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Warren, Fitz Henry. See General Officers.
Warren, Joseph II. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 14, 1861. Re- signed, May 22, 1862.
Warren, Lucius Henry. See General Officers.
Washburn, Francis. See General Officers.
Washburne, George Abiel. See General Officers.
Wass, Ansel Dyer. See General Officers.
Watson, Benjamin Franklin. Born at Warner, N. H., Apr. 30, 1826. Major, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Lient. Colonel, May 18, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 5, 1861. Resigned, Sept. 14, 1864. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Webber, Charles II. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Massachusetts. Second Lieu- tenant, 1.t U. S. Artillery, May 29, 1855. First Lieutenant, Nov. 22, 1860. Captain, Oct. 25, 1861. Dismissed, Oct. 11, 1862.
Webster, Amos. Born in Massachusetts. Corporal, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Second Lien- tenant, May 8, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered out, May 25, 1864. Captain and
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Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Oet. 1, 1864. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Brevet First Lieutenant, Captain and Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 7, 1867. Seeond Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 7, 1867. First Lieutenant, June 9, 1868. Resigned, Apr. 15, 1869.
Webster, Joseph Dana. See General Officers.
Webster, Warren. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, June 23, 1860; accepted, June 29, 1860. Brevet Captain, May 3, 1863. Brevet Major, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, Assistant Surgeon, June 23, 1865. Major, Surgeon, July 28, 1866. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 23, 1866. Retired, Feb. 28, 1889.
Weeks, Benjamin Franklin. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Sergeant Major and Q. M. Sergeant, 28th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 24, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Apr. 6, 1862. Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 21, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 18, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 4, 1865.
Weld, Stephen Minot. See General Officers.
Wells, Charles Brown. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 52d Ill. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 20, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, July 14, 1865.
Wells, George Duncan. See General Officers.
Wells, Thomas R. Born in Massachusetts. Private and Q. M. Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 5, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 6, 1863. Captain, Apr. 16, 1864. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 9, 1865. Mustered ont, Feb. 28, 1866.
West, Edward Waiter. See General Officers.
West, George Warren. See General Officers.
Wetherbee, George Coolidge. Born at Harvard, Mass., July 27, 1840. Private, 23d Mass. Infantry, Oet. 17, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, May 2, 1863. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Ang. 19, 1863. Brevet Major, June 24, 1865. Mustered out, June 26, 1865.
Wetherell, Hiram B. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 27, 1861. Resigned, Apr. 27, 1863. Died, June 1, 1879.
Wetherell, Horace R. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volun- teers, Sept. 9, 1861. Resigned, July 16, 1863. Died, Apr. 8, 1886.
Wetherell, Robert Whitney, Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 19th Ill. Infantry, Ang. 10, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered out, June 6, 1865.
Wheaton, Charles. Born in Rhode Island. First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861, to July 26, 1862. Captain, Commissary of Subsistenee, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1862; accepted, July 27, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, Commissary of Subsistence, assigned, June 9, 1865, to Jan. 8, 1866. Brevet Lient. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 1, 1865. Mustered out, May 31, 1866. Captain, 33d U. S Infantry, July 17, 1867 ; accepted, Ang. 12, 1867. Unassigned, May 3, 1869. Assigned to 23d U. S. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1871. Retired, June 22, ISSO. Disability in line of duty (sect. 1251, Rev. Stats.).
Wheeler, John P. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov, 26, 1862. Died, July 12, 1863.
Wheeler, Willard Daniels. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volun- teers, Mar. IS, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 1, 1865. Died at Ouray, Col., Jan. 21, 1885.
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Wheelock, Joseph H. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S Military Academy, July 1, 1846, to July 1, 1850. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1850. Second Lieutenant, 4th Ar- tillery, Sept. 27, 1850. First Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1856. Resigned, Mar. 31, 1857. Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 20, 1861. See Massachusetts Field Officers.
Whipple, Amiel Weeks. See General Officers.
Whipple, Henry Carlomen. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 2d Mich. Cavalry, Sept. 2, 1861. Adjutant, Apr. 15, 1863. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 19, 1863. Resigned, Apr. 26, 1865. Died, Aug. 6, 1883.
Whitcomb, Jolin R. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Mustered out, June 27, 1864. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, June 30, 1864. Mus- tered out, June 10, 1866.
