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Webster, Joseph Dana, continued.
Tenn., and superintendent of military railroads. General Grant's Chief of staff in the Vicksburg campaign. Chief of staff of Generals William T. Sherman and George H. Thomas, being present with the latter at the battle of Nashville. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Nov. 6, 1865. Died at Chicago, Ill., Mar. 12, 1876.
Weld, Stephen Minot. Born at Jamaica Plain, Mass., Jan. 4, 1812. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on staff of General Wright and took part in expedition which captured Port Royal, S. C., and Hilton Head. Second Lieutenant, Isth Mass. Infantry, Jan. 24, 1862. Aide-de-Camp of the staff of General F'itz-John Porter; with the Army of the Potomac on the march to Centreville, Va., and in the Peninsular campaign ; prisoner at Gaines's Mill; sent to Libby Prison and remained there six weeks; exchanged and joined General Porter at Harrison's Landing ; engaged in Pope's and Antietam, Md., campaigns; Second battle of Bull Run. First Lieutenant, Oct. 24, 1862. Aide- de-Camp on the staff of General Benham; present at the battles of Fredericksburg, Va. (second), and Chancellorsville; on the staff of General Reynolds as Ist Aide-de-Camp. Present at the battle of Gettysburg; after death of General Reynolds assigned to staff of General Newton. Captain, May 4, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 56th Mass. Infantry, July 22, 1863. Recruiting regiment till Mar., 1864, when it was sent to Annapolis, Md. Joined the Army of the Potomac on the Rappahannock, Apr. ; engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg. Colonel, May 6, 1864. Commanded brigade at Petersburg, June 17; commanded left wing of the brigade at the battle of the Mine and was taken prisoner; sent to Columbia, S. C .; paroled, Dec. 15; exchanged, Mar. 31, 1865, and joined regiment near Peters- burg, Apr. 4, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 12, 1865.
Wells, George Duncan. Born in Massachusetts. Lient. Colonel, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. Engaged at the battle of Blackburn's Ford. Colonel, 34th Mass. Infantry, July 11, 1862. On duty at Fort Lyon and llarper's Ferry. Present in the engagements at New Market and Pied- mont. In command of the 1st Brigade, Ist Division, Army of West Virginia. Engaged in the battles of Snicker's Ferry, Opequon and Fisher's Hill. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 12, 1864. Killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 13, 1864.
West, Edward Walter. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th N. Y. State Militia, Apr. 26, 1861. Mustered out, May 28, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 4th R. I. Infantry, Oct. 30, 1861. Aide-de- Camp to General Casey. First Lientenant, 4th R. I. Infantry, Nov. 20, IS61. Engaged in the Peninsular campaign. Recorder of a court of inquiry, Oct., 1862. Resigned, Ang. 11, 1863. Captain, 2d R. I. Cavalry, Jan., 1863 (declined). Aide-de-Camp to General Hooker, and engaged at the battle of Chancellorsville. Assistant Judge Advocate, department of Washington, on the staff of General Heintzelman, May to Aug., 1863. Lient. Colonel, 33d N. J. Infantry, Ang., 1863 (declined). Private and Sergeant, 14th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 29 to Oct. 7, 1863. Second Lien - tenant, Ist U. S. Artillery, Oct. 3, 1863. With battery, in the department of the Gulf. Resigned, Mar. 18, 1861. Brevet Colonel, and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
West, George Warren. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 10th Maine Infantry, Oct. 21, 1861. Major, 17th Maine Infantry, July 25, 1862. Colonel, Oct. 2, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volun- teers, Dec. 2, 1861. Discharged (disability), Apr. 25, 1865.
Whipple, Amiel Weeks. Born at Greenwich, Mass., ISIS. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1841. Transferred to Topographical Engineers, Sept. 28, 1841. First Lieutenant, Apr. 24, 1851. Captain, July 1, 1855, for fourteen years' continuous service. Chief Topographical Engineer of the defences of Wash- ington, D. C., south of the Potomac, June 1 to July 15, 1861, of the Army of the Potomac, in the Manassas campaign of July, 1861; engaged in the battle of Bull Run, July 21. 1861. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, July 21, 1861. Chief Topographical Engineer of General MeDowell's division in the defences at Washington, July 25, 1861, to Mar. 13, 1862, and of the 1st Army Corps, Mar. 13 to Apr. 2, 1862. Major, Topographical Engineers, Sept 9, 1861. Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 14, 1862. In command of brigade in the defences of Washington, south of the Potomac, Apr. 23 to Sept. S, 1862, and of division, Sept. 8 to Oct. 10, 1862. In the Rappahannock campaign, in command of 3d Corps, Army of the Poto-
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Whipple, Amiel Weeks, continued.
