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Burgoyne, Edmund. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Corporal, Sergeant and Sergeant Major, 11th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 14, 1861, to Apr. 1, 1865. Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 14th Infantry, Mar. 12, 1865. Transferred to 32d Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Resigned, Jan. 14, 1867.
Burnham, Arthur Hubert. Born in Vermont. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Mili- tary Academy, July 1, 1860, to June 13, 1864. First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, June 13, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Aug. 23, 1864. Brevet Major, Mar. 26, 1865. Captain, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 6, 1867. Died, Sept. 12, 1877, at Lowell, Mass.
Burnham, Howard Mather. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Artillery, May 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, Apr. 27, 1863. Killed at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Burr, Arthur G. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 28th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1861. Regi- mental Quartermaster, Feb. 1, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Appointment expired, Mar. 4, 1863. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volun- teers, Mar. 4, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865.
Burroughs, George. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 185S, to June 17, 1562. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, June 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Sept. 20, 1863. Captain, Corps of Engineers, June 5, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Charleston Harbor, S. C., Jan. 22, 1870.
Burroughs, George Tyler. Born at Warren, Worcester County, Mass., Apr. 13, 1833. Private, 71st N. Y. State Militia, Apr. 19, 1861. Discharged, July 30, 1861. First Lieutenant, 43d N. Y. In- fantry, Dec. 16, 1861. Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. Brevet Major, June 24, 1865. Resigned, June 24, 1865.
Burt, Jolin B. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 7th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 23, 1862. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 7, 1862. Appointment expired, Mar. 4, 1863. Major, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 25, 1863. Ap- pointment revoked, Jan. 7, 1865. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 2, 1865. Appointment cancelled, Feb. 9, 1866.
Bush, Joseph. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Ist Vt. Infantry, Apr. 25, 1S61. Captain, 13th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, July 4, 1863. Transferred to 22d U. S. In- fantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Major, 25th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 4, 1879. Retired, Apr. 2, 1883. Died, Nov. 30, ISS4.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin. See General Officers.
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Butler, John Hartwell. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, May 22, 1861; accepted, June 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 10, 1861. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, June 30, 1862. Brevet Major, Nov. 8, 1863. Retired, Feb. 7, 1865. Captain, 42d U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867; accepted, Apr. 1, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 22, 1869. Captain, U. S. Army, May, 1870. Retired, May 14, 1570, with rank of Mounted Captain. Loss of left foot from wound in line of duty (Aets, Ang. 3, 1861; July 28, 1866).
Buttrick, Edward King. Born at Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 23, 1831. Captain, 31st Wis. Infantry, Dec. 23, 1862. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 25, 1865. Brevet Major, Mar. 13, 1865. Assistant Adj. General, Temporary Division 14th. Mustered out of ser- vice, with the regiment, July 28, 1865. Mustering out Mich. troops at Detroit in Sept., 1865. Mustered out of service, Oct. 31, 1865.
Byrnes, Richard. Private, Corporal, Sergeant and Sergeant Major, Ist U. S. Cavalry, May 21, 1856, to July 9, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Transferred to 5th Cav- alry, Sept. 21, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 17, 1862. Colonel, 28th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 29, 1862. See Massachusetts Field Officers.
Caldwell, George H. Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 29, 1862. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 20, 1866.
Calef, John Haskell. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1858. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Artillery, June 17, 1862. Transferred to 2d Artillery, Oet. 6, 1862. First Lientenant, Nov. 4, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, July 6, 1864. Brevet Major, Mar. 13, 1865. Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 18, 1864, to Mar. 16, 1875. Captain, 2d U. S. Artillery, Mar. 16, 1875.
Candler, William Latham. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, Ist Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861. Captain, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 10, 1862. Resigued, May 12, 1863. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Capron, Adin B. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant and Sergeant Major, 2d R. I. Infantry, May 5, 1861 ; mastered, June 6, 1861. Second Lieutenant, July 24, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 24, 1862. First Lieutenant, U. S. Signal Corps, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Dee. 5, 1864, and Brevet Major, U S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered ont, Sept. 1, 1865.
Capron, Horace. See General Officers.
Caraher, Andrew Patrick. Born in Ireland. Captain, 2Sth Mass. Infantry, Oct. 8, 1861. Major, July 26, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 20, 1863. Major, 4th Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 21, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 29, 1863. Colonel, 2d U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Feb 18, 1865. First Lientenant, 43d U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Transferred to Ist U. S. Infantry, Apr. S, 1869. Transferred to Sth U. S. Cavalry, Dec. 31, 1870. Captain, Jan. 15, 1873. Died, Apr. 4, 18S5.
