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Hill, James Gilbert. Private and First Sergeant, 41st Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 14, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ist La. Engineers, Corps d'Afrique, U. S. Volunteers, May 10, 1863. Captain, 3d La. Engineers, afterwards 97th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 12, 1863. Mus- tered out, Apr. 6, 1866.
Hinckley, Henry Lester. Born at Stockbridge, Mass., Feb. 10, 1841. Corporal, 110th N. Y. Infan- try, Aug. 27, 1862. Discharged, Ang. 29, 1863. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 2d La. Engineers, Corps d'Afrique, afterwards 96th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 31, 1863. Captain, July 15, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 29, 1866.
Hodges, Thorndike Deland. Born at Salem, Mass., Dec. 19, 1836. Sergeant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1863. Captain, 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 30, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Jan. 10, 1866.
Holbrook, Silas P. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Re-enlisted, Jan. 5, 1864, as Private. Transferred, July 14, 1864, to 39th Mass. Infantry. Second Lieutenant, 45th U. S. Col'd Infan- try, Sept. 6, 1864. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1865.
Holmes, Joseph B. Private, 4th Mass. Cavalry. Corporal, Dec. 21, 1863. Second Lientenant, 21st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 12, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 25, 1866.
Howard, John A. Private, 26th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862. Discharged, Jan. 21, 1863, for pro- motion as Second Lieutenant, 3d La. Volunteers. Regiment changed to 3d Corps d'Afrique, June 6, 1863. Regiment changed to 75th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 4, 1864. Died of disease at New Orleans, Dec. 1, 1863.
Jameson, Horatio C. Private, 34th Mass. Infantry, June 22, 1862. Discharged, Mar. 28, 1864, for promotion. Captain, 32d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 11, 1865. Mustered out, Ang. 22, 1865.
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Johnson, John Burgess. Born at Rochester, Mass., Nov. 29, 1847. Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 8, 1863. Mustered out (disability), Jan. 20, 1865. First Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Feb. 15, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 20, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 23, 1866; accepted, May 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, Oet. 12, 1867. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Assigned to 3d U. S. Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1871. Adjutant, May 15, 1871, to Apr. 4, 1878. Captain, Apr. 4, 1878.
Kimball, Gardner A. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Discharged for promotion, Jan. 14, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 26, 1864. First Lieutenant, June 17, 1865. Mustered out, June 1, 1866.
Kimball, George Hartwell. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adju- tant, 4th La. Corps d'Afrique, afterward 76th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 31, 1862. Resigned, Dec. 23, 1S63.
Kimball, Joseph E. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861. Promoted in U. S. Col'd Troops, Jan. 10, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 37th U. S. Col'd Infantry. First Lieutenant, 116th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dec. 30, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 17, 1867.
Latchford, Thomas. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, Sth Md. Infantry, Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out, Mar. 11, 1864. First Lientenant, 28th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 28, 1864. Regi- mental Adjutant, Sept., 1864. Captain, Nov. 16, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 8, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 11th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 6, 1866. Transferred to 20th U. S. Infantry by the reorganization of the army, Sept. 21, 1866. First Lieutenant, 20th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 2, 1866. Regimental Quartermaster, from Aug. 20, 1868, to Dec. 31, 1870. Died, July 12, 1873.
Leach, John Milton. Born at North Bridgewater, Mass., Sept. 12, 1838. Private, 27th Iowa Infan- try, 1862. Quartermaster Sergeant, 59th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 12, 1863. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Feb. 12, 1864. Mustered out, Jan. 31, 1866.
Learned, Samuel F. H. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861. Promoted in U. S. Col'd Troops, Mar. 27, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 81st U. S. Col'd Infantry. Resigned, Mar. 8, 1865.
Leavitt, Herbert D). Residence at Boston, Mass., at time of enlistment. Private, 5th R. I. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 16, 1861. Sergeant, Dec. 27, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 14th R. I. Col'd Heavy Artillery, afterwards 11th U. S. Col'd Heavy Artillery, Dec. 22, 1863. Mustered out, Oct. 2, 1865.
Leonard, Andrew Watson. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 54th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 18, 1863; mustered, Nov. 19. First Lieutenant, Jan. 31, 1864; mustered, Mar. 5. Captain, 103d U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 9, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 16, 1866. Died at Independence, Iowa, Jan. 4, 1880.
