Significant Non-Generals of the Union Army, 1861-1865
including
Commissions as Generals of the USV (US Volunteers)- Declined or Unconfirmed or often cited as substantive
Heads of US Regular Army Staff Bureaux (not promoted to General Officer Grade) 1861-1865
Commanders of Territorial Commands not appointed to General Officer Grade, and mentioned in this resource
Abert, John James / Alexander, Edmund Brooke / Allen, John D / Allen, Thomas G / Ames, John Worthington / Amory, Thomas Jonathan Coffin / Andrews, Timothy Patrick / Baker, Edward Dickinson / Baker, Lafayette Curry / Bartram, Nelson B / Beall, Benjamin Lloyd / Beckwith, Edward Griffin / Bentzoni, Charles (Carl) / Beveridge, John Lourie / Biddle, Charles John / Black, Henry M / Bowie, George Washington / Bowman, Samuel Millard / Brice, Benjamin William / Brown, Benjamin Gratz / Brown, Harvey / Brown, Philip Perry (Jr) / Busteed, Richard / Byrne, James J / Cady, Albemarle / Cahill, Thomas W / Catherwood, Edwin C / Chapin, Edward Payson / Chivington, John Milton / Churchill, Sylvester / Cloud, William Fletcher / Cranor, Jonathan / Crooks, William / Cluseret, Gustave Paul / Cooper, Samuel / Cowdin, Robert / Currey, George Byron / Curtis, James Freeman / Davis, Greenlief P / Davis, William Watts Hart / Day, Nicholas Wyckoff / Dickey, William Henry / Donnelly, Dudley / Drake, John Miller / Draper, Alonzo Granville / Drew, Charles Wilson / Dubose, John Van Deusen / Dyer, Isaac / Everett, Charles / Fairchild, Lucius / Farnsworth, Elon John / Farnsworth, John Franklin / Fauntleroy, Thomas Turner / Finley, Clement Alexander / Fonda, John Giles / Ford, James Hobart / Foreman, Ferris / Fuller, Henry William / Fry, Cary Harrison / Gallup, George W / Gavin, James / Gibson, George / Glover, John Montgomery / Gravely, Joseph Jackson / Gregg, John Irvin / Guitar, Odon / Hall, Willard Preble / Hallowell, Edward Needles / Hamilton, Charles / Harding, Chester (Jr) / Harlan, John Marshall / Haupt, Herman / Haynie, Isham Nicolas / Heath, Thomas Tinsley / Henning, Benjamin S / Hill, Bennett Hoskin / Holbrook, William Cune / Hovey, Charles Edward / Johnston, Albert Sidney / Jourdan, James / Judd, Henry Bethel / Judson, William Russell / Kennett, John / Kiernan, James Lawlor / Kirby, Edmund (Jr) / Landram, William Jennings / Larned, Benjamin Franklin / Lawson, Thomas / Lee, Harvey / Lee, John Fitzgerald / Lippitt, Francis James / Littlefield, Milton Smith / Livingston, Robert Ramsey / Loan, Benjamin Franklin / Long, Stephen Harriman / Loring, William Wing / Lovell, Charles Swain / Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers / Marsh, Charles Carroll / Mather, Thomas Scott / Matthews, Stanley / Maury, Reuben F / McChesney Joseph Miller / McKibbin, Gilbert Hunt / McKinstry, Justus / Merrill, Lewis / Mersy, August / Miller, Stephen / Molineux, Edward Leslie / Moonlight, Thomas / Morrill, John / Morris, William Walton / Moulton, Orson E / Mudgett, William S / Noble, William Henry / Patterson, Robert / Peteler, Francis / Phelps, John Smith / Philips, John Finis / Pickett, Josiah / Price. Thomas Lawson / Roberts, Samuel Henry / Sanders, William Price / Sapp, William Fletcher / Schmitt, John C / Sewall, Frederic Dummer / Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald / Sigel, Albert / Simonson, John Smith / Smith, Charles Henry / Smith, Gustavus Adolphus / Spalding, George / Steinburger, Justus / Stewart, James (Jr) / Stoughton, Edwin Henry / Stuart, David / Stumbaugh, Frederick Shearer / Sumner, Edwin Vose (Jr) / Sweitzer, Nelson Bowman / Thoburn, Joseph / Thomas, Minor T / Thruston, Charles Mynn / Tilghman, Benjamin Chew / Todd, John Blair Smith / Totten, James / Townsend, Edward Davis / Viall, Nelson / Vincent, Strong / Voris, Alvin Coe / Wade, Melancthon Smith / Waite, Carlos Adolphus / Weed, Stephen Hinsdale / Wells, Henry Horatio / West, Robert Mayhew / Whipple, Stephen Girard / Williams, David Henry / Williams, Nelson Grosvenor / Wilson, John Moulder / Wisewell, Moses N / Woodford, Stewart Lyndon
Abert, John James
Virginia / Born 17 September 1788 Shepherdstown, (West) Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 27 January 1863
