Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65, vol II pt 2, Part 16

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: 878


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Morse, Edmund Alonzo. Born at Newton, Mass., June 11, 1833. First Lientenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Ist Vt. Infantry, Apr. 26, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 15, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 7th Vt. Infantry, Dee. 5, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 1, 1862. See U. S. Army.


Moseley, Nathaniel R. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 36th N. Y. Infantry, June 14, 1861. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 17, 1861. See U. S. Army.


Munsey, Alfred T. Private, 30th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 20, 1861. First Lieutenant, Ist La. Infantry, Aug. 8, 1862. Discharged (disability), Jan. 27, 1863.


Murphy, Joseph. Residence in Massachusetts at the time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, 40th N. Y. Infantry ; commissioned, May 11, 1865, to rank, Mar. 14, 1865. Mustered out, June 27, 1865.


Needham, John Thomas. . Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 99th N. Y. Infantry, Feb. 15, 1862. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, commissioned, June 29, 1863, to rank, June 1, 1563. Discharged, Dec. 20, 1864.


Newton, Thomas F. Sergeant, 17th Mass. Infantry, July 22, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Oct. 28, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 3, 1862. Mustered ont, July 11, 1865. Captain, 2d N. C. Infantry. Re- signed, Jan. 19, 1865. Died at Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 5, 1894.


Nickerson, Joseph F. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 12th Iowa Infantry, Nov. 5, 1861. First Lieutenant, Feb. 22, 1862. Died at Montgomery, Ala., May 31, 1862, while prisoner of war. Noble, Henry Theophilus. Born at Otis, Mass. First Lieutenant, 13th Ill. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Captain, June 25, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, July 8, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Nourse, Henry S. Residence at Lancaster, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 55th Ill. Infantry, Apr. 30, 1862; mustered, Mar. 5, 1862. Captain, enlisted, Dee. 19, 1862; mnstered, Sept. 26, 1863. Mustered out, Mar. 29, 1865.


Noyes, Edward Follansbee. See General Otticers.


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Noyes, Edward J. Seeond Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 12, 1862. Captain, Ist Texas Cavalry, Nov., 1862. Major. Discharged, Ang. 17, 1864.


Odiorne, David Whiton. Born at Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 27, 1845. Private, 19th Penn. Infantry, Apr. 18, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 29, 1861. Private, 97th Penn. Infantry, Sept. 6, 1861. First Corporal, Sept. 20, 1861. Fifth Sergeant, July 30, 1863. Discharged, Dec. 31, 1863. Re-enlisted, Veteran, 97th Penn. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1864. Second Sergeant, Sept. 6, 1864. First Sergeant, Sept. 19, 1864. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 5, 1864. First Lieutenant, Feb. 15, 1865. Discharged, Ang. 28, 1865. Died near Stamford, Conn., May 22, 1889.


Oliver, Harrison. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 20th Iowa Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Killed in battle at Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862.


Ormsby, Edward F. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 7th Iowa Cavalry, June 3, 1865; mnstered, July 15, 1865. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. First Lieutenant, Jan. 23, 1866; mustered, Feb. 17, 1866. Mustered out, June 22, 1866.


O'Sullivan, William, Jr. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Captain, 40th N. Y. Infantry ; commissioned, Aug. 15, 1861, to rank, June 27, 1861. Killed in action at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.


Owen, Frederick Wooster. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 38th N. Y. Infantry, Nov. 12, 1861. First Lientenant, Dec. 10, 1862. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volun- teers, Feb. 27, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Owens, George E. Private and Corporal, 47th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 16, 1862. Discharged, Aug. 4, 1863. Enlisted in Headquarters Troops, Department of the Gulf, July 28, 1863; mustered, Ang. 1, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1863. Discharged, July 1, 1864.


Paine, Charles Jackson. See General Officers.