Lincoln, Benjamin C. Corporal, 39th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1862. Captain, 2d U. S. Col'd Infan- try, July 26, 1863. Major, July 30, 1864. Died at Key West, Fla., of wounds received in action at Natural Bridge, Fla., Mar. 6, 1865.
Livingston, Oscar R. Second Lieutenant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 18, 1862. Discharged (disabil- ity), Apr. 4, 1863. Captain, 11th U. S. Col'd Heavy Artillery, July 29, 1864. Lost, Nov. 14, 1865, on steamer Atlanta from New Orleans.
Loud, George B. Private, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 27, 1862. Commissary Sergeant, 88th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 8, 1863. Transferred to 75th U. S. Col'd Infantry and 10th U. S. Col'd Heavy Ar- tillery, Nov. 3, 1865. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 13, 1863. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Volun- teers, Mar. 13, 1865. . Mustered out, Feb. 22, 1867.
Macauley, William. Residence at Lowell, Mass., at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 28th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 12, 1864; mustered, Dec. 1, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 8, 1865.
Maher, Thomas F. Residence at Boston, Mass., at time of enlistment. Corporal, 5th R. I. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 12, 1862. Discharged, Ang. 25, 1864, to accept commission in 1st N. C. Col'd Heavy Artillery, afterward 14th U. S. Col'd Heavy Artillery. Captain, Feb. 23, 1865. Mustered out, Dec. 11, 1865.
Manning, Benjamin H. First Lientenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out, June 8, 1863. Second Lientenant, 33d U. S. Col'd Infantry. Captain, 128th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Mar. 28, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 10, 1866.
Manning, Elbridge G. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Unattached Co. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, May, 1861. Corporal, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 81st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Feb. 28, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, 81st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Feb. 14, 1866. Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Died, May 31, 1869.
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Manning, William Cheney. Born in New York. Private, Musician, Corporal and Sergeant Major, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861, to Feb. 20, 1863. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, May IS, 1863. Captain, Ang. 6, 1864. Major, 103d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Feb. 27, 1865. Mustered out, May 5, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Infantry, May 11, 1866. Transferred to 23d Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. First Lieutenant, Feb. 7, 1867. Adjutant, July 8, IS68, to Dee. 7, 1869. Captain, March 1, 18SG.
Marcy, Henry Orlando. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 5, 1863. Mustered out, July 30, 1863. Major, Surgeon, 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 26, 1863. Discharged, June 3, 1865.
Marks, Arthur. Born at Durham, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1838. Sergeant, 34th Mass. Infantry, July 31, 1862. Mustered out, Jan. 1, 1864, by order of War Department. Captain, 22d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 11, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 28, 1865.
Maynard, George HI. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 20, 1861. Mustered out, Feb. 17, 1863, for promotion. Captain, 82d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 17, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, Sept. 10, 1866.
McAuliffe, Frank. Born at Chicopee, Mass., Ang. 3, 1843. Private, Ist Conn. Infantry, Apr. 18, 1861; mustered, Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 31, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 22d Conn. Infantry, Aug. 18, 1862; mustered, Sept. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 30, 1863. Mustered out, July 7, 1863. Second Lientenant, 7th Infantry Corps d'Afrique, subsequently changed to 79th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 4, 1864, Dee. 21, 1863. Mustered ont, Ang. 14, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 75th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Oet. 17, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 29, 1865.
McFarland, Edwin C. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861. Sergeant Major, Feb. 19, 1863. Discharged for promotion in the U. S. Col'd Troops, Mar. 5, 1863. Captain, 79th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 23, 1863. Mustered out, July 28, 1864. (Possibly identical with MeFarland, Edwin C. Captain, 41st U. S. Cof'd Infantry, Nov. 23, 1864. Mustered out, Dec. 10. 1865. See Official Army Register, part VIII., pp. 214 and 255.)
Mecorney, Horace. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 25th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 29, 1862. Re- signed, July 13, 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 11th U. S. Col'd Heavy Artillery, Dee. 10, 1863. Mustered out, Oct. 2, 1865.
Metcalf, Silas II. First Sergeant, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 8, 1861. Discharged, Feb. 18, 1863, for promotion in 4th La. Volunteers. Regiment changed to 76th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. , 1864. Captain. Discharged, Ang. 2, 1864.
Miller, Henry F. II. Chaplain, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1862. Resigned, Feb. 27, 1863. Cap- tain, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Ang. 13, 1866.