Whitcomb, William Chalmers. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. Ilos- pital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, July 5, 1862. Died, Oet. 23, 1864.
White, George Quincy. Born at Boston, Mass., Ang. 14, 1839. Joined the Chicago Volunteer Bat- tery, Apr., 1861. Private, Ist Battery, Ill. Light Artillery, July 16, 1861, to Jan. 20, 1862. Cap- tain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 12, 1862; accepted, May 31, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 26, 1866. Vacated commission, July 20, 1867. Captain, 44th U. S. Infantry, July 2, 1867 ; accepted, July 20, 1867. Brevet Major, U S. Army, July 2, 1867. Un- assigned, May 27, 1869. Retired, Dee. 15, 1870. Loss of right arm from wound in line of duty (Act Aug. 3, 1861).
White, John G. S. Born in Massachusetts. Corporal and Sergeant, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861, to Mar. 8, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 2, 1864; mustered, Mar. 19, 1864. First Lieutenant, Feb. 15, 1865; mustered, Mar. 19, 1865. Mustered out. Oct. 31, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, Apr. 2, 1866. Transferred to 33d Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Unassigned, May 3, 1869. Honorably discharged at his own re- quest, Nov. 30, 1870.
White, Jonathan Ames. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volun- teers, Ang. 7, 1863. Mustered out, Nov. 22, 1865. Died, Mar. 30, 1885.
Whiting, Charles Jarvis. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1835. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 10, 1835. Resigned, May 31, 1836. Captain, 2d U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855. Transferred to 5th U. S. Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. Major, 2d U. S. Cavalry, July 17, 1862. Dismissed, Nov. 5, 1863. Reinstated, Ang. 2, 1866, as Major, 3d U. S. Cavalry, to rank from July 17, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 6th U. S. Cavalry, May 6, 1869. Transferred to the list of supernumeraries, Dec. 15, 1870. Mustered out of service, Jan. 1, 1871. Died at Castine, Me., Jan. 8, 1890.
Whitman, Edmund Burke. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Vol- unteers, July 18, 1862. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mus- tered out, Ang. 20, 1868. Died, Sept. 2, 1883.
Whitney, John. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant, 2d Ohio Infantry, Apr. 17, 1861, to Aug. 9, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1861. First Lieutenant, Feb. 11, 1863. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1865. Captain, 8th Veteran Volunteer Infantry, July 31, 1865. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 27, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry, May 11, 1866. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. First Lieu- tenant, Mar. 1, 1867. Transferred to 11th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 25, 1869. Captain, Oet. 9, 1885. Retired, Apr. 24, 1886.
Whittemore, Edward William. Born at Brighton, Mass , Feb. 13, 1834. Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 24, 1861 ; accepted, Nov. 4, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 10, 1862. Captain, Mar. 10, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Transferred to 35th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Transferred to 15th U. S. Infantry, Ang 12, 1869. Major, 10th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 17, 1889. Lieut. Colonel, 12th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 14, 1892. Retired, Mar. 7, 1893, at his own request; over thirty years' service (sect. 1243, Rev. Stats.).
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Whittemore, James Madison. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1855, to July 1, 1860. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1860. Second Lien- tenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, Sept. 27, 1860. Transferred to Ordnance Corps, May 5, 1861. First Lieutenant, Ordnance, July 1, 1861. Captain, Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Major, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, Ordnance, June 23, 1874. Lieut. Colonel, Ordnance, Aug. 2, 1879. Colonel, Ord- nance, Jan. 3, 1887.
Whittier, Charles Albert. See General Officers.
. Whittier, Francis Henry. See General Officers.
Whytal, Thomas G. Born in Nova Scotia. Captain, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered ont, June 30, 1863. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volun- teers, Nov. 13, 1863. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mus- tered ont, Oct. 5, 1867.
Wilcox, Edgar Norville. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th Ohio Infantry, June 19 to Dec., 1861. Private and Sergeant, 3d Battalion, 18th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 14 to Mar. 26, 1863. Second Lieu- tenant, Feb. 19, 1863. First Lieutenant, Sept. 20, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Sept. i, 1864. Captain, 3d Battalion, 18th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 26, 1869. Mustered out, Jan. 1, 1871.
Wild, Edward Augustus. See General Officers.
Wilder, A. Carter. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 7, 1861. Resigned, Aug. 22, 1862.