Parker, Alonzo Harrington. Born at New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 31, 1841. First Sergeant, 19th Iowa Infantry, Ang. 21, 1862. Second Lientenant, Dec. 1, 1862; riot mustered. First Lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1862; mustered, Jan. 1, 1863. Captain, Oct. 1, 1863; mustered, Mar. 6, 1864. Mustered out, July 10, 1865.


Parker, Charles C. Born in Massachusetts. First Sergeant, 2d Iowa Infantry, May 27, 1861. First Lientenant, May 14, 1862; mustered, May 16, 1862. Mustered out, May 27, 1864.


Parker, Daniel S. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 25th . N. Y. Cavalry, Mar. 23, 1865. Mustered out, June 30, 1865.


Parr, John. First Lieutenant, Ist Battalion Mass. Heavy Artillery, June 4, 1863. Major, 10th Tenn. Cavalry, May 10, 1864. Resigned, June 18, 1864.


Parsons, Elias Howard. Born in Massachusetts. Quartermaster Sergeant, 46th Ohio Infantry, Dee. 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Mar. 12, 1863. First Lieutenant, Apr. 15, 1864. Captain, Sept. 8, 1864. Mustered out, July 22, 1865. First Lieutenant, 12th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. See U. S. Army.


Parsons, Jolin R. Second Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Nov. 20, 1861. Not commissioned by the Governor of Massachusetts. Captain, Ist La. Infantry, Ang. 8, 1862. Major, Mar. 24, 1864. Mustered out, July 12, 1865.


Parsons, John W. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 10th Kan. Infantry, Ang. 7, 1861. Died of disease at Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 22, 1861.


Parsons, William B. Born in Massachusetts. Private and Sergeant, 2d Kan. Cavalry, Dec. 3, 1861. First Lientenant, Adjutant, Mar. 26, 1862. Transferred to 9th Kan. Cavalry, June 17, 1562. Discharged, Dec. 29, 1862.


Patrick, Samuel L. Born at Brimfield, Mass., Aug. 10, 1833. First Lientenant, 34th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1861 ; mustered, Sept. 7, 1861. Captain, Mar. 28, 1862; mustered, Mar. 1, 1863. Re- signed, Nov. 21, 1863.


Payne, J. T. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 31st Mass. Infantry, May 5, 1862. Discharged for promotion as Major, Surgeon, 73d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 27, 1862. Regiment consolidated with 96th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 27, 1565. Dis- charged from 96th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 7, 1865. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, Ist New Orleans Regiment (La. Infantry), Jan. 15, 1866. Mustered ont, May, 1866.


Peabody, Everett. Born at Springfield, Mass., June 13, 1830. Colonel, 25th Mo. Infantry ; commis- sioned, Mar. 24, 1862, to rank from Sept. 1, 1861. Killed at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Apr. 6, 1862.


Pearce, Henry. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 11th Kan. Cavalry, Sept. 10, 1862. Cap- tain, Sept. 19 1863. Mustered out, Aug. 7, 1865.


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Pease, Roger Williams. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 12th N. Y. Infantry, May 7, 1861. Resigned, Ang. 28, 1861. Major, Surgeon, 10th N. Y. Cavalry, Nov. 20, 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 2, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Penniman, Jesse B. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 2d Iowa Infantry, May 5, ISGI ; mustered, May 28, 1861. Second Sergeant, 15th Iowa Infantry, Nov. 16, 1861. Sergeant Major, Dec. 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1862. Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., Apr. 6, 1862.


Pent, Samuel. Private, 38th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Ist La. Cavalry, Nov. 1, 1864. Mustered ont, Dec. 18, 1865.


Perkins, Francis William. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 2d N. H. Infantry, Ang. 26, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, June 9, 1862. See U. S. Army.


Perkins, Orson N. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 4th Iowa Cavalry, Nov. 23, 1861. Re- signed (disability), June 23, 1862.


Perry, Edward Southworth. Born at West Springfield, Mass., Aug. 16, 1843. Corporal, 7th Conn. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1862. Cap- tain, Apr. 11, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 26, 1864.