USMA 1811
Resigned USA 1811/ Private USV District of Columbia Militia 1814 / Captain USA Topographic Engineers October 1814 / Major USA Chief of Topographic Engineers March 1829 / Colonel USA Chief of Topographic Engineers July 1838 / Retired USA September 1861
Brevet Major USA 24 August 1814
Chief of Topographical Engineers 1829-September 1861
Alexander, Edmund Brooke
Massachusetts / Born 6 October 1802 Haymarket, Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 3 January 1888
Cadet USMA 6 October 1818 / USMA 1 July 1823 Infantry 33/35 Infantry
2nd Lieutenant USA 3rd US Infantry 1 July 1823 / 1st Lieutenant USA 29 December 1827 / Quartermaster’s Department 6 December 1833 / Captain USA 7 July 1838 / Captain USA Assistant Quartermaster 7 July 1838 / Major USA 8th US Infantry 10 November 1851 / Colonel USA 10th US Infantry 3 March 1855 / Retired USA 22 February 1869
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant 1823 Brevet Major USA 1847 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 1865
Department of the West 29 April 1861-10 May 1861
Allen, John D
Colonel USV 43rd Missouri
District of Southwest Missouri 10 June 1865-18 June 1865
Allen, Thomas G
Illinois / Born 22 May 1827 Fallsington, Pennsylvania / Died Ferguson, Missouri 28 November 1822
Colonel USV 80th Illinois Infantry 25 August 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 19 January 1863 to rank from 29 November 1862 Withdrawn 12 February 1863 / Resigned USV 21 April 1863
33rd Brigade 10th Division I Corps Army of the Ohio October 1862-November 1862
Ames, John Worthington
Massachusetts / Born 23 November 1833 Lowell, Massachusetts / Died San Rafael, California 6 April 1878
1st Lieutenant USA 16th US Infantry 14 May 1861 / 11th US Infantry 23 July 1861 / Captain USA 14 May 1862 / Colonel USV 6th USCT Infantry 28 September 1863 / Mustered Out USV 20 September 1865 / Resigned USA 4 October 1866
Brevet Major USA 1862 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 1865 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 1865
2nd Brigade 3rd Division XVIII Corps Army of the James ? September 1864-30 September 1864
2nd Brigade 3rd Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 30 September 1864-3 December 1864
2nd Brigade 1st Division XXV Corps Army of the James 3 December 1864-31 December 1864
2nd Brigade 3rd Division XXV Corps Army of the James 31 December 1864-6 January 1865
1st Brigade 3rd Division XXV Corps (Terry’s Provisional Corps) Department of North Carolina 6 January 1865-27 February 1865
District of Wilmington 23 June 1865-20 September 1865
Amory, Thomas Jonathan Coffin
Massachusetts / Born 27 November 1828 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Beaufort, North Carolina 7 October 1864
Cadet 1 July 1846 / USMA 1 July 1851 30/42 Infantry
2nd Lieutenant USA 7th US Infantry 24 August 1851 / 1st Lieutenant USA 7th US Infantry 16 October 1855 / Captain USA 7 May 1861 / Colonel USV 17th Massachusetts Infantry 2 September 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 12 June 1862 Unconfirmed / Major USA 8th US Infantry 19 September 1864
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant 1 July 1831 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 1 October 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division Department of North Carolina 2 April 1862-6 July 1862
1st Brigade 1st Division Department of North Carolina ? September 1862-10 December 1862
1st Division Department of North Carolina 6 July 1862-? September 1862
Amory’s Brigade Department of North Carolina 10 December 1862-2 January 1863
1st Brigade 1st Division XVIII Corps Department of North Carolina 2 January 1863-23 May 1863
1st Division XVIII Corps Department of North Carolina 23 May 1863-15 June 1863
District of Beaufort Virginia and North Carolina 21 July 1863-13 August 1863
Sub- District of Beaufort 27 July 1864-7 October 1864
Defences of New Bern 7 October 1863-8 November 1863
Defences of New Bern 15 January 1864-27 July 1864
Andrews, Timothy Patrick
Ireland / Born 1794 Ireland / Died Washington, District of Columbia 11 March 1868