Carney, George James. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volun- teers, Feb. 29, 1864. Major, Quartermaster, assigned, Aug. 2, 1864, to July 6, 1865. Resigned, July 6, 1865.
Carpenter, Arthur Brigham. Born in Massachusetts. Private and Sergeant, 19th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 14, 1861, to Dec. 25, 1862. Second Lientenant, Nov. 29, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 20, 1863. Captain, Jan. 26, 1866. Transferred to 37th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Brevet Cap- tain, U. S. Army, Sept. 1, 1864. Unassigned, May 18, 1869. Out of service by the reorganization of the army, being transferred to the list of supernumeraries, and honorably mustered out of ser- vice, Jan. 1, 1871, under section 12 of the Aet approved July 15, 1870.
Carr, Royal S. Born in New Hampshire. Private, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 1, 1861. Mustered out, July 31, 1861. Sergeant, 39th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out, June 2, 1865. Second Lientenant, 1Sth U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. First Lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1867. Resigned, Aug. 12, 1867.
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Carruth, Sumner. See General Officers.
Carruth, William Ward. Born at Boston, Mass., Apr. 8, 1840. First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in the service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. First Lieutenant, 6th Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Dec. 5, 1861. Captain, Sept. 7, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 4, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 22, 1863.
Carter, John Wilkins. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Corporal and Q. M. Sergeant, 17th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 5, 1862, to Ang. 10, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Ang. 10, 1863. First Lieutenant, Sept. 25, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 9, IS64.
Carter, Robert Goldthwaite. Born in Maine. Private, 22d Mass. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1862, to Oct. 4, 1864. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, June 15, 1870. First Lientenant, Feb. 21, 1875. Retired, June 28, 1876.
Carter, Solon Augustus. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 14th N. H. Infantry, Sept. 22, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 15, 1864. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, July 3, 1865.
Cate, Thomas J. Born in New Hampshire. Third Lientenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. Mustered out, Ang. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 16th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1861. Resigned, Ang. 31, 1863. First Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 24, 1864. See U. S. Colored Troops.
Caziare, Louis Vasmer. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant and First Sergeant, 38th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 16, 1862, to Apr. 19, 1864. First Lieutenant, 89th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Apr. 24, 1864. Mustered out, Aug. 11, 1864. First Lieutenant, 81st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 30, 1864. Mus- tered out, Oct. 11, 1864. First Lieutenant, 73d U. S. Col'd Infantry, Oet. 12, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 22, 1865. First Lieutenant, 81st U. S. Col'd Infantry, Ang. 23, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 9, 1866. Second Lientenant, Ilthi U. S. Infantry, July 20, 1866; accepted, Sept. 10, 1866. First Lieutenant, Nov. 23, 1868. Unassigned, Apr. 14, 1869. Assigned to 2d U. S. Artillery, Jan. 1, 1871. Captain, 2d U. S. Artillery, May 22, 1891.
Chaffee, Clemens Clifford. Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Mil- itary Academy, July 1, 1858, to June 17, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Ordnance, June 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Captain, July 4, 1863. Captain, Ordnance, Mar. 7, 1867. Died at Springfield Armory, Mass , July 5, 1867.
Chamberlain, Cyrus Nathaniel. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 13, 1863. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 6, 1865. Mustered out, Oet. 7, 1865.
Chamberlain, Samuel Emery. See General Officers.
Chamberlain, William D. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 19, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 7, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Vol- unteers, Sept. 5, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 9, 1865.
Chamberlin, Lowell Augustus. Born in Massachusetts. First Sergeant, 2d Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, July 31, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 2d Md. Light Battery, Dee. 16, 1861. First Lienten- · ant, Jan. 21, 1863. Mustered out, July 3, 1865. First Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Veteran Volunteers, July 31, 1865. Regimental Adjutant, Aug., 1865. Second Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Artillery, May 11, 1866. First Lientenant, Aug. 28, 1867. Resigned, Nov. 17, 1873. Reinstated, Mar. 23, 1875, with rank from Ang. 28, 1867. Captain, Nov. 25, 1886. Died, Ang. 9, 1889.