Miller, James G. Corporal and Quartermaster Sergeant, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861. Captain, 37th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Oct. 19, 1863. Resigned, Nov. 22, 1864.
Mitchell, George L. Second Lieutenant, 28th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 18, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 17, 1862. Resigned, May 12, 1863. Captain, S4th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jau. 9, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, Mar. 14, 1866.
Mitchell, Henry H. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 39th Mass. Infantry. Aug. 25, 1862. Dis- charged, Nov. 1, 1853, for promotion as Major, Surgeon, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Resigned, June 15, 1864.
Mitehell, John W. First Lientenant, Assistant Surgeon, 21st Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1863. Major, Surgeon, 4th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 27, 1803. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Vol- unteers, Mar. 13, 1863. Mustered ont, May 4, 1866.
Moore, James B. Second Lieutenant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 21, 1862. Discharged, Mar. 27, 1863, for promotion as First Lieutenant, Ullman's Brigade. Captain, 79th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 23, 1863. Mustered out, July 28, 1864. Captain, 61st Mass. Infantry, Oct 1, 1564. See Massa- chusetts Line Officers.
Munger, Enos. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th Minn. Infantry, Ang. 14, 1862. Discharged, Mar. 13, 1864, for commission as Chaplain, 62d U. S. Col'd Infantry. Resigned, Dee. 28, 1864.
Munroe, James A. Corporal, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861. Second Lientenant, U. S. Col'd Troops, Oet. 19, 1863. First Lieutenant, 37th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Resigned, May 15, 1865.
Newman, Stephen C. Originally innstered from Cambridgeport, Mass. Second Lieutenant, SIst U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 30, Is64, to date Apr. 25, 1864. First Lieutenant, Jan. 20, 1865. Mus- tered out, Nov. 30, 1866.
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North, James Norman. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1861. Discharged, June 17, 1863. Sec- ond Lieutenant, 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 1, 1863. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Ist U. S. Col'd Cavalry, Dec. 9, 1863. Resigned, Mar. 9, 1864. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quarter- master, 24th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 15, 1865. See Massachusetts Line Officers.
Nye, John A. Sergeant, 13th Mass Infantry, July 16, 1861. Promoted in U. S. Col'd Troops, Mar. 12, 1863. Captain, 79th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dec. 31, 1863. Mustered out, July 28, 1864.
Oakes, Benjamin F. Sergeant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 28, 1861. Discharged for promotion to be Captain, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Ang. 16, 1863. Discharged, Apr. 19, 1864.
Oakman, Iliram A. First Lieutenant, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Captain, Dec. 1, 1861. . Lient. Colonel, 30th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Feb. 18, 1864. Mustered out, Dec. 10, 1865. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Orcutt, Frank Edward. Private, SSth Mass. Infantry, Ang. 12, 1862. Discharged, Oct. 22, 1563, for promotion. Second Lientenant, Corps d'Afrique, afterwards 95th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 3, 1863. Discharged, Nov. 26, 1864.
Page, John A. Corporal, 4th Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Nov. 5, 1861. Discharged, May 31, 1863, for promotion as Second Lieutenant, Ist La. Native Guards. Regiment changed to Ist Corps d'Afrique, June 6, 1863. Regiment changed to 73d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 4, 1864. Resigned, Feb. 18, 1864.
Paine, Amasa Elliot. Private, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 20, 1862. Mus- tered out, July 30, 1863. Medical Cadet, U. S. Army, Nov. 22, 1864, to Aug. 2, 1865. First Lieu- tenant, Assistant Surgeon, 104th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 21, 1865. Mustered ont, Feb. 5, 1866.
Palmer, Edward A. Private, 2d Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, July 31, 1861. Discharged for pro- motion, Mar. 4, 1863. First Lieutenant, 76th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Dismissed, Oct. 26, 1863 (G. C. M. Order 76, Dept. of the Gulf, 1863).
Parker, Niles G. Sergeant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 23, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Coi'd Infantry, Feb. 25, 1863. First Lieutenant, May 5, 1863. Captain, Jan. 16, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 31, 1866.
Parlin, William Davis. Sergeant, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Discharged to accept pro- inotion, June 22, 1863. Captain, Ist U. S. Col'd Infantry, June 23, 1863; mustered, Oct. 8, 1863. Discharged (disability), Mar. 17, 1865.
