Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65, vol II pt 1, Part 24

Author: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. cn; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. dn; Wilson, Charles Webster; Jaques, Florence Wyman; Massachusetts. General Court
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Boston, Wright & Potter
Number of Pages: 766


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Bond, Nelson Freeman. Private and First Sergeant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Oet. 5, 1861; mustered, Nov. 20, 1861. Appointed Second Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, July, 1862. First Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1862; mustered, Nov. 20, 1862. Promoted Captain, Apr. 15, 1864; mustered, Aug. 9, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 9, 1865.


Bowditch, Henry P. Captain, Ist Mass. Cavalry, May 13, 1863. Discharged (disability), Feb. 15, 1864. Major, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 26, 1864. Resigned, June 3, 1865.


Bowler, George. Colonel, 46th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 30, 1862. Resigned, Jan. 23, 1863.


Bowman, Henry. Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Major, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862. Colonel, 36thi Mass. Infantry, Ang. 22, 1862. Honorably discharged, July 27, 1863. Cap- tain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1861. See United States Army.


Boyd, Francis E. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Mass. Heavy Artillery, Feb. 26, 1862. Captain, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Oet. 4, 1862. Major, 4th Mass. lleavy Artillery, Nov. 14, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 17, 1865.


Boyd, John T. Major, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 5, 1861. Munstered out, July 31, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oet. 8, 1862. Mus- tered out, July 2, 1863.


Brackett, Levi Curtis. Sergeant Major, 28th Mass. Infantry, Oet. 12, 1861; mustered, Jan. 1, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Apr. 4, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1862. Captain, May 12, 1863; de- clined commission. Transferred to 57th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 19, 1864. Captain, Dee. 14, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 4, 1865.


Brewster, Ethan A. P. . Captain, 23d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 8, 1861. Major, May 5, 1863. Mustered out, Oct. 13, 1864.


Briggs, Henry Shaw. See General Officers.


Brown, James. Captain, 33d Mass. Infantry, July 31, 1862. Major, Nov. 29, 1862. Resigned, May 11, 1863.


Brown, William M. Major, 27th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 25, 1861. Resigned, Dee. 6, 1861.


Browne, Abel Parker. First Sergeant, 2d Corps of Cadets, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 28, 1862. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Major, Aug. 26, 1863. Resigned, Mar. 5, 1864.


Browne, Charles D. Second Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 19, 1862. Captain, May 21, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Oet. 14, 1864 ; mustered, June 11, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Mustered out, July 29, 1865.


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Bryan, Timothy M., Jr. Lieut. Colonel, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Resigned, Oet. 7, 1862. Colonel, 18th Penn. Cavalry, Dee. 24, 1562. See Massachusetts Officers in Regiments of Other States.


Bullock, William W. Lieut. Colonel, 30th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 6, 1862. Resigned, Nov. 25, 1863.


Bunker, David Thayer. Private, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 25, 1862. Captain, 33d Mass. Infantry, May 31, 1862; mustered, July 31, 1862. Transferred to 41st Mass. Infantry (afterward 3d Mass. Cavalry), Nov. 27, 1862. Major, Aug. 7, 1861. Mustered out, June 6, 1865. Died at Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, Feb. 5, ISSS.


Burbank, Elisha M. Major, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Died of wounds, Nov. 29, 1862.


Burrage, Henry Sweetser. Private, 36th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1862. Sergeant, Aug. 5, 1862. Sergeant Major, Aug. 27, 1862. Second Lieutenant, May 16, 1863. First Lieutenant, Nov. 17, 1863. Captain, June 19, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 8, 1865.


Burrell, Isaac Sauderson. Colonel, 42d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Nov. 6, 1862. Prisoner of war, Jan. 1, 1863. Exchanged, July 22, 1861. Colonel, 420 Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 10, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 11, 1864.


Burt, Mason W. Captain, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oet. 1, 1861. Major, Oet. 17, 1862. Mustered out, Oet. 17, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.


Buxton, Seth S. Captain, Ist Mass. Heavy Artillery, July 5, 1861. Major, June 10, 1862. Died of disease, Jan. 15, 1863.


Byrnes, Richard. Private, Corporal, Sergeant and Sergeant Major, Ist U. S. Cavalry, May 21, 1856, to July 9, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Transferred to 5th Cav- alry, Sept. 21, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 17, 1862. Colonel, 28th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 29, 1862. Died, June 12, 1861, of wounds received June 3, 1864, at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va.


