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Plummer, Joseph Bennett. Sce General Officers.
Pomroy, George King. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861, to Oet. 8, IS62. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, July 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, Oct. 20, 1863. Resigned, Mar. 21, 1865.
Poole, Horace. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 21st Iowa Infantry, Sept. 2, 1862. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1864. Resigned, June 9, 1865.
Poor, Leander Alonzo. Born in Maine. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quar- termaster, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 20, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, May 19, 1866.
Porter, Burr. Born in Pennsylvania. Major and Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 2, 1862. Colonel, 40th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 7, 1862. See Massachusetts Field Officers.
Porter, Byron. Born in Pennsylvania. First Lieutenant, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Cap- tain, June 16, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 7, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1866.
Porter, Jeremiah. Born in Massachusetts. Chaplain, Ist Ill. Light Artillery, Feb. 1, 1862. Mustered out, July 31, 1865. Post Chaplain, U. S. Army, July 2, 1876. Retired, June 30, 1SS2. Died at Beloit, Wis., July 25, 1893.
Porter, William Mackay. Served under the name of William S. Mackay. See Mackay, William S.
Potter, Carroll Hagadorn. See General Officers.
Potter, Robert Barnwell. See General Officers.
Potter, William James. Born in Massachusetts. . Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1863. Resigned, May 10, 1864.
Pratt, Benjamin Franklin. See General Officers.
Pratt, Calvin Edward. See General Officers.
Pratt, Henry Clay. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837. Second Lieutenant, 2d Artillery, July 1, 1837. First Lieutenant, Dec. 11, 1838. Brevet Captain, Oct. 19, 1847. Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 11 to Apr. 21, 1848. Captain, 2d U. S. Ar- tillery, Apr. 21, 1848. Major, Staff, Paymaster, June 14, 1861. Brever Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865. Retired from active service, June 19, 1879, for disability coutracted in line of duty. Died at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 14, 1884.
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Pratt, James Hervey. Born at Plainfield, Mass., Dec. 27, 1825. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quar- termaster, 18th Mich. Infantry, Ang. 2, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volun- teers, Feb. 19, 1863. Mustered out, Jan. 8, 1866.
Pratt, John. Born at Boston, Mass , Ang. 23, 1839. Sergeant Major, 2d Kan. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 2d Kan. Cavalry, Nov. 11, 1861. Cap- tain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 29, 1862. Mustered out, Dee. 19, 1865.
Pratt, William. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Discharged, June 26, 1863. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 26, 1863. Resigned, Apr. 2, 1861.
Prescott, George Lincoln. See General Officers.
Prescott, William H. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 2d N. H. Infantry, June 5 to Aug. 7, 1861. Captain, 16th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861. Resigned, Oct. 15, 1804.
Prince, James P. Born in England. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oet. 1, 1861. Major, Surgeon, 36th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 13, 1862. First Lieutenant, Assistant Sur- geon, U. S. Volunteers, Dee. 27, 1864. Major, Surgeon, May 3, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 16, 1866. Mustered ont, Jan. 27, 1866.
Prince, William Edgar. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1838. First Lieutenant, Nov. 8, 1839. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Mar. 16, 1848. Captain, Ist U. S. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1849. Major, 3d U. S. Infantry, Nov. 23, 1861. Retired, Mar. 30, 1864, for ineapacity resulting from long and faithful service, from wounds or injury received, from dis- ease contraeted or from exposure in the line of duty, in conformity with an Act of Congress of Aug., 1861. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865.
Proctor, Joseph L. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Dec. 31, 1862. Captain, 18th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 15, 1863. Trans- ferred to 36th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866, by the reorganization of the army. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Honorably discharged at his own request, Oct. 30, 1870.
Puffer, Alfred F. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 1, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 18, 1865.
Putnam, Atlee W. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 16, 1861, to May 2, 1863. Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Aug. 3, 1861. Died at New Orleans, La., May 2, 1863.
Putnam, George. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 17, 1863. Resigned, May 10, 1865.
Quincy, Samuel Miller. See General Officers.