Major USA Paymaster 22 May 1822 / Colonel USA US Voltigeurs and Rifles 16 February 1847-20 July 1848 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA Deputy Paymaster-General 17 December 1851 / Colonel USA Paymaster-General 6 September 1862-29 November 1864 / Retired USA 29 November 1864
Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 September 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865 second appointment
Deputy Paymaster-General Department of the Missouri 9 November 1861
Paymaster-General 6 September 1862-29 November 1864
Baker, Edward Dickinson
California / Born 24 February 1811 London, England / KIA Ball’s Bluff, Virginia 21 October 1861
Private Illinois Infantry 1832 / Mustered Out USV 1832 / Colonel USV 4th Illinois Infantry 4 March 1845 / Resigned USV 24 December 1846 / Brigadier-General USV 31 July 1861 to rank from 17 May 1861 Declined but Confirmed / Colonel USV 71st Pennsylvania Infantry (1st California Regiment) 22 June 1861 / Major-General USV 21 September 1861 Unconfirmed
Baker, Lafayette Curry
New York / Born 13 October 1826 Stafford, New York / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 July 1868
Captain USV Provost Marshal 12 September 1862 / Colonel USV 1st District of Columbia Cavalry 5 May 1863 / Brigadier-General USV 26 April 1865 Unconfirmed / Mustered Out USV 15 January 1866
Bartram, Nelson B
New York / Born 7 January 1832 Westport, New York / Died 25 December 1886
Captain USV 17th New York 22 May 1861 / Major USV 17th New York December 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 17th New York May 1862 / Mustered Out USV June 1863 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 15th New York Cavalry June 1863 / Colonel USV 20th USCT Infantry 9 February 1864 / Mustered Out USV 7 October 1865
District of Carrollton 1 May 1864-30 September 1864
Beall, Benjamin Lloyd
Rhode Island / Born 1801 Fort Adams, Rhode Island / Died Maryland 16 August 1863
Cadet USMA 25 March 1814 / Discharged USMA 16 October 1816
Captain USV Washington City Volunteers 1 June 1836 / Captain USA 2nd US Dragoons 8 June 1836 / Major USA 1st US Dragoons 16 February 1847 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 3 March 1855 / Colonel USA 3 May 1861 / 1st US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / Retired USA 1 February 1862
Brevet Major USA 1837 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 1848
Department of California 17 October 1860-14 January 1861
District of Oregon 13 September 1861-23 October 1861
Beckwith, Edward Griffin
New York / Born 25 June 1818 Cazenovia, New York / Died Clifton Springs, New York 22 June 1881
Cadet USMA 1 July 1838 / USMA 1 July 1842 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 3rd US Artillery 1 July 1842 / 1st Lieutenant USA 18 June 1846 / Captain USA 12 May 1855 / Assistant Commissary of Subsistence 19 July 1861 / Colonel USA ADC (N P Banks) 5 July 1862-31 May 1866 / Major USA 2nd US Artillery 8 February 1864 / Reverted to / Retired USA 20 March 1879
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
Artillery Department of Pennsylvania 25 April 1861-19 July 18961
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence Department of the Shenandoah 25 July 1861-February 1862
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence Army of Virginia 27 July 1862-2 September 1862
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence Department of the Gulf 17 December 1862-July 1865
Defences of New Orleans 25 August 1863-6 January 1864
4th Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf 25 August 1863-15 January 1864
Bentzoni, Charles (Carl)
Prussia / Born 11 October 1830 Germany / Died 8 October 1907
Prussian Army / British Army / Private USA 11th US Infantry 1857 / Sergeant USA 1st US Infantry / 2nd Lieutenant USA 20 November 1861 / Colonel USV 3rd Arkansas Infantry African Descent August 1863 / 56th USCT Infantry 11 March 1864 / 1st Sergeant USA 8th US Infantry / Captain USA 40th US Infantry / 25th US Infantry / Major USA 1891 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA / Retired USA 1894
District of Eastern Arkansas 27 April 1865-12 May 1865