Parmenter, Daniel W. Sergeant, 32d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged, Nov. 30, 1863, for promotion in the U. S. Col'd Troops. Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Col'd Infantry. " Dropped for the reason that he was taken prisoner by the enemy at Plymouth, N. C., Apr. 20, 1864, and has not since been heard from." Inference, died in Southern prison.
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, 1865 Discharged from 96th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Nov. 7, 1865. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, Ist New Orleans Regiment (La. Infantry), Jan. 15, 1866. See Massachusetts Officers in Regiments of Other States.
Pease, Henry Cogswell. Private, 26th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged, Sept. 28, 1863. Second Lieutenant, S6th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 10, 1863; ninstered, Sept. 29, 1863. First Lieutenant, Oct. 31, 1864; mustered, Nov. 9, 1864. Captain, Nov. 1, 1865; mustered, Nov. 16, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 10, 1866.
Perkins, Rollin. Born in Vermont. Corporal, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863. Private and Corporal, July 7 to Oct. 27, 1864. First Lieutenant, 24th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 11, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1865. Second Lientenant, Sth U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 28, 1866. Retired, June 10, 1868.
Pickard, Cyrus P. Private, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861. Discharged, Sept. 28, 1863, for pro- motion as Second Lieutenant, 4th La. Volunteers. Regiment changed to S6th U. S. Col'd Infau- try, Apr. 4, 1864. Resigned, May 1, 1864.
Pickard, Isaiah L. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, Ist Mass. Infantry, July 3, 1863. Mustered out, May 28, 1864. Major, Surgeon, 115th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Died of disease at Indianola, Tex., July 19, 1865.
Poor, Charles E. Sergeant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr 22, 1861. Mnstered out, Ang. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U S., Aug. 31, 1862. Mustered out, June 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Resigned, Oct. 5, 1865. Pratt, Benjamin Franklin. See General Officers.
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Pray, William. Sergeant, 29th Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. First Lientenant, Jan. 4, 1862. Cap- tain, May 2, 1862. Discharged (disability), Jan. 9, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 18th Corps d'Afrique, afterwards 89th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Jan. 9, 1864. Mustered out, Aug. 12, 1864.
Preston, Daniel J. First Lieutenant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862. Captain, Sept. 28, 1862. Major, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dec. 6, 1863. Resigned, Aug. 29, 1864.
Proctor, George B. Corporal, 25th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861. First Lieutenant, 2d N C. Col'd Volunteers, afterward 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, July 24, 1863. Captain. Discharged, Aug. 31, 1864, to date Apr. 19, 1864.
Pulver, Martin MI. Second Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Sept. 1, 1862. Resigned, Sept. 29, 1863. Major, 91st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 23, 1863. Discharged, July 7, 1864.
Quiney, Samuel Miller. See General Officers.
Quinn, Jolin E. Private, 30th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861. Discharged, Apr. 4, 1864, for promo- tion in 3d La. National Guards. Regiment changed to 3d Corps d'Afrique, June 6, 1863. First Lientenant. Resigned, Nov. 9, 1863. Regiment changed to 75th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 4, 1864.
Radzinsky, Louis Daniel. Born at Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 12, 1835. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 36th N. Y. Infantry, July 4 to Dec. 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 Ang. S, 1864. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 54th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 8, 1864; mustered, Aug. 16. Major, Surgeon, 104th U. S. Col'd Infantry, June 14, 1865. Mnstered out, Feb. 5, 1866. Acting Assistant Surgeon, 8th U. S. Infantry, 1867 to 1869. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Oct. 17 to Dee. 22, 1868. Died at Mckeesport, Penn., July 1, 1892.
Redlon, Cyrus F. Born in Massachusetts. Musician, 3d Minn. Infantry, Sept. 27, 1861. Re-enlisted, Dec. 23, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 113th U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 19, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 9,1866.
Revere, William H., Jr. See General Officers.
Rice, George L. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, Assistant Sur- geon, 4th U. S. Col'd Heavy Artillery, Oct. 8, 1863. Discharged, May 25, 1864.
Rice, Marshall Newton. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 25th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 14, 1861. Dis- charged to accept promotion, May 27, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Ist N. C. Infantry, afterwards 35th U. S. Col'd Infantry, May 27, 1863; mustered, June 30, 1863. Promoted First Lieutenant, 1864. Captain, Jan. 30, 1866. Mustered out, June 1, 1866.