Radetzki, Gustave H. Born in Russia. Private and Sergeant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, June 15 to Oet. 15, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 2d Tex. Cavalry, Dec. 8, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 7, 1863. Trans- ferred to Ist Tex. Cavalry, Sept. 10, 1864. Captain, Sept. 26, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 28th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. First Lieutenant, Aug. 8, 1868. Unas- signed, Mar. 31, 1869. Assigned to 9th U. S. Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1871. Dismissed, Oct. 15, 1872. Reinstated, Jan. 6, 1873. Dismissed, Nov. 19, 1873.
Rand, Arnold Augustus. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in ser- vice of the U. S., Apr. 14, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 30, 1861 ; mustered, Dee. 27, 1861. Captain, Feb. 4, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 3, 1863. Resigned, Jan. 12, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Dee. 3, 1863. See Massachu- setts Field Officers.
Read, John Gilman. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 12th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Aug. 30, 1862. Killed at the battle of Second Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862.
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Read, Samuel Tyler. See General Officers.
Reade, Philip. Born in Massachusetts. Served in U. S. Volunteers on Secret Service duty, Baltimore, Norfolk, Yorktown and New Berne, to May, 1864. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., from July 1, 1864, to Jan. 14, 1865, and from June 20, 1865, to Jan. 21, 1867. Second Lieu- tenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, May 13, 1867; accepted, May 20, 1867. First Lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1878. Captain, Nov. 13, 1889.
Reed, William Isaae. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 6th Cal. Infantry, Mar. 14, 1863. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 28, 1866. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Assigned to 7th U. S. Infantry, Dec. 31, 1870. Captain, Feb. 23, 1883. Retired, Apr. 23, 1889.
Resticaux, Edward Boylston Walker. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermas- ter, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. Mustered out, Mar. 26, 1867. Died at Chelsea, Mass., Mar. 19, 1878.
Revere, Joseph Warren. See General Officers.
Revere, Paul Joseph. See General Officers.
Revere, William H., Jr. See General Officers.
Rhoades, Lawrence. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 44th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 12, 1862. Discharged (disability), June 5, 1563. Captain, Commissary of Subsist- ence, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1864. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 22, 1SG5.
Rice, Edmund. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 19th Mass. Infantry, July 25, 1861 ; mustered, Aug. 28, 1861. Major, Sept. 7, 1862; mustered, Oct. 1, IS62. Lieut. Colonel, Feb. 28, 1864; mustered, July 27, 1864. Commissioned Colonel, July 28, 1864; not mustered. Mustered ont as Lieut. Colonel, June 30, 1865. First Lieutenant, 40th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Dee. 29, 1866. Brevet Captain, Major and Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 2, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 20, 1869. As- signed to 5th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1871. Regimental Adjutant, July 5, 1879, to Mar. 10, 1883. Captain, Mar. 10, 1SS3.
Rice, James Clay. See General Officers.
Rice, James Holton. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 18G1. Captain, Sept. 7, 1862. Mustered out, June 30, 1863. Captain, Veteran Reserve Corps, June 24, 1863; accepted, July 1, 1863. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 31, 1867. Second Lientenant, 44th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867; accepted, Apr. 1, 1867. Brevet First Lieutenant and Captain, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Transferred to 17th U. S. Infantry, May 27, 1869. First Lientenant, Dec. 31, 1872. Retired, Dec. 23, 1873, for disability in line of duty (sect. 1251, Rev. Stats.).
Rice, Nathan Payson. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 18th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1861. Mustered out, May 28; 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 7, 1863. Major, Surgeon, Sept. 2, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 15, 1865. Mustered out, July 27,1865.
Rice, William Fletcher. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry; Private, Sergeant and First Sergeant, 19th Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861, to Nov. 13, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1863. First Lieutenant, Nov. 15, 1863. Captain, Aug. 17, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 4, 1864. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 30, 1864. Captain, Mar. 27, 1865. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 23d U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 8, 1868. Regimental Quartermaster, Sept. 6, 1873, to June 5, 1884. Accidentally killed by falling from a railroad train, June 5, 1884.