Beveridge, John Lourie
Illinois / Born 6 July 1824 Greenwich, New York / Died Hollywood, California 3 May 1910
Captain USV 8th Illinois Cavalry 17 September 1861 / Major USV 8th Illinois Cavalry 18 September 1861 / Discharged USV 2 November 1863 / Colonel USV 17th Illinois Cavalry 28 January 1864 / Mustered Out USV 7 February 1866
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 7 March 1865
2nd Brigade Cavalry District of Southwest Missouri 8 October 1864-19 October 1864
District of St Louis 5 April 1865-8 April 1865
District of Central Missouri 25 June 1865-10 July 1865
Biddle, Charles John
Pennsylvania / Born30 April 1819 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died 28 September 1873 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Captain USA Infantry 16 February 1847 / US Voltigeurs 9 April 1847 / Discharged USA 29 August 1848 / Colonel USV 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (42nd Pennsylvania Infantry) 21 June 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 31 August 1861 Declined / Resigned USV 11 December 1861 / Brevet Major USA 13 September 1847
Cheat River District 25 July 1861-20 August 1861
Black, Henry M
Pennsylvania / Born 15 January 1827 Pennsylvania / Died Chicago, Illinois 6 August 1893
Cadet USMA 1 July 1842 / USMA 1 July 1847
4th US Infantry 1 July 1847 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 7th US Infantry 20 August 1847 / 1st Lieutenant USA 9th US Infantry 3 March 1855 / Captain USA 10 September 1856 / Colonel USV 6th California Infantry 1 February 1863 / USMA Commandant of Cadets 22 September 1864-1 July 1870 / Mustered Out USV 27 October 1865 / Major USA 7th US Infantry 25 July 1866 / Lieutenant-Colonel 4th US Infantry 7 October 1868 / 15th US Infantry 1 July 1870 / Colonel USA 23rd US Infantry 6 February 1882 / Retired USA 15 January 1891
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1847
District of the Humboldt 6 February 1864-30 June 1864
Bowie, George Washington
Maryland / Born 1821 Maryland / Died Martinez, California 11 August 1901
1st Lieutenant USA 15th US Infantry 8 March 1847 / 15th US Infantry 9 April 1847 / Captain USA 20 July 1847 / Discharged USA 4 August 1848 / Colonel 5th California Infantry 8 November 1861 / Mustered Out USV 12 December 1864
Brevet Major USA 20 August 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Southern California 15 May 1862-7 February 1863
District of Arizona 29 January 1864-29 November 1864
Bowman, Samuel Millard
Pennsylvania/ Born 3 January 1815 Briar Creek, Pennsylvania / Died Kansas City, Missouri 4 June 1885
Major USV 4th Illinois Cavalry 5 September 1861 / Colonel USV 84th Pennsylvania Infantry 21 June 1862 / Mustered Out USV 15 May 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
CIA Virginia 1862 Exchanged 30 September 1862
1st Division Cavalry Army of the Tennessee May 1862
2nd Brigade 3rd Division III Corps Army of the Potomac 13 March 1863-20 June 1863
District of Delaware 20 August 1864-24 March 1865
Brice, Benjamin William
Virginia / 30 November, 1809 Harrison, (West) Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 4 December 1892
Cadet USMA 1 July 1825 / USMA 1 July 1829 40/46
3rd US Infantry 1 July 1829 / Resigned USA 13 February 1832 / Adjutant-General Ohio Militia 1846 / Major USA Paymaster 3 March 1847 / Discharged USA 4 March 1849 / Major USA Paymaster 9 February 1852 / Brigadier-General USV 22 May 1862 Withdrawn 16 July 1862 / Colonel USA Paymaster-General 29 November 1864-28 July 1866 / Brigadier-General USA Paymaster-General 28 July 1866 / Retired USA 1 January 1872
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant 1 July 1829 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 2 December 1864 Brevet Colonel USA 2 December 1864 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 2 December 1864 Brevet Major-General USA 13 March 1865
Paymaster-General 29 November 1864-1 January 1872
Brown, Benjamin Gratz
Missouri / Born 28 May 1826 Frankfort, Kentucky / Died Kirkwood, Missouri 13 December 1885
Colonel USV 4th Missouri Infantry 22 April 1861 / Resigned USV 30 July 1861
District of Ironton 5 July 1861-7 August 1861