mae, Oet., 1862, to May 4, 1863; engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13-15, 1862. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, Dee 13, 1862. Engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-4, 1863, where he was mortally wounded. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, May 4, 1863. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 6, 1863. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Army, May 7, 1863. Died of wounds at Washington, D. C., May 7, 1863.
Whittier, Charles Albert. Born in Maine. Seeond Lientenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. First Lieutenant, Nov. 26, 1861. Captain, Nov. 12, 1862. Senior Aide-de-Camp, staff of General Sedgwick, 6th Army Corps, July 9, 1861. Major and Acting Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 7, 1865. Acting Adj. General, 6th Army Corps under Generals Sedgwick and Wright; Adj. General, 2d Army Corps, General A. A. Humphreys commanding. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 19, 1864. Lient. Colonel and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 31 to Aug. 1, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Present at the following battles, sieges, skirmishes, ete : Ball's Bluff, Shenandoah Valley campaign, siege of Yorktown, battles of West Point, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Allen's Farm, Savage's Station, Glen- dale, Malvern Hill, advanee to Centreville, battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, expedition to Gordonsville, battles of the Wilderness, Spotsyl- vania, Cold IIarbor, Petersburg, Snicker's Gap, Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Hateher's Run, Farmville, actions preceding the surrender of Lee. Captain, 32d U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, Nov. 30, 1866. Unassigned, Apr. 19, 1869. Assigned to the military division of the South, June, 1869. Assigned to 19th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 15, 1870. Resigned Aug. 3, 1870.
Whittier, Francis Henry. Born at East Cambridge, Mass., Dee. 3, 1829. Second Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Dee. 6, 1861. Engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff. First Lientenant, Dee. 10, 1861. Served during the Peninsular campaign. Captain, Ang. 6, 1862. Major, Nov. 26, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, May 27, 1864. Colonel, Feb. 17, 1865; not mustered. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 6, 1866. Died Oct. 12, 1867.
Wild, Edward Augustus. Born at Brookline, Mass., Nov. 25, 1825. Captain, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. Left Boston, June 15, 1831. Encamped on the Upper Potomac near Chain Bridge, June 19, 1861. Present at the battle of Blackburn's Ford, and Bull Run. Camped at Arlington's Heights, Va., July 23, 1861. On the march through southern counties of Maryland, searching for arms, munition, ete. Down the Potomac to Budd's Ferry and into winter quarters. Resened the schooner Delaware from under the guns of rebel batteries with a party of his own men, Nov. 14, 1861. On general Court Martial, Jan. 17 to Mar. 6, 1862. Engaged in the siege of Yorktown, Apr. 16 to May 4, 1862. Present at the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, in which battles he was wounded. Mustered out, July 23, 1862. Major, 32d Mass. Infantry, July 24, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Ang. 6, 1862. Colonel, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 11, 1862. Joined Burnside's Corps, Sept. 6, 1862. Present at the battle of South Mountain where his left arm was shattered. Assisted Governor Andrew of Massachusetts in raising and organizing colored troops. Feb .- Apr., 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 24, 1863. Sailed from New York to New Berne, N. C., May 15, 1863. Commeneed recruiting, visited personally every part of the de- partment, and gave much time and labor to the eare and provision of negro families; embarked for Charleston, S. C., July 30, 1863. Engaged in the siege of Charleston, Ang -Oct., IS63; at Forts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter; ordered to continue recruiting at New Berne, N. C. In com- mand of colored troops at Norfolk, Va., Nov. 2, 1863. In command of expedition through eastern counties of North Carolina, Dee. 5-24, 1863, gaining recruits, liberating slaves, capturing guerillas and destroying their camps and property. Took command of distriet of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 18, 1864. Assigned to eominand of Ist Brigade, 3d Division, 18th Ariny Corps, at Hampton, Va., Apr. 23, 1864. Present at the battle of Wilson's Wharf, Va., ordered to Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 18, 1864. In front of Petersburg, Va., June 21, 1864. Placed under arrest for " disobedience of orders," June 23, 1864, the General commanding the division having ordered him to relieve his Brigade Quartermaster and take another, which order he refused to obey; the finding of the court and the sentence were set aside by the General in command of the troops; General Wild was released from arrest and returned to duty ; this action was subsequently ap- proved and confirmed by the Judge Advocate General at Washington. Engaged in command of recruiting rendezvous near Fortress Monroe, July 31, 1861. On expedition to Roanoke River, Dec., 1864; assigned to command of Ist Division, 25th Army Corps, in front of Richmond, Va.,
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Wild, Edward Augustus, continued.