Richardson, James Prentiss. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 19, 1861 ; mustered, Apr. 23, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Captain, 38th
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Richardson, James Prentiss, continued.
Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862. Major, Dec. 4, 1862. Lient. Colonel, July 16, 1863. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 11, 1866. Transferred to 26th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 31, 1867. Regimental Quartermaster, June 1, 1868, to Mar. 1, 1869. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Honorably discharged, Aug. 23, 1870, at his own request.
Richardson, Nathaniel Andrews. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 19, 1866. Mustered out, Apr. 30, 1866.
Ritchie, Montgomery. Born at Boston, Mass., Mar. 20, 1826. Captain and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Maj. General Blenker, June, 1861. Major and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Brig. General Miles, July, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 3, 1862. Resigned, Sept. 2, 1862. Captain, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 25, 1862. Sce Massa- chusetts Field Officers.
Robbins, Kenelm. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1858, to June 11, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, June 11, 1863. Brevet First Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1863. First Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, June 12, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Sept. 19, 1864. Recorder of Board for examining non-commissioned officers for promotion in the army, Dec. 12, 1864, to Aug. 1, 1866. Regimental Adjutant, July 31 to Dec. 31, 1866. Regimental Com- missary of Subsistence, Dec. 31, 1866, to Jan. 22, 1867. Captain, 43d U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 8, 1869. Died, Feb. 28, 1870.
Robins, Richard. Born at Boston, Mass., July 28, 1843. Private and Corporal, 11th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 10; 1861, to Oct. 8, 1862. Second Lieutenant, June 27, 1862. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, July 2, 1863. First Lieutenant, July 25, 1863. Brevet Captain, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, 39th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Resigned, July 20, 1868.
Robinson, Edward, Jr. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Sth N. Y. Infantry, Dee. 1, 1862. Mustered out, Apr. 23, 1863. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1863. Resigned, May 28, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Robinson, James Milnor. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, As- sistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 15, 1865. Died, Dec. 6, 1873.
Robinson, Jose A. A. Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, July 23, 1864. First Lieutenant, Oct. 24, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 28, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 25, 1867. Unassigned, May 27, 1869. Assigned to Ist U. S. Artillery, July 14, 1869. Cashiered, Apr. 15, 1870. Second Lieutenant, 24th U. S. In- fantry, Mar. 9, 1871. Resigned, July 27, 1871.
Rogers, Samuel N. Born in Vermont. Private, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 23, 1861. Second Lieu- tenant, U. S. Signal Corps, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 11, 1865.
Roper, George Stevens. Born at Rutland, Mass., Jan. 28, 1832. Captain and Commissary of Sub- sistence, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 9, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 14, 1866. Mus- tered out, Jan. 27, 1866.
Rose, George Smith. Born in Canada. Appointed from Massachusetts. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Dec., 1862, to Sept., 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 24, 1863. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 25, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, May 14, 1867. Died, Nov. 20, 1876.
Roundy, William C. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22 to Ang. 2, 1861. Private, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted, Jan. 3, 1864. Discharged, Sept. 13, 1865. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 32d and 21st U. S. Infantry, July 9,
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Roundy, William C., continued.
1867, to June 28, 1870. Private, Sergeant and First Sergeant, 21st U. S. Infantry, Feb. 10, 1871, to Jan. 22, 1874. Second Lientenant, Sth U. S. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1873. Cashiered, May 2, 1877.
Rouse, John Hill. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 4, 1865.
Royce, Harrison Augustus. Born in Connecticut. Q. M. Sergeant, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 23, 1861. First Lientenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 22d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 28, 1851. Mus- tered out, Oct. 17, 1864. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 11, 1865. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 31, 1868.
Rugg, Sylvanus T. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, 2d U. S. Artillery, Dec. 22, 1857, to Jan. 19, 1862. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, Oct. 22, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, Oct. 22, 1862. Dismissed, July 22, 1864.