Brown, Harvey
New Jersey / Born 6 September 1795 Rahway, New Jersey / Died Clifton, Staten Island, New York 31 March 1874
Cadet USMA 11 October 1814 / USMA 24 July 1818 6/23 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA US Light Artillery 24 July 1818 / 1st US Artillery 1 June 1821 / 4th US Artillery 16 August 1821 / 1st Lieutenant USA 1st US Artillery 23 August 1821 / Assistant Quartermaster 19 May 1826-25 February 1829 / Captain USA 4th US Artillery 10 April 1835 / Major USA 2nd US Artillery 9 January 1851 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 4th US Artillery 28 April 1861 / Colonel USA 5th US Artillery 14 May 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 23 November 1861 Declined / Retired USA 1 August 1863
Brevet Captain USA 23 August 1831 Brevet Major USA 21 November 1836 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 20 August 1847 Brevet Colonel USA 13 September 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 23 November 1861 Brevet Major-General USA 2 August 1866
Department of Florida 13 April 1861-22 February 1862
Defences of New York City 5 April 1862-16 July 1863
Brown, Philip Perry (Jr)
New York / Born 8 October 1823 Smithfield, New York / Died 9 April 1881
Colonel USV 157th New York Infantry 19 September 1862 / Provost Marshal May 1864 / Mustered Out USV 12 June 1865 / Colonel USV 7th US Veteran Infantry 15 July 1865 / Mustered Out USV 9 February 1866
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Gettysburg 1 July 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division XI Corps Army of the Potomac 14 July 1863-17 July 1863
Provost Marshal Department of the South May 1864-10 June 1864
3rd Brigade District of Florida 26 October 1864-1 November 1864
District of Hilton Head 26 October 1864-31 October 1864
District of Hilton Head 28 November 1864-23 December 1864
District of Hilton Head 1 January 1865-21 February 1865
1st Brigade Provisional Division Department of the South 1 April 1865-21 April 1865
Provisional Division Department of the South 21 April 1865-12 June 1865
Busteed, Richard
Ireland / Born 16 February 1822 Cavan, Ireland / Died New York, New York 14 September 1874
Captain USV Chicago Light Artillery 1 October 1861 / Discharged USV 7 November 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 7 August 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Resigned USV 10 March 1863
Busteed’s Brigade VII Corps Department of Virginia 15 December 1862-10 March 1863
Byrne, James J
Ireland / Born 1841 Ireland / Died Fort Quitman, Texas 13 August 1880
Private USV 11th New York May 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USV 163rd New York Infantry 24 July 1862 / Mustered Out USV 11 December 1862 / ADC (J W Davidson) / Colonel USV 18th New York Cavalry 24 February 1864 / Mustered Out USV 13 May 1866
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865 Brevet Major-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Bonnet Carré 1 April 1865-27 June 1865
Cady, Albemarle
New Hampshire / Born 15 February 1807 Keene, New Hampshire / Died New Haven, Connecticut 14 March 1888
Cadet USMA 1 July 1825 / USMA 1 July 1829 24/46 Infantry
2nd Lieutenant USA 6th US Infantry 1 July 1829 / 1st Lieutenant USA 31 December 1836 / Captain USA 7 July 1838 / Major USA 27 January 1853 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 7th US Infantry 6 June 1861 / Assistant Inspector-General 29 January 1863-31 July 1863 / Colonel USA 8th US Infantry 20 October 1863 / Retired USA 18 May 1864
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1829 Brevet Major USA 8 September 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
WIA Molino del Rey 8 September 1847
District of Oregon 23 October 1861-5 May 1862
Assistant Inspector-General Department of the Pacific 29 January 1863-31 July 1863
Cahill, Thomas W
Massachusetts / Born 12 August 1826 Charlestown, Massachusetts / Died New Haven, Connecticut 31 August 1869
Colonel USV 9th Connecticut Infantry September 1861 / Mustered Out USV August 1865
Defences of New Orleans 16 December 1862-8 January 1863
Catherwood, Edwin C
Missouri