Wilder, Abraham MI. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Vols., Mar. 11, 1863. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Vols., June 29, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Vols., Ang. 15. 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 18, 1865. Died at San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 17, 1886.
Wilder, Charles B. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. Mustered out, Mar. 30, 1866. Died, May 7, 1882.
Wiley, Daniel Day. See General Officers.
Wilkins, Charles. Born in Massachusetts. Military Storekeeper, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army, Feb. 3, 1862. Died at Detroit Arsenal, Jan. 18, 1865.
Williams, Ephraim. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 27th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 18, 1864. First Lieutenant, July 9, 1864. Mustered out, May 10, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 28, 1866. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Sept. 23, 1867. Retired, Apr. 3, 1869.
Williams, Henry B. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, June 9, 1862. Resigned, Oct. 4, 1862.
Williams, Robert. See General Officers.
Williams, William G. Born in Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 24, 1864. Mustered out, July 15, 1865.
Wilson, Charles Frederick. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 23, 1864. Mustered out, July 20, 1866.
Wilson, Henry Hamilton. Born in Massachusetts. At U. S. Naval Academy, from Sept. 24, 1862, to Sept. 12, 1863. First Lieutenant, 31st U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 14, 1864. Captain, 104th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 6, 1865. Lient. Colonel, July 1, 1865. Mustered out, Feb. 5, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry, Apr. 9, 1866. Died at Austin, Texas, Dee. 24, 1866.
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Wilson, Walter M. Born in Missouri. Appointed from Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Cavalry, Apr. 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, 4th Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Mar. 5 to Nov. 30, 1862. Captain, May 9, 1864. Resigned, Apr. 21, 1866. Died, May 27, 1873.
Winchester, Benjamin Frank. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 12, 1865. Mustered out, July 26, 1865.
Winchester, Warren Weaver. Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, June 5, 1862. Mustered out, Nov. 11, 1865.
Winslow, George C. Born in Vermont. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quar- termaster, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 10, 1863. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 9, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 20, 1866.
Withington, William Herbert. See General Officers.
Woart, John. Born in Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 22, 1865; accepted, Apr. 3, 1865. Mustered out, June 2, 1866. Chaplain at Fort Union, New Mexico, June 2, 1866. Post Chaplain, Apr. 3, 1867; accepted, May 9, 1867. Retired, June 30, 1882. Died at San Fran- cisco, Cal., Nov. 24, 1893.
Wood, William Henry. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1845. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1846. First Lieutenant, Sept. 9, 1851. Regimental Adjutant, May 1, 1860, to Apr. 11, 1861. Captain, Apr. 11, 1861. Major, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Ist U. S. Infantry, Dec. 3, 1863. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Colonel, 17th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 22, 1869. Unassigned, Mar. 15, 1869. Assigned to 11th U. S. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1870. Retired from active service upon his own application, June 26, 1882. Died at Pass Christian, Miss., Jan. 1, 1887.
Woods, George Henry. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 1st Minn. Infantry, Apr. 29, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 16, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Commissary of Subsistence, assigned from Ang. 20, 1862, to Sept. 27, 1862, and from Jan. 9, 1863, to July 3, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 10, 1865. Mustered out, July 11, 1865. Died, Sept. 30, 1884.
Woodward, Solomon E. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Dec. 31, 1862. Brevet Major, Sept. 1, 1864. Captain, 15th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 13, 1865. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Resigned, Sept. 30, 1866.
Wright, Edward. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Ist Ill. Cavalry, Sept. 7, 1861. Mustered out, July 14, 1862. Major and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 8, 1862. Honorably discharged, Aug. 15, 1863. Major, Paymaster, U. S. Army, Feb. 23, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Oct. 1, 1873. Died, Dec. 24, 1873.
Wright, George M. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, Feb. 19, 1862. First Lieutenant, July 24, 1862. Dismissed, Dec. 30, 1864.
Wright, Thomas S. Born in Massachusetts. Private and Sergeant, 14th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 21, 1861, to June 27, 1862. Second Lieutenant, June 9, 1862. Cashiered, July 21, 1862.
Wyman, Powell T. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1846, to July 1, 1850. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1850. Second Lieutenant, Ist Ar- tillery, Sept. 16, 1850. First Lieutenant, Dee. 24, 1853. Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 4, 1854, to May 25, 1857. Resigned, July 13, 1860. Colonel, 16th Mass. Infantry, July 13, 1861. See Massa- chusetts Field Officers.