Ruggles, James P. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 2d U. S. Dragoons (2d Cavalry), Apr. 3, 1860, to Apr. 3, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, May 3, 1865. First Lieutenant, Feb. 17, 1866. Cashiered, Aug. 15, 1867. Reinstated, Dec. 31, 1867. Cashiered, June 9, 1868.
Russell, Chas. Sawyer. See General Officers.
Russell, David Allen. See General Officers.
Russell, Edmund Hastings. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 9th Penn. Reserves, May 4, 1861. Captain, U. S. Signal Corps, Mar. 3, 1863. Appointment as Captain expired, July 4, 1864. Confirmed as First Lieutenant, Signal Corps, from Mar. 3, 1863. Captain, Signal Corps, Feb. 14, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 12, 1865. .
Russell, Francis Lowell Dutton. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 5th N. Y. Infantry, May 9 to Nov. 1, 1861, under the name of John H. Conway. Second Lientenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, Oct. 21, 1861. First Lientenant, Ang. 5, 1862. Died at Springfield, Mass., May 11, 1864.
Russell, George Briggs. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 38th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1863. Captain, Apr. 5, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. S, 1864. First Lieutenant, Veteran Reserve Corps, Ang. 25, 1564; accepted, Sept. 9, 1864. Captain, 7th Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 15, 1864; accepted, Sept. 17, 1864. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1866. Captain, 44th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Oct. 3, 1866. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Unassigned, May 27, 1869. Assigned to 7th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 7, 1870. Transferred to 9th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 30, 1870. Major, 5th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 22, 1892. .
Russell, Henry Sturgis. See General Officers.
Russell, Ira. Born in New Hampshire. Major, Surgeon, 11th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1861. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 4, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, June 1, 1865. Resigned, June 29, 1865.' Died at Winehendon, Mass., Dec. 19, ISSS.
Ryan, George. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857. Brevet Second Lientenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1857. Second Lieutenant, Ist Infantry, Oet. 31, 1857. Transferred to 7th Infantry, June 24, 1858. First Lieutenant, Apr. 22, 1861. Regi- mental Adjutant, Sept. 1, 1861, to July 9, 1862. Captain, July 9, 1862. Colonel, 140th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 29, 1863. Killed at the battle of Spotsylvania, May 8, 1864.
Safford, Samuel Appleton. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volun- teers, June 1, 1861. Mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. Died, June 14, 1885.
Sampson, Charles M. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 27, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, Quartermaster, assigned, May 25 to Aug. 1, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 23, 1865.
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Sanderson, James Monroe. Born in Maryland. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 4, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 7, 18G1. Major, Additional Aide-de-Camp, July 15, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Commissary of Subsist- ence, assigned, Jan. 1, 1863, to June 6, 1864. Dismissed, June 6, 1864. Reinstated, May 27, 1865. Mustered ont, Aug. 15, 1865.
Sargent, Charles Sprague. Born at Boston, Mass., Apr. 24, 1841. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp (staff of Maj. General Banks), Nov. 1, 1862. First Lieutenant, 2d La. Infantry, June 25, 1863. Captain and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 15, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 26, 1865.
Sargent, Horace Binney. See General Officers.
Sawyer, Nathan D. A. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861, to Ang. 10, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 10, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1862. Captain, July 7, 1863. Discharged (disability), May 15, 1865. Captain and Military Store- keeper, Quartermaster's Departinent, U. S. Army, July 28, 1866. Cashiered, Nov. 30, 1872.
Sawyer, Nathaniel C. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, July 21, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, July 20, 1866.
Saxton, Mirand Wright. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet at Military Academy from July 1, 1861, to Feb. 13, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 19, 1863. Captain, 128th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Mar. 23, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Trans- ferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, May 27, 1871. Resigned, Aug. 20, 1878.
Saxton, Rufus. Sce General Officers.
Saxton, Samuel Willard. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volun- teers, Apr. 30, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 12, 1865. Mustered out, July 20, 1866.
Schmidt, Claudius. Born in Denmark. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Resigned, June 30, 1862.