Persons, Alonzo W. Corporal, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Dee. IS, 1861. Captain, Ist La. Infantry, Aug. 8, 1862. Mustered out, July 12, 1865.


Pickett, Eugene. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant, 83d N. Y. Infantry, May 27, 1861. First Ser- geant, July 25, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 6, 1861. First Lieutenant, Feb. 23, 1862. Re- signed, Dec. 31, 1862. Captain, Veteran Reserve Corps, Mar. 18, 1864, Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 12th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 9, 1867. See U. S. Army.


Pierce, Edward Corbin. Corporal, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 3d Me. Infantry, Ang. 8, 1861 ; mustered, Sept. 21, 1861. First Lieutenant, Apr. 6, 1862. Captain, Dec. 22, 1862. Mustered ont, June 28, 1864.


Pierce, Ephraim. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant, 3d Minn. Infantry, Sept. 30, 1861. Seeond Lien- tenant, May 12, 1863. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, June 14, 1864. Captain, Apr. 17, 1865. Died at Duvall's Binff, Ark , July 1, 1865.


Picree, Henry Hubbard. Born in Massachusetts. Private and First Sergeant, 4th Conn. Infantry, May 22, 1861, to Nov. 6, 1861. Seeond Lieutenant, Ist Conn. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 6, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 1, 1862. Captain, Feb. 9, 1863. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, Oct. 16, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, Ist Conn. Heavy Artillery, May 24, 1865. Mnstered out, Sept. 25, 1865. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, Oct. 16, 1867. See U. S. Army.


Pike, Joshua A. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, 9th Kan. Cavalry, Oct. 24, 1861. Cap- tain, Jan. 24, 1863. Resigned, Sept. 20, 1864.


Pitman, William Goddard. Born at New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 15, 1834. Private, Ist Wis. Infantry, Apr. 17, 1861. Sergeant. Mnstered out, Aug. 21. 1861. First Lieutenant, 23d Wis. Infantry, Ang. 21, 1862. Adjutant, Sept. 1, 1862. Captain, Apr. 6, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 16, 1863. Plummer, Joseph Bennett. See General Officers.


Poole, Horace. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Ist Iowa Infantry, May 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 21st Iowa Infantry, Sept. 2, 1862; mustered, Sept. 9, 1862. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1864. See U. S. Army.


Pope, Graham. Born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 12, 1840. First Lieutenant, 23d Mieh. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1862. Resigned (disability), Feb. 26, 1863.


Porter, Burr. Major, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 2, 1862. Colonel, 40th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 7, 1862 .. Discharged, as Major, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 9, 1862. Resigned, as Colonel, 40th Mass. Infantry, July 21, 1863. Colonel, 1st Battalion Frontier Cav- alry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Feb. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 21, 1865. Colonel, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 21, 1865. See Mass. Field Officers.


Porter, Henry Thomas. Born at Weymouth, Mass., July 13, 1832. Second Lieutenant, 13th Ill. Infantry, May 24, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, May 24, 1861. Mustered out, June 18, 1864. 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. See U. S. Army.


Potter, Henry Langdon. Born at Monterey, Mass., Mar. 26, 1828. Lieut. Colonel, 71st N. Y. In- fantry, July 18, 1861. Colonel, May 1, 1863. Discharged, Dec. 31, 1564.


Potter, Robert B. See General Officers.


Pratt, Caleb S. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, Ist Kan. Infantry, June 3, 1861. Killed at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., Ang. 10, 1861.


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Pratt, Calvin Edward. See General Officers.


Pratt, Henry. Born at North Chelsea, Mass., Ang. 16, 1838. Private, 12th N. Y. Infantry, Apr. 19, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 5, 1861. First Lieutenant, 89th N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 15, 1861. Captain, Nov. 11, 1862. Resigned, Dec. 27, 1862. Died at New York City, Sept. 22, 1892.


Pratt, Isaac V. Born in Massachusetts. Lieut. Colonel, 18th Mo. Infantry, Aug. 17, 1861. Dis- charged, May 11, 1863. Died, May 5, 1893.