Rich, Giles Hopkins. Private and Sergeant, 39th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1862; mustered, Aug. 20, 1862. Captain, Ist U. S. Col'd Infantry, June 18, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 13, 1864. Mustercd out, Sept. 29, 1865.
Richards, Charles F. Enlisted in 4th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 8, 1864. First Sergeant, Feb. 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 21st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Oct. 19, 1864. First Lieutenant, Aug. 11, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 25, 1866.
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, James S. Sergeant, 51st Mass. Infantry, Sept. 25, 1862. Captain, 33d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dee. 10, 1862. Resigned, Oct. 20, 1863.
Rogers, Seth. Appointed from Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 33d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dec. 2, 1862. Resigned, Dec. 21, 1863.
Russell, Charles Sawyer. See General Officers.
Russell, Edward. Major, Surgeon, 76th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Dismissed, Apr. 20, 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 3, 1864. See Massachusetts Sur- geons.
Sanders, Austin W. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Mustered out for promotion in U. S. Col'd Troops, Nov. 21, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 74th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Discharged, Aug. 15, 1864. Died. Dec. 18, 1882.
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. 28, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, May 27, 1871. Re- signed, Ang. 20, 1878.
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Scudder, Frank H. Born in Massachusetts. Quartermaster Sergeant, 88th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Sept. 14, 1863. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 24, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 22, 1865. Mustered ont, Aug. 25, 1865.
Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald. See General Officers.
Sherman, Adelbert C. Residence at Roxbury, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, 28th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 30, 1864; mustered, May 11, 1864. Captain, Nov. 12, 1864; mustered, Nov. 18, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 8, 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. Captain, May 28, 1865. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 29, 1865. Second Lieutenant, Ith 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.
Singer, George W. Private, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1861. Discharged, Oct. 19, 1863, for promo- tion as Second Lientenant, 37th U. S. Col'd Infantry. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, 37th U. S. Col'd Infantry, June 7, 1866. Mustered out, Feb. 11, 1867.
Sladen, Joseph Alton. Born in England, Apr. 5, 1841. Private and Corporal, 33d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 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, Oct. 24, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 26, 1866. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Infantry, Mar. 27, 1866; accepted, May 19, 1866. Transferred to 26th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866, by the re- organization 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, Dec. 15, 1870. Regimental Quartermaster, July 25, 1887, to June 15, 18SS. Captain, June 15, 1SSS. Re- tired, Apr. 8, 1889. Loss of right leg from injury in line of duty (Sect. 1251, Rev. Stats.).
Smith, Frederic William. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 8th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 30 to Ang. 1, 1861. Sergeant, 23d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 28, 1861, to Nov. 12, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Col'd Cavalry, Nov. 13, 1863. First Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1865. Mus- tered out, Feb. 4, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 9th U. S. Cavalry, July 28, 1866. Brevet First Lieu- tenant and Captain, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. First Lieutenant, 9th U. S. Cavalry, July 12, 1867. Died, Dec. 22, 1863.
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Smith, James Morven. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 29th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dec. 8, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 6, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 19th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. Transferred to 28th Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. First Lieutenant, Nov. 30, 1866. Unassigned, Mar: 31, 1869. Retired, Dec. 31, 1870.
Smith, Nathan Gilmore. First Sergeant, 41st Mass. Infantry, afterwards 3d Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 4, 1862. Discharged, Dec. 29, 1863. First Lieutenant, 73d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Dec. 1, 1863. Cap- tain, Mar. 7, 1864. Mnstered out, Nov. 25, 1865.
Smith, William Vincent. Second Lientenant, 18th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1861. Resigned, June 11, 1862. Captain, 44th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered out, June 18, 1863. Captain, 7th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Oct. 22, 1863. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U S. Volunteers, Oct. 27, 1865. Discharged, Oct. 22, 1866.
Speer, Calvin T. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 4th N. J. Infantry, Aug. 13, 1861. Re- signed, Sept. 9, 1862. First Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Ang. 25, 1863. Captain, Dec. 21, 1863. Dismissed, Aug. 21, 1864. Private, 2d U. S. Infantry, June 25 to July 27, 1867. Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, July 27, 1867. Unassigned, May 3, 1869. Assigned to 11th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1871. Dismissed, Jan. 16, 1874. Died, Aug. 30, 1883.
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