Chandler, John Gorham. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1848, to July 1, 1853. Brevet Second Lientenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1853. Second Lieutenant,
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Chandler, John Gorham, continued.
Dee. 24, 1853. First Lieutenant, May 31, 1856, to Nov. 1, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermas- ter, May 17, 1861 ; accepted, June 14, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 1, 1863, to Aug. 1, 1865. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, Quartermaster, Jan. 18, 1867; accepted, Apr. 13, 1867. Lient. Colonel, Deputy Q. M. General, Mar. 4, 1879. Colonel, Assistant Q. M. General, Dee. 11, 1892.
Chapin, Marshall P. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volun- teers, Sept. 4, 1863. Mnstered out, Ang. 3, 1865.
Chapman, George Henry. See General Officers.
Chase, Constantine. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lientenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Sept. 9, 1863. First Lieutenant, Oct. 15, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mus- tered out, Sept. 18, 1865. Seeond Lieutenant, Ist U. S. Artillery, May 11, 1866; accepted, Ang. 6, 1866. Transferred to 3d U. S. Cavalry, Sept. 28, 1866. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. First Lientenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, Mar. 26, 1863. Regimental Adjutant, Apr. 12 to Apr. 22, 1877. Regimental Quartermaster, May 1, 1877. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, Apr. 13, 1891 ; accepted, Apr. 15, 1891. Transferred to 4th U. S. Artillery, Apr. 20, 1892, to rank from Apr. 13, 1891; accepted, Apr. 23, 1892.
Chase, Joseph Haskall. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant, 16th Mass. Infantry, July 12, 1861. Sec- ond Lieutenant, July 6, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 11, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered out, May 26, 1865.
Chickering, Thomas Edward. See General Officers.
Churchill, James Oliver. Born at Plymouth, Mass., July 15, 1835. Private, 11th Ill. Infantry, Apr. 30, 1861. Corporal, May 10, 1861. Sergeant, July 30, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1861. First Lieutenant, Feb. 15, 1862. Captain, May 10, 1862. Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, June 30, 1864. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 15, 1866. (Wounded in both thighs and hips at Fort Donelson, Tenn., and lay on the field in the snow among the dead twenty-two hours with frozen feet and legs. Re- ported to regiment on a crutch for duty, Aug. 17, 1862.)
Clapp, Channing. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dee. 19, 1861. Cap- tain, Sept. 14, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 8, 1863. Brevet Major, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, June 21, 1865.
Clark, Edwin R. Born in New Hampshire. Captain, 30th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 21, 1862. Re-com- missioned captain, Apr. 21, 1865. Mustered out, July 5, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 26th U. S. Infantry, May 16, 1867. Transferred to 10th Infantry, May 19, 1869. Dismissed, July 12, 1876. Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, June 12, 1879, to rank from May 16, 1867 (Act I, Mar., 1879). First Lieutenant, Dec. 14, ISS1. Retired, Mar. 17, 1883.
Clark, John. Born in Ireland. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistenes, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 7, 1861. Resigned, Aug. 26, 1864. Died, Oet. 14, 1866.
Clark, Thomas Winthrop. Born in Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, June 30, 1864. Mustered ont, Oct. 31, 1865.
Clarke, Haswell Cordis. Born at Boston, Mass., Sept. 28, 1842. Second Lieutenant and Aide-de- , Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 10, 1862. Captain and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 9, 1863. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 22, 1865.
Clarke, Sidney. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 9, 1863. Resigned, Feb. 20, 1865.
Clary, Robert Emmet. See General Officers.
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Clifford, Joseph Clark. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 42d Infantry, M. V. M., in the service of the U. S., Ang., 1862. First Sergeant, Sept. 3, 1SG2. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. First Lientenant, Ist N. II. Heavy Artillery, Sept. S, 1864. Mustered ont, June 15, 1865. Second Lieutenant, U. S. Ordnance Corps, June 9, 1865. First Lieutenant, June 23, 1874. Captain, Apr. 14, 1875. Died at Cromwell, Conn., Nov. 12, 1890.
Cochrane, William Henry Dearborn. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Ist N. HI. Infantry, Apr. 19 to Aug. 9, 1861. First Lientenant, 10th N. H1. Infantry, Sept. 10, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regi- mental Adjutant, Jan. 1, 1863. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 27, 1863. Major and Quartermaster from Aug. 2, 1864, to Aug. 1, 1865. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, I. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 15, 1866.