Cabot, Edward Clark. Captain, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 27, 1862. Mustered out, May 31, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 44th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 29, 1862; mustered, Sept. 12, 1862. Mnstered ont, June 18, 1863.


Cabot, Louis. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 26, 1861. Discharged to accept promotion, Jan. 15, 1863. First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 15, 1863. Promoted Captain, May 12, 1863. Discharged to accept promotion, Feb. 5, 1864. Major, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 25, 1864. Resigned, Jan. 17, 1865.


Cabot, Stephen. Captain, 1st Battalion, Mass. Heavy Artillery, Feb. 28, 1862. Major, May 15, 1863. Mustered out, Feb. 27, 1865.


Caldwell, John A. Captain, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 5, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 6, 1865. Mnstered out, Nov. 11, 1865.


Capelle, Jonas F. Second Lieutenant, 16th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ang. 9, 1862. Captain, July 3, 1863. Mustered out, July 27, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar., 13, 1865.


Caraher, Andrew Patrick. Captain, 28th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 8, 1861. Major, July 26, 1862. Mustered out. Sept. 20, 1863. Major, Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 21, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 29, 1863. Colonel, 2d U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 18, 1865. See United States Army.


Carruth, Sumner. See General Officers. .


Carruthers, Robert. First Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 14, 1864. Captain, Oct. 15, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Aug. 3, 1865.


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Cartwright, George W. Maior, 28th Mass. Infantry, Oet. 8, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, July 26, 1862. Commissioned Colonel, July 21, 1864; not mustered. Mustered out, Dec. 13, 1864.


Cass, Thomas. Colonel, 9th Mass. Infantry, June 11, 1861. Died of wounds received at Malvern IIill, July 12, 1862.


Chamberlain, Samuel Emery. See General Officers.


Chambers, John G. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 1, 1861. Mustered out, July 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, 23d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 5, 1861. Major, Mar. 15, 1862. Lient. Colonel, Nov. 26, 1862. Died, July 13, 1864, of wounds received in action at Drewry's Bluff, Va.


Champney, Jonas A. First Lieutenant, 37th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. Captain, May 15, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 6, 1865. Mustered out, June 21, 1865.


Chandler, Charles L. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861. First Lienteuant, Mar. 21, 1862. Captain, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862. Lient. Colonel, 40th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 24, 1864; not mustered. Lient. Colonel, 57th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 20, 1861. Killed at North Anna River, Va., May 24, 1864.


Chandler, Charles Peleg. Major, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. Killed at Glendale, Va., June 30, 1862.


Chapman, William II. Captain, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 23, IS61. Major, Nov. 15, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 16, 1864. Colonel, Dec. 11, 1864; not mustered. Mustered out, Aug. 26, 1865.


Chickering, Thomas Edward. See General Officers.


Chipman, Charles. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, May 6, 1861. Major, Dee. 13, 1861. Died of wounds, Aug. S, 1864.


Clark, Eusebius S. Captain, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, Ang. 2, 1861. Captain, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 16, 1861. Major, July 29, 1862. Died of wounds at Winchester, Va., Oet. 17, 1861.


Clark, William F. Second Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 19, 1862. Major, May 27, 1864. Died of wounds received at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 21, 1864.


Clark, William Smith. Major, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Feb. 28, 1862. Colonel, May 16, 1862. Resigned, Apr. 22, 1863.


Clarke, George, Jr. Colonel, Ilth Mass. Infantry, June 13, 1861. Resigned, Oct. 11, 18G1.


Clarke, Thomas William. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 20, 1861; mustered, May 21, 1861. Commissioned Colonel, Nov. 8, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 29, 1865, as Captain. Died at Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 17, 1895.


Codman, Charles Russell. Captain and Adjutant, Ist Corps Cadets, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 27, 1862. Mustered out, July 2, 1862. Colonel, 45th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 28, 1862. Mustered out, July 28, 1863.


Coffin, Frederick Jones. Colonel, Sth Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Nov. 7, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 7, 1863. Died, July 6, ISSO.


Cogswell, William. See General Officers.


Colburn, Joseph. First Lieutenant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Captain, Feb. 3, 1863. Major, 59th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 23, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 4, 1864. Discharged (disability), Apr. 28, 1865.


Colby, Eben T. Captain, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 1, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 16, 1862. Mustered out, Ang. 28, 1863. Died at Somerville, Mass., Mar. 4, 1891.