Scott, Henry Bruce. Born in Indiana. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Jan. 16, 1862. Cap- tain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1862. Major, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 18, 1865. Resigned as Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 6, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 31, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Apr. 23, 1865. See Massachusetts Field Officers.
Screiber, Charles H. Robert. Born in Germany. Captain, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Discharged for promotion, Mar. 31, 1862. Major, Ist Md. Cavalry, Apr. 1, 1862. Lient. Colonel and Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, May 19, 1862. Dismissed, Ang. 4, 1862.
Scudder, Frank H. Born in Massachusetts. Q. M. Sergeant, 8Sth III. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 14, 1863. Captain, Com- missary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Oet. 24, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 22, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 25, 1865.
Scaverns, Joel. Born in Massachusetts. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, May 21, 1862, to June 24, 1862, and from Aug. 28, 1862, to Dec. 4, 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 4, 1863. Major, Surgeon, Mar. 30, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volun- teers, Oct. 6, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 7, 1865.
Sedgwick, William Dwight. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 16, 1861. Major, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 7, 1862. Died at Keedysville, Md., Sept. 29, 1862, of a wound received at Antietam, Sept. 17.
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Shelton, Eugene Edward. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 1, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 22, 1862. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 14, 1865. Resigned, July 14, 1865. Died at Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1875.
Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald. See General Officers.
Sherman, Horace P. Born in Massachusetts. Hospital Steward, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861, to Aug. 8, 1862. Ilospital Steward, 18th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 28, 1862, to Sept. 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 35th U. S. Infantry, June 8, 1867. Transferred to 15th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1869. First Lieutenant, Feb. 1, 1873. Died, Oct. 6, 1877. .
Sherwin, Thomas. See General Officers.
Sibley, Caleb Chase. See General Officers.
Sibley, Heury Robinson. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, Dee. 17, 1861. Discharged (disability), Jan. 13, 1863. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 30, 1863. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Col- onel, Dec. 6, 1865. Mustered out, Dec. 13, 1865.
Simonton, Edward. Born in Maine. Private, 33d Mass. Infantry, 1862. First Sergeant, 20th Me. Infantry, Aug. 29, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1863. Resigned, Mar. 3, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Col'd Troops, July 27, 1863. First Lieutenant, July 25, 1864. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, May 28, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 29, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, Apr. 21, 1866. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Unassigned, Mar. 28, 1870. Honorably discharged at his own request, Sept. 20, 1870.
Simpson, James Ferdinand. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 14th Conn. Infantry, Ang. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Feb. 4, 1863. Captain, Oct. 20, 1863. Mustered ont, Nov. 14, 1864. Captain, 2d U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Feb. 16, 1865. Mustered ont, Mar. 26, 1866. Second Lieu- tenant, 40th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 17, 1867; accepted, Ang. 23, 1867. Brevet First Lieutenant and Captain, U. S. Army, Aug. 17, 1867. Transferred to 25th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 20, 1869. Transferred to 3d U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 15, 1871. First Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1877. Regimental Quartermaster, July 24, 1879, to Sept. 1, 1883. Captain, Nov. 26, 1884. Retired, Nov. 25, 1887, for disability in line of duty (sect. 1251, Rev. Stats.).
Sladen, Joseph Alton. Born in England, Apr. 5, 1841. Private and Corporal, 33d Mass. Infantry, Ang. 6, 1862, to Nov. 25, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 25, 1864. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. First Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Col'd In- fantry, Oet. 24, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 26, 1866. Second Lientenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, Mar. 27, 1866; accepted, May 19, 1866. Transferred to 26th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866, by the reor- ganization of the army. First Lieutenant, July 17, 1867. Brevet First Lieutenant and Captain, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Assigned to 14th U. S. Infantry, Dee. 15, 1870. Regimental Quartermaster, July 25, 1887, to June 15, 1888. Captain, June 15, 1883. Re- tired, Apr. 8, 1889. Loss of right leg from injury in line of duty (sect. 1251, Rev. Stats ). .
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