Dec. 30, 1864. Assigned to 2d Brigade; entered Richmond, Apr. 3, 1865. Ordered to his home to await orders, Apr. 20, 1865. Superintended the operations of the Burean of Refugees, Freed- men and Abandoned Lands in Georgia, June 19 to Sept. 15, 1865, when he was relieved from duty. Mustered out, Jan. 16, 1866. Died at Medellin, U. S. of Colombia, Aug. 23, 1891.
Wiley, Daniel Day. Born in Vermont. Sergeant, 21st Mass. Infantry, July 19, 1861, to Nov. 20, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 28, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 1, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 26, 1866. Died at Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 25, 1893.
Williams, Robert. Born in Culpeper County, Va., Nov. 5, 1829. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Dragoons, July 1, 1851. Second Lientenant, July 15, 1853. First Lientenant, June 7, 1855, to May 7, 1861. Brevet Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, May 11, 1861; accepted, May 16, 1861. Assistant Adj. General of the department of Annapolis, June 9 to July 25, 1861, and of the department of the Shenandoah, July 25 to Oct. 5, 1861. Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 3, 1861. Organizing regiment at Readville, Mass., Oct., 1861, to Jan., 1862. Colonel, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 7, 1861. In garrison at and operations about Hilton Head, S. C., Jan. to Aug., 1862, being engaged in the attack on Secessionville and James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862. Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 17, 1862. In operations in central Virginia with the Army of the Potomac, Ang. to Oct., 1863. Resigned from volunteer service, Oct. 1, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, Sept. 21, 1861. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Assistant in the Adj. General's office at Washi- ington, D. C. Lient. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Feb. 22, 1869. Colonel, staff, Assist- ant Adj. General, July 1, 1881. Brig. General, Adj. General, July 5, 1892; accepted, July 9, 1892. Retired, Nov. 5, 1893, by operation of law (Sec. 1, Act of June 30, 1882).
Withington, William Herbert. Born at Dorchester, Mass., Feb. 1, 1835. In the command of a military company, "Jackson Grays," in Michigan, in ISG1. Tendered to Governor Blair the services of the company on the day of President Lincoln's . first call for seventy-five thousand men. The first company tendered in the state. Captain, Ist Mich. Infantry, Apr. 24, 1861; mustered, May 1, 1861. Left the state, May 13, 1861, with Ist Regiment, Michi. Volunteers. In the first advance into Virginia by " Long Bridge," May 24, 1861, and at the capture of Alexandria. With regimeut in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, taken prisoner. Held at Richmond, Charleston and Columbus, S. C .; exchanged, Jan. 29, 1862 Colonel, 17th Mich. Infantry, Aug. 11, 1862; mustered, Aug. 21, 1862. With 17th Regiment in the field, Ang. 27, 1862. Assigned to Ist Brigade, 9th Corps, in battles of South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862; Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Dec. 12, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 20, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
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TABLE OF HIGHEST GRADES ATTAINED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL OFFICERS (1861-5).
U. S. Army. .
Brevet Maj. Generals, .
7
Brevet Brig. Generals, .
25
U. S. Volunteers.
Maj. Generale,
7
Brevet Maj. Generals,
21
Brig. Generals,
17
Brevet Brig. Generals, .
120
Total Massachusetts general officers,
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One Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Army, was also a Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers ; two Brevet Brig. Generals, U. S. Army, were also Maj. Generals, U. S. Volunteers ; and three were also Brevet Maj. Gen- erals, U. S. Volunteers. These are, however, included in the above table under their regular army grades alone.
