Dragoons, July 13, 1848. Colonel, Ist U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855. Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 16, 1861. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4, 1862. Commanding Ist Corps, Army of the Potomae, and engaged at the siege of Yorktown, and battles of the Chickahominy (twice wounded). Commanding 2d Corps, Army of the Potomae, and engaged at the battle of Antietam (wounded). Commanding right grand division, Army of the Potomae. Assigned to the command of the Army of the Frontier. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Army, May 31, 1862. Died at Syraense, N. Y., Mar. 21, 1863, while on his way to assume command of the Army of the Frontier.
Thayer, John Milton. Born at Bellingham, Mass., Jan. 24, 1820. Colonel, Ist Neh. Infantry, July 21, 18G1. In charge of brigade at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 4, 1862. Appointment expired, Mar. 4, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1863. In command of brigade, and division at Vicksburg and Jackson, and engaged at Chickasaw Bayon. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, July 19, 1865.
Thayer, Sylvanus. Born at Braintree, Mass., June 9, 1785. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, Mar. 20, 1807, to Feb. 23, 1SOS. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, Feb. 23, ISO8. First Lien- tenant, July 1, 1812. Captain, staff, Deputy Commissary of Ordnance, Sept. 22, 1812. Captain, Corps of Engineers, Oct. 13, 1813. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Feb. 20, 1815. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 3, 1823. Major, Corps of Engineers, May 24, 1828. Brevet Colonel, Mar. 3, 1833. Lieut. Colonel, July 7, 1838. Colonel, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, May 31, 1863. On siek leave of absence, 1-58 to 1863. Retired from active service, June 1, 1863, under law of June 17, 1862, " having been borne on the army register more than forty-five years." Died at South Braintree, Mass., Sept. 7, 1872.
Tilton, William Stowell. Born at Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 1, 1828. First Lientenant, Adjutant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 12, 18G1. Major, Oet. 2, 1861. Lient. Colonel, June 28, 1862. Colonel, Oct. 17, 1862. Took part in the battles before Richmond under General Mcclellan, 1862. Wounded at Gaines's Mill, and sent as a prisoner to Rielnond. Rejoined his regiment, and present at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chaneellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and the battles following; engaged at Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 9, 1864. Mustered ont, Oct. 17, 1864. Died at Newtonville, Mass., Mar. 23, 1889.
Tower, Zealous Bates. Born at Cohasset, Mass., Jan. 12, 1819. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1811. Seeond Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1841. Brevet First Lieutenant, Apr. 18, 1817. First Lientenant, Corps of Engineers, Apr. 24, 1817. Brevet Captain, Aug. 20, 1817. Brevet Major, Sept. 13, 1847. Captain, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1855. Chief engineer in the defence of Fort Pickens, Fla., Feb. 20, 1861, to May 10, 1862. Major, Ang. 6, 1861. Present at the repulse of the attack on Santa Rosa Island, Fla., Oct. 9, 1861, and par- tieipated in the bombardments of the work, Nov. 22-23, 1861, and Jan. 1, 1862. Brevet Lient. Colonel, Nov. 22, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 23, 1861; aecepted, June 14, 1862. In the northern Virginia eampaign, July-Ang., 1862; engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Ang. 9, 1862. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, Ang. 9, 1862. Engaged in actions at Rappahannock Station, Ang. 20-21, 1862; action of Thoroughfare Gap, Aug. 28, 1862, and battle of Manassas, Aug. 30, 1862, where he was severely wounded. On sick leave of absence, disabled by wound, Ang. 30, 1862, to June, 1861. Superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy, July 8 to Sept. 8, 1864. Chief Engineer of the defences of Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 28, 1861, to July, 1865, and as such direeted the engineer operations during their investment by the army under General
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llood, Dee., 1861, and engaged in the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1861. Insp. General of fortifications of the military division of the Mississippi, Oet. 20, 1861, to Jnly, 1865; engaged upon an inspection of the defences of Tennessee, Mar. to May, 1865. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 12, 1865. Lient. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Nov. 11, 1865. Chief engineer of the military division of the Tennessee, July, 1865, to Jan. 13, 1866, being President of the Board of Appraisers of the railroad property in that division, Aug., 1865, to Jan. 13, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Jan. 13, 1874. Retired from active service at his own request, Jan. 10, 1883, after forty years' service.