Pratt, James Hervey. Born at Plainfield, Mass., Dec. 27, 1825. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quar- termaster ISth Mich. Infantry, Aug. 2, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Pratt, John. Born at Boston, Mass., Aug. 23, 1839. Sergeant Major, 2d Kan. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 2d Kan. Cavalry, Nov. 11, 1861. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oet. 29, 1862. See U. S. Army.


Prescott, William H. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 2d N. H. Infantry, June 5, 1861, to Ang. 7, 1861. Captain, 16th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1861. See U. S. Army.


Radetski, Gustave H. Born in Russia. Private and Sergeant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, June 15 to Oet. 15, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 2d Tex. Cavalry, Dec. S, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 7, 1863. Trans- ferred to 1st Tex. Cavalry, Sept. 10, 1864. Captain, Sept. 26, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 28th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. See U. S. Army.


Radzinsky, Louis Daniel Born at Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 12, 1835. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 36th N. Y. Infantry, July 4 to Dee. 11, 1861. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Feb. 18 to July 5, 1862, from Aug. 9, 1862, to June 8, 1863, from Nov. 21, 1863, to Aug. 8, 1864. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 54th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 8, 1864; mustered, Aug. 16. See Mass. Medical Officers.


Rand, Frederick Henry. First Lientenant, 4th Mass. Cavalry, July 2, 1863. Captain, Jan. 19, 1864. Discharged, Ang. 22, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volun- teers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 27, 1864. Captain, Dec. 30, 1864. Mustered out, June 30, 1865.


Reed, William Isaac. 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. See U. S. Army.


Reid, Edward. Corporal, 4th Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Sept. 30, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regi- mental Quartermaster, Ist New Orleans Regiment, La. Infantry, Oct. 19, 1863. Mustered out, May, 1866.


Revere, Joseph Warren. See General Officers.


Revere, William H., Jr. See General Officers.


Reynolds, William B. Residence at Lawrence, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 2d Sharpshooters, U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Dec. 5, 1861. Major, Surgeon, Ang. 12, 1863. Mustered out, Jan. 12, 1865.


Reynolds, William S. Residence at Springfield, Mass., at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 17th Ill. Infantry, May 13, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Apr. 25, 1862. Mustered out, June, 1864.


Rhoades, Charles William Clapp. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 41st Mass. Infantry (afterward 3d Mass. Cavalry), Sept. 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, Oct. 7, 1862. Captain, Mar. 6, 1864. Mustered out, Dec. 6, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 27, 1864. Captain, Dec. 30, 1864. Mus- tered out, June 30, 1865.


Rice, Alphonso A. Born in Massachusetts. Second Sergeant, 17th Iowa Infantry, Apr. 11, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 27, 1862. Captain, Nov. 20, 1862. Resigned, Feb. 28, 1863.


Rice, Charles Edmund. First Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 31, 1861. Resigned, Apr. 30, 1862. First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 19, 1863. Captain, Feb. 9, 1863. Discharged (disability), Oct. 22, 1864. Captain, Ist Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 29, 1864. Major, Mar. 22, 1865. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Rice, James Clay. See General Officers.


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. See U. S. Army.


Rice, Thomas J. Residence at Boston, Mass. First Lieutenant, 5th N. H. Infantry, Oet. 12, 1861. Captain, Feb. 16, 1862. Resigned, Sept. 10, 1862.


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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, Oet. 4, 1864. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, 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. See U. S. Army.


Rich, Joseph S. Born in Massachusetts. Quartermaster Sergeant, 5th Iowa Cavalry, Nov 13, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Apr. 5, 1864; mustered, Apr. 18, 1864. First Lieutenant, July 14, 1864; mus- tered, Aug. 19, 1864. Resigned, Jan. 10, 1865.