The number of those who were commissioned or brevetted as general officers while in actual service is much smaller than the total here given. Nine of those here enumerated were formally brevetted or promoted after death in battle or from wounds; and thirty-four after they had been mustered out of the service.
It is to be noted that the fullest list previously given of Massachusetts general officers - that of Bowen, in 1889 - includes but 122.
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III. LIST OF FIELD OFFICERS IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS. By Brevet or otherwise.
Abbot, Henry Livermore. See General Officers.
Abbott, Edward Gardner. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Killed at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Abert, William Stretch. See General Officers.
Adams, Charles Francis. See General Officers.
Adams, J. Webb. First Lieutenant, 10th Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Aug. 20, 1862. Captain, Feb. 27, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 9, 1865.
Adams, Zabdiel B. Captain, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 19, 1863. Captain, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 2, 1864. Major, Mar. 2, 1864; mustered, May 15, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865.
Adams, Zabdiel Boylston. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Major, Surgeon, 32d Mass. Infantry, May 26, 1862. Resigned (disability), Aug. 4, 1863. First Lientenant, 56th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 7, 1863. Captain, Jan. 12, 1861. Commissioned Major, June 24, 1864; not innstered. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Mustered out, June 23,1865.
Allen, Charles F. Captain, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Captain, 3Sth Mass. Infantry, Ang. 14, 1862. Major, July 16, 1863. Brevet Lient. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Allen, David, Jr. Captain, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Lient. Colonel, Oct. 8, 1862. Killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
Allen, Eugene A. Captain, 37th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. Major, Jan. 17, 1863. Resigned and discharged, Dec. 3, 1863.
Allen, John A. P. Second Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Mar. 28, 1863. First Lieutenant, May 7, 1863. Captain, June 1, 1863. Major, Sept. 8, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 16, 1861. Mus- tered ont, Sept. 18, 1865. Died at New Bedford, Mass., Ang. 25, 1893.
Allen, Thomas O. Sergeant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered out, June 3, 1863. First Lientenant, Adjutant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 20, 1864. Major, Aug. 1, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 27, 1864.
Allen, W. Irving. First Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. Captain, Dec. 24, 1862. Major, Nov. 27, 1864; not mastered. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, June 7, 1865; not innstered. Mustered out, Sept. 9, 1865, as Captain.
Ames, T. Edward. First Lieutenant, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862. Transferred to 36th In- fantry, Aug. 22, 1862. Captain, Aug. 2, 1863. Promoted Aide-de-Camp to General Curtin, Out. 9, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. 'Mustered out, June 8, 1865.
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Amory, Thomas Jonathan Coffin. See General Officers.
Amory, William A. First Lieutenant, 16th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Captain, July 6, 1862. Major, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, July 31, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1865.
Andrews, George L. See General Officers.
Appleton, John Whittier Messer. Private, Bostou Cadets (militia in service of the U. S.), May 26, 1862. Mustered out, July 2, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 54th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 7, 1863; mustered, Feb. 9. Captain, Apr. 14, 1863; mustered, Apr. 21. Major, July 18, 1863; mustered, Dec. 26, 1863. Resigned, Nov. 21, 1864, on account of wounds. Major, 1st Battalion, Mass. Heavy Artillery, Mar. 15, 1865. Resigned, Ang. 5, 1865.
Attwood, Cornelius Gilbert. Second Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M , in service of the U. S., Apr. 19, 18GI; mustered, May 19, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1861. Captain, 25th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 12, 1861. Major, Oct. 29, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 18, 1864. Brevet Licut. Col- onel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Boston, Mass., Jan. 19, 18SS.
Bache, Robert. Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 30, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 15, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1861. Major, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. Resigned, Apr. 14, 1864.
Bacon, William B. First Lieutenant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Resigned, July 25, 1862. Captain, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862. Killed in action at Newmarket, Va., May 15, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Baker, Joseph 1. Captain, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 19, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, Apr. 23, 1865. Mnstered out, Nov. 14, 1865.
Baldwin, Aaron C. Lieutenant, with rank of Major, Ist Corps Cadets, M. V.M., in service of the U. S., May 27, 1862. Mustered out, July 2, 1862.
Baldwin, Clark B. Captain, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 8, 1862. Mus- tered out, Nov. 10, 1864.