Young, William Field. Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Commis- sary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 27, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 31, 1863.
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ADDENDA.
Allanson, John Sylvanus. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lieuten- ant, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 12, 1863; mastered, Aug. 22, 1863. Resigned, May 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant, Ist N. Y. Engineers, Feb. 24, 1864. First Lieutenant, Dec. 11, 1864. Mus- tered ont, June 30, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 20th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867. First Lieutenant, Oct. 26, 1868. Discharged (under Act of Congress, July 15, 1870), Nov. 1, 1870.
Baldwin, George William. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lienten- ant, Adjutant, 15th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 27, 1861. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 9, 1862. Resigned, Apr. 18, 1863.
Bond, Frank Stewart (or Stuart). Born at Sturbridge, Mass., Feb. 1, 1830. First Lieutenant, 10th Conn. Infantry, Mar. 27, 1862. Major, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 11, 1863. Resigned, Nov. 18, 1864.
Cunningham, Charles N. W. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Massachusetts. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861, to Oct. 25, 1863. First Lieutenant, 37th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Oct. 25, 1863. Captain, 38th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1866. Captain, 38th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. Dismissed, Dec. 23, 1878. Died in Texas, Mar. 9, 1893.
Dalton, John Call. Born at Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 2, 1825. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 7th N. Y. State Militia, Apr. 16, 1861. Mustered out, June 3, 1861. Major, Brigade Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 3, 1861. Resigned, Feb. 14, 1864. Died, Feb. 12, 1889.
Total, 869
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VIII. LIST OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN REGIMENTS OF OTHER STATES.
NOTE. This list has been compiled with difficulty from many sources, mostly unofficial, including State histories, local histories, biographies, and the records of various commanderies of the Loyal Legion, besides private correspondence. It is, doubtless, very inadequate, and is peculiarly liable to errors of detail and form.
Abbot, Henry Larcom. See General Officers.
Adams, John Wesley. Born at Townsend, Mass., May 23, 1832. Chaplain, 2d N. H. Infantry, Dec. 8, 1863. Mustered out, Dec. 19, 1865.
Adams, Julius Walker. Born at Boston, Mass., Oet. 18, 1818. Colonel, 67th N. Y. Infantry, June, 1861 (" the first regiment in the State to offer its services for the war "). Resigned, Oct. 19, 1862. Alden, John I'. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Ist Kan. Infantry, June 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 3, 1861. Captain, May 12, 1862. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1863. See U. S. Army.
Alderman, Edwin B. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 31st Iowa Infantry, Oct. 13, 1862. Resigned, Feb. 13, 1863.
Aldrich, Edwin JJ. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 17th Iowa Infantry, Feb. 28, 1862. Regimental Quartermaster, Apr. 18, 1862. Resigned, Jan. 20, 1863. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 18, 1864. See U. S. Army.
Allanson, John Sylvanus. First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 12, 1863; mustered, Aug. 22, 1863. Resigned, May 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant, Ist N. Y. Engineers, Feb. 24, 1864. First Lieutenant, Dec. 11, 1864. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 20th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867. See U. S. Army.
Allen, Lindsay P. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Captain, 40th N. Y. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Major, commissioned, Nov. 10, 1862, to rank, Aug. 12, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, com- missioned, Mar. 17, 1863, to rank, Feb. 23, 1863. Mustered out, July 7, 1863.
Anderson, Edward. Born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 19, 1833. Chaplain, 37th Ill. Infantry, Sept. 18, 1861. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1862. Colonel, 12th Ind. Cavalry, Mar. 1, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 10, 1865.
Anderson, Rudolph N. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. First Sergeant, 74th N. Y. Infantry, June 20, 1861. Second Lieutenant, commissioned, Dec. 17, 1862, to rank, May 16, 1862. Died of wounds received in action at Bristoe Station, Va., Nov. 20, 1862.
Andrews, William Howard. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 108th N. Y. Infantry, Ang. 18, 1862. Major, Ang., 1864; not Innstered. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mus- tered out, May 28, 1865. Captain, U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Sept. 11, 1865. Mustered ont, May 1, 1866. Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 12th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. See U. S. Army.