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Comins, Linus B. Second Lieutenant, 17th Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1862. First Lieutenant, May 17 1863. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1864. First Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 14, 1864 Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 17, 1865.


Conant, Sherman. Corporal, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Discharged for promotion in 3d U S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 17, 1863. Captain, 3d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 11, 1863, to date Aug 29, 1863. Major, Sept. 13, 1865. Mnstered ont, Oct. 31, 1865.


Cook, Asa Merrill. Major, Ist Battery, Light Artillery, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 20 1861; innstered, May 18, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. Captain, Sth Battery, Light Artil. lery, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., June 10, 1862. Mustered out, Nov. 29, 1862.


Cook, Benjamin F. First Lieutenant, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Captain, May 2, 1862. Major, July 23, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, May 6, 1864. Mustered out, July 8, 1861.


Cook, Jolin Hawkins. Private, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Discharged (disability), July 17, 1862. Second Lientenant, 57th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 27, 1863. First Lieutenant, Feb. 10, 1864. Discharged (disability resulting from wound received in action), Dec. 27, 1864. Brevet Captain and Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1965.


Cooke, John S. First Lieutenant, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 25, 1861. Captain, Sept. 19, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 11, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 26, 1865, as Captain.


Cooper, Joseph J. Captain, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 13, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 1, 1865. Mustered out, June 2, 1865.


Couch, Darius Nash. See General Officers.


Cowdin, Robert. See General Officers.


Cox, Charles G. Second Lieutenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1862. First Lieutenant, July 26, 1863. Captain, Feb. 25, 1864. Major, June 2, 1864. Resigned (disability), Dee. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Jan. 18, 1865. Captain, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 16, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 28, 1865. Second Lien- tenant, 7th U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 7, 1867. See United States Army.


Crowninshield, Benjamin W. First Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dee. 19, 1861. Captain, Mar. 26, 1862. Major, Ang. 10, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volun- teers, June 17, 1865. Mustered out as Captain, June 26, 1865.


Crowninshield, Caspar. See General Officers.


Cunningham, James Adams. See General Officers.


Curtis, Arthur Russell. See General Officers.


Curtis, Greely Stevenson. See General Officers.


Cushing, James W. First Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. Major, 57th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 27, 1864. Resigned, May 26, 1864.


Cushman, Austin S. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 23, 1861. Mustered ont, July 22, 1861. Captain, 47th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 20, 1862. Major, Nov. 7, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1863.


Dabney, Charles William, Jr. Major, 14th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S , Aug. 29, 1862; mustered, Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered out, June 18, 1863. Died at Malvern, Eng., Dec. 22, 1870.


Dalton, Joseph A. Captain, 2d Corps Cadets, May 26, 1862. Major, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 2, 1862. Diseliarged (disability), Jan. 25, 1864.


Dana, George II. Second Lientenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, May 26, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 14, 1862. Captain, Dee. 14, 1862. Resigned, Jan. 19, 1865. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.


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Dane, Henry C. Second Lieutenant, 41st Mass. Infantry (afterward 3d Mass. Cavalry), Sept. 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, Oct. 4, 1862. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Re- signed, May 15, 1865.


Davis, Charles Griffin. First Sergeant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 4, 1861 ; mustered, Sept. 17, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 4, 1862. First Lieutenant, Jan. 6, 1863. Captain, Feb. 16, 1864. Major, Sept. 30, 1864. Mustered out, Jan. 3, 1865.


Davis, James T. Second Lieutenant, 38th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, July 25. 1863. Captain, Sept. 16, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 30, 1865.


Davis, Nelson Henry. See General Officers.


Davis, Phineas Stearns. Colonel, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 29, 1862. Killed at Petersburg, Va., July 11, 1864.


Davis, Walter Scott. Second Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 7, 1861; mustered, Oct. 1, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant, June 28, 1862. Captain, Oct. 18, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volun- teers, July 6, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864.


Day, Joseph M. Captain, 40th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 20, 1862. Major, Sept. 2, 1862; mustered, Sept. 5, 1862. Discharged, Aug. 25, 1863.


Day, Luther. Captain, 17th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, '1861. Major, Dee. 29, 1863. Mustered out, Ang. 3, 1864.


Deane, John Milton. Second Lieutenant, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 23, 1861. Discharged, July 22, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, June 1, 1862; mustered, July 23, 1862. First Lientenant, Dee. 29, 1862. Captain, June 8, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865. Major; mnstered, May 15, 1865. Mustered out, Ang. 8, 1865. Awarded a Medal of Honor.