Cogswell, William. See General Officers.
Collins, Edward. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Artificer, Corporal and Sergeant, U. S. Engineers, June 4, 1846, to June 4, 1851. Sergeant, U. S. Engineers, June 11, 1851, to June 11, 1861. First Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861; accepted, July 9, 1861. Captain, May 25, 1863. Major, Ist U. S. Infantry, June 26, 1882. Lieut. Colonel, 7th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 1, 1887. Re- tired, Jan. 1, 18SS.
Collins, Gamaliel. Born in Massachusetts. Chaplain, 72d Penn. Infantry, Ang. 10, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1864. Post Chaplain, U. S. Army, Oct. 10, 1867. Retired, Oct. 3, 1879.
Colman, William Dean. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volun- teers, Ang. 21, 1861. Honorably discharged, Nov. 12, 1861. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 11, 1862. Killed at the battle of Corinthi, Miss , Oct. 6, 1862.
Colt, Thomas G. Born in Massachusetts. First Lientenant, 37th Mass. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1862. Cap- tain, Sept. 23, 1864. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 12, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 6, 1865. Mustered out, June 28, 1865.
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou. See General Officers.
Cook, Henry Clay. Born at Fall River, Mass. Second Lieutenant, 2d R. I. Infantry, June 5, 1861. First Lieutenant, 16th U. S. Infantry, Ang. 5, 1861 ; accepted, Ang. 7, 1861. Regimental Adju- tant, Mar. 15, 1862, to Nov. 7, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Sept. 1, 1864. Captain, Sept. 24, 1864. Transferred to 2d U. S. Infantry, Apr. 17, 1869. Major, 13th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 27, 1SS7. Lient. Colonel, 4th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 2, 1892.
Cooke, Homer A. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, July 21, 1863. Mustered out, Oet. 19, 1865.
Cooley, James Calvin. Born in Massachusetts. First Sergeant, 133d N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1862. First Lieutenant, Jan. 26, 1863. Captain, July 24, 1864. Re- signed, Feb. 27, 1865. Private, 5th U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 24 to May 3, 1865. Second Lientenant, May 3, 1865. Brevet First Lieutenant and Captain, U. S. Army, May 3, 1865. Acting Adjutant, Assistant Quarterinaster and Ordnance Officer. First Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, July 28, 1866. Regimental Commissary of Subsistenee, July 31, 1866, to Dee. 31, 1866. Resigned, Mar. 1, 1867.
Coolidge, Charles Austin. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 3d Battalion, 16th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 23, 1862, to July 21, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Infantry, May IS, 1864. First Lieuten- ant, July 20, 1864; accepted, July 21, 1864. Captain, Aug. 9, 1877.
Coolidge, Sidney. Born in Massachusetts. Major, 16th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 19, 1863. Killed, Sept. 19, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga.
Copeland, Robert M. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861. Major, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 27, 1861. Re- signed, Aug. 1, 1862. Died, Mar. 28, 1874.
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Couch, Darius Nash. See General Officers.
Cowdin, Robert. See General Officers.
Cowie, William Perkins. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Infantry, July 13, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, July 12, 1862. Captain, Commissary of Sub- sistenee, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 10, 1862. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 20, 1866.
Cox, Charles G. Born in Maine. Second Lieutenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1862. First Lieutenant, July 26, 1863. Captain, Feb. 25, 1864. Major, June 2, 1864. Resigned (disability), Dec. 2, 1864. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Jan. 18, 1865. Captain, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 16, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 28, 1865. Second Lientenant, 7th U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 7, 1867. Captain, 10th U. S. Cavalry, June 12, 1867. Brevet Major, June 12, 1867. Cashiered, Aug. 11, 1870. Died, Jan. 14, 1886.
Craig, John Neville. Born in Massachusetts. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 3, 1862. Brevet Major, Ang. 1, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Apr. 2, 1865. Mustered out, May 19, 1866. Captain, 38th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Unassigned, Nov. 11, 1869. Assigned to 10th U. S. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1870. Died, Dec. 6, 18S4.
Craig, Presley O. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to Dec. 31, 1854. Second Lientenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, May 14, 1857. Killed at the battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861.
Crane, Charles Henry. Sec General Officers.
Crane, Francis W. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, June 1, 1861. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 15, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 15, 1865.