Richardson, Edward Francis. Born at East Medway, Mass. Private, 3d N. Y. Light Artillery, Sept. 9, 1862. First Lieutenant, 16th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Oct. 21, 1863. Adjutant, Feb. 2, 1864. Discharged, Mar. 1, 1864.


Richardson, James (or John) A. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 2d N. Y. Cavalry, Ang. 24, 1863, to rank, June 16, 1863. Discharged, Mar. 24, 1865. (The Official Army Register gives the name of James, and the A. G. Report (N. Y.), for 1866, as John.)


Ricker, Charles W. Sergeant, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 6, 1861. First Lieutenant, 2d La. Infantry, Nov. 14, 1862. Resigned, June 11, 1864.


Ripley, Lyman Baldwin. Born at Framingham, Mass., Apr. 4, 1836. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 33d Mo. Infantry, July 30, 1862. Resigned, June 1, 1864.


Robinson, Edward, Jr. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Sth N. Y. Infantry, Dec. 1, 1862. Mustered ont, Apr. 23, 1863. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Robinson, John Catherwood. Born at Boston, Mass., Dec. 21, 1840. Second Lieutenant, 104th Penn. Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861. Discharged (disability), Nov. 9, 1862.


Rogers, Samuel C. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 30th Iowa Infantry, Mar. 12, 1863; mnstered, Mar. 21, 1863. Major, Surgeon, May 25, 1865. Mustered ont, June 5, 1865.


Russell, Edmund Hastings. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 9th Penn. Reserves, May 4, 1861. Captain, U. S. Signal Corps, Mar. 3, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Russell, Ellis S. Sergeant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 25, 1861. First Lieutenant, Ist La. Cavalry, May 1, 1864. Mustered ont, Dec. 18, 1865.


Russell, James H. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 21st Iowa Infantry, Ang. 21, 1862. Fourth Ser- geant, Oct. 22, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 4, 1864; mustered, Aug. 2, 1864. Mustered out, July 15, 1865.


Rust, Henry Appleton. Born at Springfield, Mass., Nov. 26, 1832. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 27th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1861. Captain, June 18, 1862. Major, Jan. 1, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 24, 1864.


Ruth, James. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 6th Iowa Cavalry, Jan. 31, 1863. Captain, Apr 10, 1865; mustered, May 2, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1863.


Ryan, George. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1857. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, Oet. 31, 1857. Transferred to 7th U. S. Infantry, June 24, 1858. First Lieutenant, Apr. 22, 1861. Regimental 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.


Salisbury, William H. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 99th N. Y. Infantry ; commissioned, June 2, 1863, to rank, Mar. 31, 1863. Discharged, Feb. 8, 1865.


Sampson, Christopher Columbus. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 99th N. Y. Infantry ; commissioned, June 29, 1863, to rank. June 1, 1863. First Lien- tenant, commissioned, Apr. 14, 1864, to rank, Dec. 21, 1863. Discharged, Mar. 1, 1865.


Sanderson, Leavitt (or Ira Leavitt). Born at Littleton, Mass., May 13, 1840. First Lieuten- ant, 31st N. J. Infantry, Sept. 15, 1862; mustered, Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered out, June 21, 1863.


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. See U. S. Army.


Sargent, Edward P. Born in Massachusetts. Fourth Corporal, 26th Iowa Infantry, Ang. 15, 1862. Third Corporal, Aug. 15, 1862; mustered, Nov. 1, 1852. First Lieutenant, Aug. 21, 1863; mus- tered, Sept. 21, 1863. Mustered out, June 6, 1865.


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Sawin, William JJ. Residence at Chicopee Falls, Mass., at time of enlistment. Private, 10th Mass. Infantry, May 31, 1861; mustered, June 21, 1861. Private, 3d Vt. Infantry, Sept. 7, 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 2d Vt. Infantry, June 21, 1862. Major, Surgeon, Dec. IS, 1862. Mustered out, June 29, 1864.


Scott, Alphens. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 6th Iowa Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1863. Dis- missed, Aug. 15, 1863. (Adj. General's Report of Iowa, IS67, p. 34.)