Townsend, Edward Davis. Born at Boston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1817. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1837. First Lien- tenant, Sept. 16, 1838. Regimental Adjutant, July 7, 1838, to Ang. 18, 1816. Brevet Captain, . staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 8, 1816. Captain, 2d Artillery, AApr. 21, 1848. Vacated, Apr. 21, 1843. Brevet Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 15, 1852. Lient. Colonel, staff, As- sistant Adj. General, Mar. 7, 1861. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Ang. 3, 1861. Chief of staff of Lieut. General Scott, General-in-Chief, Mar. 7 to Nov. 1, 1861. Assistant Adj. General in Adj. General's office, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1861, to Mar. 23, 1868. Acting Adj. General of the army at Washington on Mar. 23, 1863, to Ang. 12, 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Sept. 24, 1864. Brevet Maj. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Acting Adj. General of the army at Wash- ington, D. C., Ang. 12, 1866, to Feb. 22, 1869. Brig. General, staff, Adj. General, U. S. Army, Feb. 22, 1869. Retired from active service, June 15, 1880. Died at Washington, May 11, 1893.
Turner, Charles. Born in Massachusetts. Lient. Colonel, 108th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1852. Colonel, July 9, 1863. Brevet Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Mustered ont, Aug. 5, 1865. Died, July 13, 1880.
Underwood, Adin Ballon. Born at Milford, Mass., May 9, 1828. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 18, 1861. Engaged in campaigns under General Patterson and General Banks in Virginia, 1861- 1852. Appointed Major, 33d Mass. Infantry, July 11, 1862. Lient. Colonel, July 24, 1862. Colonel, Apr. 3, 1863. Present at the battles of Winchester, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford and Gettysburg. Wounded at the battle of Wanhatchie. Brig. General, U. S. Vol- unteers, Nov. 6, 1863. Disabled until May, 1865. President of Court Martial at Washington, May to Sept., 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1865. Died at Boston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1888.
Vaughan, Samnel K. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 2d Wis. Infantry, June 11, 1861. Resigned, Sept. 16, 1861. Captain, 19th Wis. Infantry, Mar. 31, 1862. Major, Jan. 22, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, May 3, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 9, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 9, 1865.
Walcott, Charles Folsom. Born at Hopkinton, Mass., Dee. 22, 1836. Captain, 2Ist Mass. Infantry, Ang. 21, 1861. Left the state, Ang. 23, for Annapolis, Md .; remained in eastern Maryland for four months, protecting Union citizens, picketing, etc. ; arrived at Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 7; at battles of Roanoke Island; New Berne and Camden; went to Virginia, July 5; reported to General Pope on the Rapidan, Aug. 12; at battles of Second Manassas, Va., Chantilly, South Mountain, Md .; Antietam, Fredericksburg. Ordered to Kentucky, Mar., 1863, and stationed at Paris and Mt. Sterling. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1863. Captain, 12th Unattached Company, M. V. M., in the service of the U. S., May 16, 1864. In command of two batteries at Provincetown, Mass. Mustered out, Ang. 15, 1861. Lient. Colonel, 61st Mass. Infantry, Sept. 22, 1864. Colonel, Nov. 9, 1861. Served in the Army of the Potomac. The regiment distinguished itself in an assault on, and re-capture of, Fort Mahone before Petersburg. Va., in battle known as l'etersburg, Apr. 2, 1864. Took part in the pursuit of the enemy. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, June 4, 1865. Died at Salem, Mass., June 11, 1887.
Walker, Francis Amasa. Born at Boston, Mass., July 2, 1810. Private and Sergeant Major, 15th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 1, 1861. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 14, 1861. Assigned to duty on the staff of General Darius N. Conch. Major, Assistant Adj. General, Aug.