Decker, Jefford M. Lieut. Colonel, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Resigned, July 17, 1862.


Devens, Charles. See General Officers.


Devereux, Arthur Forrester. See General Officers.


Dews, Edwin. Private and Sergeant, 9th N. Y. Infantry, Apr. 23, 1861; mustered, May 4, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 30, 1862. Discharged, May 25, 1863. Second Lientenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, June 18, 1863. First Lieutenant, May 23, 1864. Captain, Sept. 8, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 23, 1865.


Doane, Elisha. Captain, 33d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 7, 1862. Resigned, Aug. 8, 1863. Appointed Col- onel, 33d Mass. Infantry, Jan. 23, 1864; not mustered. Recommissioned as Captain, 33d Mass. Infantry, Feb. 9, 1864. Major, Mar. 9, 1864. Lient. Colonel, Sept. 18, 1864. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, June 11, 1865.


Dodge, James Gordon Clarke. Second Lieutenant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 21, 1862. Captain, Apr. 5, 1863. Major, 61st Mass. Infantry, Nov. 9, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, June 4, 1865. Died at Creston, Ia., Jan. 14, 1877.


Doherty, James. Captain, 57th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 17, 1864. Major, July 31, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865. Died, Mar. 26, 1865, of wounds received at Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Mar. 25.


Doten, Samuel II. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, May 6, 1861. Mustered out, May 30, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.


Draper, Alonzo Granville. See General Officers.


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Draper, William Franklin. Sce General Officers.


Dudley, Nathan Augustus Monroe. Sce General Officers.


Dunham, Thomas Harrison, Jr. See General Officers.


Dunn, Morcena. First Lieutenant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861. Captain, June 18, 1862. Major, Feb, 28, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, July 28, 1864; not mustered. Mustered out, July 19, 1865, as Major.


Dution, George W. Captain, 9th Mass. Infantry, June 11, 1861. Major, Ang. 26, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 29, 1863.


Dwight, Wilder. Major, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, June 13, 1862. Died, Sept. 19, 1862, of wounds received at Antietam, Sept. 17.


Edmands, Joseph Cushing. See General Officers.


Edmands, Thomas Franklin. Second Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. First Lien- tenant, Aug. 27, 1862. Captain, June 16, 1864. Major, Nov. 15, 1861. Brevet Lient. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, 24th Mass. Infantry, May 7, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out, Jan. 20, 1866, as Major.


Edson, John H. Major, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 4, 1861. Resigned, Jan. 7, 1862.


Edwards, Oliver. See General Officers.


Elwell, Andrew. Lieut. Colonel, 8th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 30, 1861. Mus- tered out, Ang. 1, 1861. Major, 23d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 24, 1861. . Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 15, 1862. Colonel, Nov. 26, 1862. Discharged (disability), Sept. 20, 1864.


Eustis, Henry Lawrence. See General Officers.


Ewer, Barnabas, Jr. Captain, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 23, 1862. Mus- tered out, June 26, 1863. Major, 5Sth Mass. Infantry, Oct. 27, 1863. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.


Fairbank, John B. Second Lientenant, 36th Mass. Infantry, May 2, 1863. First Lieutenant, Oct. 23, 1863. Captain, May 13, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June S, 1865.


Farnsworth, Ezra S. Second Lieutenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, Mar. 19, 1863. First Lieutenant, June 15, 1864. Captain, July 20, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, May 30, 1865.


Farr, Alpha D. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 26th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1861. Colonel, July 28, 1862. Mustered out, Nov. 7, 1864.


Fearing, Hawkes, Jr. Lieut. Colonel, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Colonel, Sth N. H. Infantry, Sept. 24, 1861. See Massachusetts Officers in Regiments of Other States.


Fellows, John F. Lieut. Colonel, 17th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 9, 1864. Commissioned Colonel, Oct. 9, 1864; not mustered.


Fiske, Edward Ambrose. Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 21, 1862. Captain, Oet. 21, 1862. Major, Feb. 17, 1865; not mustered. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out as Captain, Jan. 23, 1866. Died at Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 28, 1SS7.


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Fleming, James. First Sergeant, 28th Mass. Infantry, Dee. 13, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 9, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1862. Captain, May 29, 1863. Major, July 12, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 30, 1864. Mustered ont, June 30, 1865.