Ball, Benjamin Absalom. Second Lieutenant, 53d N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 23, 1861. Mustered out, Mar. 21, 1862. First Lieutenant, 3d Unattached Co., Mass. IIcavy Artillery, afterwards 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 31, 1862. Captain, Sept. 8, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 18, 1865.
Bancroft, Ambrose. First Lieutenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, July 30, 1862. Captain, Dec. 29, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, June 29, 1865.
Banks, Gardner. Captain, 16th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Major, July 23, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 30, 1862. Colonel, Nov. 28, 1862. Discharged for disability, Sept. 2, 1863. Died at Wal- tham, Mass., July 9, 1871.
Barker, James II. Major, 36th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1862. Resigned, Jan. 29, 1863.
Barker, Thaddeus L. Captain, 36th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1862. Major, May 6, 1864. Lient. Colonel, Oct. 12, 1864 ; innstered, Nov. 13, 1864. Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered. Mustered out, June 8, 1865, as Lieut. Colonel.
Barnard, George Middleton, Jr. First Lieutenant, 18th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 24, 1861. Captain, Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered ont, Sept. 2, 1864. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Vol- unteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Barnes, James. Sce General Officers.
Barnes, Joseph H. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 25, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 13, 1861. Mus- tered out, Oct. 9, 1864.
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Barrett, George HI. Captain, 53d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 18, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 2, 1863.
Barrows, William Eliot. Hospital Steward, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 23, 1861. Second Lienten- ant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 25, 1863. Promoted First Lieutenant, July 11, 1863. Captain, July 28, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, July 22, 1865.
Bartholomew, Walter G. Captain, 27th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 16, 1861. Major, Dec. 7, 18G1. Lieut. Colonel, May 29, 1863. Colonel, Sept. 21, 1864; not mustered. Mustered out as Lieut. Colonel, June 26, 1865.
Bartlett, William Francis. See General Officers.
Barton, Frederick. Captain, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Mustered ont, July 6, 1864. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Barton, James. First Lieutenant, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 23, 1861. Mus- tered out, July 22, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out, June 26, 1863.
Batchelder, N. Walter. Lieut. Colonel, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Resigned, Apr. 15, 1864.
Bates, James Lawrence. Sce General Officers.
Beal, Melvin. Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, IS61. Cap- tain, May 6, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. Lient. Colonel, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in ser- vice of the U. S., Sept 4, 1862. Mustered out, June 3, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 20, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 27, 1864.
Bennett, Edwin C. Second Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 16, 1862. Captain, Ang. 27, 1863. Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Bent, Luther Stedman. Private, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Sergeant, 18th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1861. Second Lieutenant, . July 13, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant, Dec. 25, 1862. Captain, Dec. 24, 1863. Major, July 29, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 4, 1864.
Bessey, Merritt B. Second Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 12, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 20, 1862. Captain, Apr. 22, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 19, 1865.
Bigelow, George W. Second Lieutenant, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 16, 1862. Captain, Nov. 3, 1862. Mustered out, July 1, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Bigelow, John. Private, 2d Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Apr. 21, 1861. Second Lieutenant, May 2, 1861. First Lientenant, July 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Md. Light, Artillery, Dec. 16, 1861. Discharged, Dec. 31, 1862. Captain, 9th Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Feb. 11, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 1, 1864. Discharged (disability), Dec. 16, 1864.
Binney, George L. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 19, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, July 26, 1865.
Bishop, Willard I. Second Lieutenant, 10th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 9, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 29, 1862. Captain, Sept. 23, 1863. Mustered out, July 1, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
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Black, Patrick W. Second Lieutenant, 9th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 1, 1862. Captain, Oct. 20, 1862. Dismissed, July 28, 1863. Dismissal revoked by President (S. O. 499, W. D., Nov. 10, 1863). Second Lientenant, 2Sth Mass. Infantry, Mar. 30, 1864. First Lieu- tenant, May 5, 1864. Captain, July 21, 1864; mustered, Nov. 22, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, July 22, 1865.
Blagden, George. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dee. 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 27, 1862. Captain, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 13, 1863; mustered, Jan. 26, 1863. Major, Mar. 1, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Discharged, June 2, 1865.
. Blaisdell, William. See General Officers.
Blasland, Edward Boutelle. Captain, 33d Mass. Infantry, June 2, 1862; mustered, Ang. 5, 1862. Major, Nov. 3, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 11, 1865, as Captain.
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