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11, 1862. Assigned as Assistant Adj. General, 2d Army Corps, with the rank of Lient. Colonel (under aet, July 17, 1862), Jan. 1, 1863. Served with the Army of the Potomae in all its cam- paigns and battles except Gettysburg, when suffering from wounds received at the battle of Chan- cellorsville. Returned to duty, Aug., 1863. Served under Generals Warren and Hancock. Taken prisoner at the battle of Reanis's Station, Ang. 25, 1861. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 1, 1864. Resigned (disability contracted while prisoner of war), Jan. 9, 1865. Brevet Brig. Gen- eral, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
ยท Ward, George Hull. Born in Massachusetts. Lient. Colonel, 15th Mass. Infantry, July 24, 1861. Wounded at the battle of Ball's Bluff. In charge of recruiting camps at Worcester and elsewhere. Colonel, Apr. 29, 1862. In charge of brigade on march from Falmonth to Gettysburg. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1863. Died, July 3, 1863, of wounds received, July 2, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg.
Warren, Fitz-Heury. Born at Brimfield, Mass., Jan. 11, 1816. Colonel, Ist Iowa Infantry, June 13, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 16, 1862. Brevet Maj. General, Aug. 24, 1865. Mustered out, Ang. 21, 1865. Died at Brimfield, Mass., June 21, 1578.
Warren, Lucius Henry. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 32d Mass. Infantry, July 24, 1862. Sec- ond Lientenant, July 31, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1862. Engaged at the battles of Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Va. (wounded), and Gettys- burg. Judge Advocate, Ist Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Major, 38th U. S. Col'd Troops, Apr. 9, 1864. Commanding regiment before Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Engaged at the siege of Petersburg (wounded), explosion of the Mine, action of New Market Heights, and occupation of Richmond, Va. Commanding a brigade in ISth and 25th Corps, Army of the James. Lieut. Colonel, 38th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 12, 1SSG. With the 25th Corps in Texas from June, 1865, to 1867. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 25, 1867. First Lieutenant, 39th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Captain, July 31, 1867. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, July 31, 1867. Unas- signed, Apr. 20, 1869. Honorably discharged, Oct. 15, 1870, at his own request.
Washburn, Francis. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dee. 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 7, 1862. Captain, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 26, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 1, 1864. Colonel, Feb. 4, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 6, 1865. Wounded at the battle of lligh Bridge, Va., Apr. 6, 1865. Died at Worcester, Mass., Apr. 22, 1865.
Washburne, George Abiel. Born in Massachusetts. Major, 16th Conn. Infantry, Ang. 24, 1862. Wounded, Sept. 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. Resigned, Jan. IS, IS63. First Lieutenant, Veteran Reserve Corps, June 18, 1863. Captain, June 27, 1863. Major, Oct. 28, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 30, 1861. Brevet Colonel, and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Honorably discharged, June 30, 1866.
Wass, Ansel Dyer. Born in Maine, First Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 18G1. Mustered ont, Aug. 2, 1861. Captain, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861. Major, July 1, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 41st Mass. Infantry afterward 3d Cavalry, Sept. 6, 1862. Served in Louisiana. Resigned, Jan. 31, 1863. Lient. Colonel, 19th Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1863. Wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and at Bristoe Station, where he was in command of bri- gade. Colonel, Feb. 28, 1864. Mustered out, July 23, 1864. Colonel, COth Mass. Infantry, Ang. 6, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Boston, Mass., Jan. 21, 1589.
Webster, Joseph Dana. Born at Old Ilampton, N. II., Aug. 25, 1811. Appointed from Massachu- setts. Second Lieutenant, Topographical Engineers, July 7, 1838. First Lieutenant, July 11, 1849. Captain, Mar. 3, 1853. Resigned, Apr. 7, 1851. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Vol- unteers, June 1, 1861. Colonel, Ist Ill. Light Artillery, Feb. 1, 1862. Chief of General Grant's staff. Present at the capture of Fort Heury and Fort Donelson. Chief of artillery at the battle of Shiloh. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. Military governor of Memphis,
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