Arkins, Willlam. Born in Massachusetts. Enlisted in 5th Minn. Infantry, Dec. 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Mar. 24, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1862. Captain, Apr. 12, 1863; mustered, Mar. 24, 1863. Resigned, Ang. 22, 1864.
Atwill, James William. Sergeant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Ist N. C. Infantry, Oct. 12, 1862. Captain, Sept. 7, 1863. Major, June 5, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, June 20, 1865. Mustered out, June 27, 1865.
Avery, Orin A. Residence at Boston, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, 3d R. I. Cav- alry, Aug. 10, 1863. Captain, Apr. 15, 1864.
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Bacon, Francis. Residence at Worcester, Mass., at time of enlistment. Private, 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 19, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1861. Private, 15th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 4, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 102d N. Y. Infantry, Mar. 17, 1863. Killed in action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Badger, Algernon S. Second Lieutenant, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 19, 1861. First Lieutenant, Apr. 11, 1562. Captain, Ist Texas Cavalry, Nov. 11, 1862. Lient. Colonel, Ist La. Cavalry, Oct. 15, 1864. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Mustered out, Dec. 18, 1865.
Bailey, Clarence S. Sergeant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 30, 1861. Commissioned in 2d La. Cavalry, Oct. 8, 1863. Captain, 2d La. Cavalry, May 12, 1864. Mustered out by reason of consolidation, Sept. 7, 1864.
Baldwin, Luke, Jr. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 24th Iowa Infantry, Sept. 9, 1862; mustered, Sept. 17, 1862. Died of disease at Helena, Ark., Mar. 1, 1863. Baldwin, Thomas C. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th Iowa Infantry, July 23, 1861. First Sergeant, Nov. 15, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Apr. 18, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 8, 1862. Dismissed by sentence of General Court Martial, Dec. 21, 1862. (Adj. General's Report of Iowa, 1867, p. S1.)
Ball, Benjamin Absalom. Second Lieutenant, 53d N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 23, 1861. Mustered out, Mar. 21, 1862. First Lieutenant, 3d Unattached Company, Mass. Heavy Artillery, afterwards 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 31, 1862. See Mass. Field Officers.
Ballou, Erastus G. Residence at Boston, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Sergeant, 2d Vt. In- fantry, May 7, 1861. Sergeant Major, Oct. 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, Jan. 27, 1862. Captain, Aug. 4, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 1, 1864. Major, 2d Vt. Infantry, June 6, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out, July 15, 1865, as Captain.
Ballou, George O. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, 40th N. Y. Infantry ; commissioned, Aug. 15, 1861, to rank, June 27, 1861. Resigned, Feb. 6, 1862.
Barker, Charles A. First Sergeant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Ang. 31, 1862. Mustered out, June 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, Coast Guard Battalion, Me. Infantry, Mar. 18, 1864. Mustered out, May 25, 1865.
Barker, Edward. Corporal, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 27, 1862. Chaplain, 91st N. Y. Infantry, Mar. 12, 1863. Resigned, July 28, 1864.
Barker, Hiram P. Residence at Chelsea, Mass., at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, Ist R. I. Cavalry, Dec. 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, Quartermaster, 2d Battalion, Ist R. I. Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ist R. I. Cavalry, Aug. 5, 1862. Mustered out, Dec., 1864.
Barney, Benjamin Griffin. See General Officers.
Barrett, Richard. First Sergeant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 25, 1861. Captain, Ist La. Cavalry, Aug., 1862. Resigned, Sept. 24, 1864.
Barrett, Samuel Eddy. Born at Cambridgeport, Mass., May 16, 1834. First Lientenant, Ist Ill. Light Artillery, Apr. 19, 1861. Senior First Lientenant, May, 1861. Mustered out, July 16, 1861. Senior First Lieutenant, Ist Ill. Light Artillery, July 16, 1861. Captain, Apr. 1, 1862. Major, Feb. 25, 1863. Resigned, Feb. 13, 1864.
Bartlett, Prescott. Born at Conway, Mass., Aug. 19, 1821. Captain, 7th Ill. Cavalry, Aug. 12, 1861. Mustered out, Oct. 15, 1864.
Bates, Ellsworth N. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 20th Iowa Infantry, Ang. 25, 1862. Resigned, Sept. 18, 1863.
Bates, Erastus Newton. See General Officers.
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