Cranston, Arthur. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th Ohio Infantry, Apr. 25, 1861, to Aug. 22, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 55th Ohio Infantry, Oct. 16, 1861. Resigned, Mar. 15, 1862. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, June 17, 1867. First Lieutenant, Nov. 30, 1871. Killed in action with Modoc Indians at the Lava Beds, Cal., Apr. 26, 1873.
Cranston, James Reed. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 24th Mass. Infan- try, Sept. 9, 1861, to Ang. 31, 1864. Captain, 119th U. S. Col'd Infantry, Aug. 31, 1864. Mustered out, Apr. 27, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 24, 1867. Acting Assistant Quartermaster and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, Feb., 1868, and Post Adjutant, May, 186S. First Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 20, 1879. Regimental Quartermaster, May 7, 1SS1, to May 7, 1SSS. Died, Aug. 23, 1SSS.
Crawford, Charles. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 23, 1864. Brevet Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 27, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 1, 1865.
Crocker, George Dauchy. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Massachusetts. Chaplain, 6th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 14, 1861, to autumn of 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 9, 1865. Chaplain with the rank of Captain, U. S. Army, Oct., 1867. Post Chaplain, Fort Wadsworth, D. T., Oct. 3, 1867. Retired, Dec. 25, 1SS6. Died, Apr. 21, 18SS.
Crone, Louis Ernst. Born in Saxony. Private and Corporal, 22d Mass. Infantry, from Sept. 20, 1861, to Sept. 4, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 26, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 16, 1862. Mustered ont, June 20, 1863. Second Lientenant, ISth Veteran Reserve Corps, June 15, 1863. Transferred to 17th Veteran Reserve Corps, Apr., 1864. Mustered out, July 3, 1866. Captain, 42d U. S. Infan- try, July 28, 1866. Unassigned, Apr. 22, 1869. Retired, Dec. 15, 1870.
Crosby, Stephen Moody. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 15, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 16, 1865. Mustered ont, Jan. 15, 1866.
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Crosman, Frederick Eaton. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 26, 1861. Brevet Captain, Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, Aug. 19, 1864. Killed at the battle of Weldon Railroad, Va., Aug. 19, 1864.
Crosman, George Hampton. See General Officers.
Cross, Charles E. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1856, to May 6, 1861. Brevet Second Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, May 6, 1861. Brevet Major, July 1, 1862. Brevet Lient. Colonel, Sept. 17, 1862. Captain, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Colonel, June 5, 1863. Killed at Franklin's crossing of the Rappahannock, June 5, 1863.
Cross, Daniel Kent. Born in New Hampshire. Enlisted from Massachusetts. Sergeant Major, 5th N. H. Infantry, Oct. 26, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 1, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ang. 1, 1862. Captain, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 6, 1863; acceptance dated Nov. 15, 1863. Re- signed, Apr. 20, 1864. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Crowninshield, Caspar. See General Officers.
Cunningham, James Adams. See General Officers.
Curtis, Arthur Russell. See General Officers.
Curtis, Greely Stevenson. See General Officers.
Curtis, Henry, Jr. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 37th Ill. Infantry, Ang. 14, 1861. Cap- tain, Dec. 31, 1861. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1862. Re- signed, Feb. 10, 1865. Brevet Major and Lient. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Curtis, Herbert Pelham. Born at Boston, Mass., May 27, 1830. Second Lieutenant, Ist Mass. Cav- alry, Dec. 19, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 19, 1862. Captain, Jan. 2, 1864, to June 26, 1865. Major, Judge Advocate, U. S. Volunteers, June 21, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 2, 1865. Major, Judge Advocate, U. S. Army, Feb. 25, 1867. Lieut. Colonel, Professor of Law, at Military Academy, Aug. 28, 1882, to Aug. 28, 1886. Lieut. Colonel, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Sept. 10, 1888. Died at St. Panl, Minn., Feb. 12, 1892.
Curtis, James Freeman. See Geueral Officers.
Curtis, Josiah. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volun- teers, Sept. 4, 1861. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 27, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. Died, Aug. 1, 1883.
Curtis, Walter. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 27, 1862. Resigned, Jan. 21, 1864.
Cutler, Horace D. B. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 3d Iowa Cavalry, Sept. 20, 1861. Mustered out, Sept. 29, 1862. First Lieutenant, 3d Iowa Cavalry, Oct. 15, 1862. Re- signed, Jan. 23, 1864. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 21, 1865. Mus- tered out, Nov. 25, 1865.
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