Flint, Edward A. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 11, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 21, 1863. Captain, Feb. 16, 1864. Major, July 2, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Major, Lient. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, June 26, 1865, as Captain.


Follansbee, Albert S. Colonel, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 4, 1862. Mus- tered out, June 3, 1863. Colonel, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 20, 1864 .. Mustered out, Oct. 27, 1864.


Forbes, William Ilathaway. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dee. 26, 1861. First Lieu- tenant, July 27, 1862. Discharged to accept promotion, Jan. 14, 1863 Captain, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 14, 1863. Major, May 12, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 21, 1864. Resigned, May 15, 1865.


Fordham, Elbert H. First Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. Captain, Sept. 6, 1862. Major, Apr. 15, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 26, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.


Foster, Davis. Second Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, June 27, 1863. First Lieutenant, June 1, 1864. Captain, Sept. 3, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, 24th Mass. Infan- try, May 7, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out, Jan. 20, 1866, as Captain.


Foster, Theodore S. Captain, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861. Major, May 17, 1862. Lient. Colonel, Sept. 2, 1862. Discharged, Dec. 17, 1862.


Fox, Charles Barnard. Sergeant, 4th Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., May 23, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. First Lientenant, Aug. 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 13, 1863; mustered, Apr. 14, 1863. Discharged to accept promotion, May 30, 1863. Major, 55th Mass Infantry, May 30, 1863. Lient. Colonel, Nov. 3, 1863; mustered, Dec. 1, 1863. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, June 25, 1865. Died, Mar. 30, 1895.


Fox, John Andrews. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Jan. 6, 1862. Promoted First Lieu- tenant, Ang. 10, 1862. Appointed Adjutant. Jan. 1, 1863. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Vol- unteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 26, 1865.


Francis, James. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861. First Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1861. Regimental Quartermaster, July 14, 1862. Captain, Aug. 10, 1862. Major, July 4, 1863; mus- tered, July 29, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Commissioned Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, July 24, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out, July 26, 1865.


Frankle, Jones. Sec General Officers.


French, Jonas II. Aeting Lieut. Colonel, 30th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1861 (S. O. 10, Adjutant General's orders, U. S. Army). Discharged, Mar. 27, 1862. Not commissioned by the Governor of Massachusetts. Lient. Colonel, Assistant Insp. General (staff of Maj. General Butler) and Provost Marshal General (La.), Mar .- Dec., 1862.


Fuller, Nehemiah P'. Captain, 17th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861. Captain, 2d Mass. Heavy Artil- lery, July 30, 1863. Major, Oct. 2, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1865.


Garrison, George T. Second Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, June 7, 1863. First Lieutenant, Nov. 3, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, June 24, 1865. Mustered ont, Aug. 29, 1865.


Gelray, Joseph Wiley. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861, to Dec. 24, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 25, 1862. First Lientenant, Nov. 1, 1863. Mustered out, July 24, 1864. Captain, 57th Mass. Infantry, July 25, 1861. Mnstered out, Nov. 11, 1864. Major, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 7, 1561. Colonel, 59th Mass Infantry, Feb. 8, 1865; not mustered. Captain, 45th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Oct. 4, 1866. See United States Army.


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Gilmore, Homer Grannis. First Sergeant, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Second Lieutenant, luth Mass. Infantry, Nov. 6, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant, Aug. 9, 1862. Captain, Nov. 26, 1862. Mustered out, July 1, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.


Goodell, Arthur Augustus. See General Officers.


Gooding, Oliver Paul. See General Officers.


Goodrich, Alonzo E. Second Lientenant, Sth Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., June 15, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1861. Lient. Colonel, 37th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. Re- signed, Jan. 16, 1863. Died at Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 25, 1881.


Goodwin, Frank. First Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, June 7, 1863. Captain, July 20, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Ang. 29, 1865.


Gordon, George Henry. See General Officers.


Gottlieb, Joseph. Second Lieutenant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Dee. 15, 1862. First Lieutenant, Apr. 30, 1863. Captain, Sept. 6, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Transferred to 29th Mass. Infantry, June 9, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 9, 1865.


Gould, Ezra Palmer, Private, 24th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 18, 1861. Seeond Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 15, 1863. Captain, 59th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1861. Major, Ang. 20, 1864. Transferred to 57th Mass. Infantry, May 26, 1865. Mustered out, July 30, 1865.




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