Scott, Thomas L. Corporal, 31st Mass. Infantry, Nov. 20, 1861. Transferred to Ist La. Infantry, July 3, 1862. First Lieutenant. Resigned, June 2, 1865.


Screiber, Charles II. Robert. Captain, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Discharged for pro- motion, Mar. 31, 1862. Major, Ist Md. Cavalry, Apr. 1, 1862. Lieut. Colonel and Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, May 19, 1862. See U. S. Army.


Scarle, Charles P. Born in Massachusetts. Second Sergeant, Sth Iowa Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861. Sergeant Major, Oct. 19, 1861. First Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1862. Captain, Mar. 4, 1863; mustered, Aug. 30, 1863. Resigned, Jan. 21, 1865.


Sears, Alfred Francis. Born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 10, 126. Private, Ist N. Y. Engineers, June 21, 1861. Captain, Sept. 12, 1861. Major, Mar. 30, 1865, with rank from Feb. 10, 1865. Dis- charged, Nov. 15, 1865.


Sendmeyer, Enos. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 40th N. Y. Infantry ; commissioned, May 11, 1S65, to rank, Mar. 14, 1865. Discharged, June 27, 1865. Sessions, Fitzroy. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, 3d Iowa Infantry, June 3, 1861 ; mus- tered, June 8, 1861. Adjutant, June 26, 1861. Resigned, Oct. 16, 1862.


Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald. See General Officers.


Shepard, Joseph P. Born in Massaelinsetts. Sergeant, 3d Wis. Infantry, May 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant, June 27, 1861. Died, Nov. 10, 1862, of wounds received in action at Antietam, Md. Sherman, Matthew. Born at Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 11, 1827. First Lieutenant, 4th Cal. Infantry, Oct. 19, 1861. Captain, Aug. 21, 1863. Resigned, Dee. 24, 1864. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 4th Cal. Infantry, June 9, 1565. Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1865.


Shreve, William P. Residence at Salem, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Lientenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 2d Sharpshooters, U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Dec. 1, 1862. Mnstered out, Dec. 31, 1864. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 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. See U. S. Col'd Troops.


Simpson, James Ferdinand. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 14th Conn. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Feb. 4, 1863. Captain, Oet. 20, 1863. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1864. Captain, 2d U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Feb. 16, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 26, 1866. Second Lien- tenant, 40th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 17, 1867; accepted, Aug. 23, 1867. See U. S. Army.


Sinclair, William T. Born at Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 23, 1814. Private, 165th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 24, 1862. Corporal, Sergeant, and First Sergeant. Second Lieutenant, commissioned, Oet. 7, 1863, to rank, June 23, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 7, 1865.


Slattery, Robert. Residence at Blackstone, Mass., at time of enlistment. Sergeant, 3d R. I. Heavy Artillery, Oet. 5, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 3, 1864. Mustered out, Mar. 17, 1865.


Smith, Eugene B. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Private, 40th N. Y. Infantry, Feb. 9, 1864; mustered, Feb. 10, 1864. Second Lieutenant, commissioned, Mar. 30, 1865, to rank, Dec. 24, 1864. Mnstered out June 27, 1865.


Smith, Horatio MI. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 105th Ohio Infantry, Aug. 13, 1862. Quarter- master Sergeant, Aug. 28, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 16, IS63. First Lieutenant, Feb. 24, 1863. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 5, 1863. See U. S. Army.


Smith, James N. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, 7th Iowa Infantry, July 24, 1861. Re- signed (ill health), Nov. 30. 1861.


Smith, Lyman Bradford. Born at Amherst, Mass., Feb. 1, 1835. First Sergeant, Ist Minn. Mounted Rangers, Sept. 22, 1862; mustered, Oct. 17, 1862. Discharged, Oct. 31, 1863. First Lieutenant, 2d Minn. Cavalry, Dec. 1, 1863. Mnstered out, Dec. 2, 1865.




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