Colonel 6th Missouri Militia Cavalry 27 February 1862 / Colonel USV 13th Missouri Veteran Cavalry / Mustered Out USV 18 July 1865
District of Rolla 2 December 1864-4 January 1865
District of Rolla 8 March 1865-10 July 1865
Chapin, Edward Payson
New York / Born August 16 1831 Waterloo, New York / KIA Port Hudson, Louisiana 27 May 1863
Captain New York Militia / Captain USV 44th New York Infantry 6 September 1861 / Major USV 2 January 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 4 July 1862 / Resigned USV 4 July 1862 / Colonel USV 116th New York Infantry 5 September 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 27 May 1863 Unconfirmed posthumously
WIA Hanover Court House 27 May 1862
1st Brigade 1st Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf 9 February 1863-27 May 1863
Chivington, John Milton
Colorado / Born 27 June 1821 Lebanon, Ohio / Died Denver, Colorado 4 October 1894
Major USV 1st Colorado Infantry 26 August 1861 / Colonel USV April 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 28 November 1862 Withdrawn 12 February 1863 / Resigned USV 4 January 1865
District of Colorado 19 September 1862-1 November 1862
District of Colorado Territory 2 November 1862-1 January 1863
District of Colorado Territory 28 February 1864-4 January 1865
District of Colorado Territory 30 January 1865-28 March 1865
Churchill, Sylvester
Vermont / Born 2 August 1783 Woodstock, Vermont / Died Washington, District of Columbia 7 December 1862
1st Lieutenant USA 3rd US Artillery 12 March 1812 / Captain USA 15 August 1813 / Major USA Assistant Inspector-General 29 August 1813-15 June 1815 / US Artillery 12 May 1814 / Captain USA Artillery 17 May 1815 / 1st US Artillery 1 June 1821 / Major USA 3rd US Artillery 6 Aril 1835 / Colonel USA Inspector-General 15 June 1841 / Inspector-General US Army 8 January 1849-25 September 1861 / Retired USA 25 September 1861
Brevet Major USA 15 August 1823 Brevet Brigadier-General 13 February 1847
Inspector-General 8 January 1849-25 September 1861
Cloud, William Fletcher
Kansas / Born 23 March 1825 Franklin, Ohio / Died 4 March 1905
USV 2nd Ohio Infantry 1847-1848 / Major USV 2nd Kansas Infantry 20 June 1861 / Mustered Out USV 31 October 1861 / 2nd Kansas Cavalry 8 November 1861 / Major USV 5 March 1862 / Colonel USV 10th Kansas Infantry 3 April 1862 / Mustered Out USV 19 January 1865
District of Southwest Missouri 24 May 1863-14 June 1863
Cranor, Jonathan
Ohio / Born 6 January 1823 Guilford, North Carolina / Died Baton Rouge, Louisiana 18 August 1897
Captain USV 11th Ohio Infantry 20 April 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 40th Ohio Infantry 21 August 1861 / Colonel USV 11 September 1861 / Resigned USV 5 February 1863
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
3rd Brigade Kanawha Division Department of the Ohio 13 October 1862-17 November 1862
District of Eastern Kentucky 17 November 1862-5 February 1863
Crooks, William
Minnesota / Born 20 June 1832 New York City, New York / Died Portland, Oregon 17 December 1907
Colonel USV 6th Minnesota Infantry 23 August 1862-28 October 1864
District of Eastern Arkansas 6 August 1864-27 September 1864
District of Eastern Arkansas 7 October 1864-9 October 1864
Cluseret, Gustave Paul
France / Born 13 June 1823 Suresnes, France / Died Hyeres, France 22 August 1900
Captain French Army 1843-1851 / Captain French Army 1854-1858 / Italian Army 1860-1861 / Colonel USV ADC (G B McClellan) 10 March 1862 / ADC (J C Frémont) May 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 14 October 1862 Unconfirmed / Resigned USV 2 March 1863 / WIA Sevastopol 1854
Cluseret’s Brigade Mountain Department 12 May 1862-26 June 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division VIII Corps Middle Department 5 February 1863-12 February 1863
Cooper, Samuel
New York / Born June 12 1798 New Hackensack, New York / Died Alexandria, Virginia 3 December 1876
Cadet USMA 26 May 1813 / USMA 11 December 1815 36/40 Artillery
US Light Artillery 11 December 1815 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 15 November 1817 / 1st US Artillery 1 June 1821 / 1st Lieutenant USA 6 July 1821 / 2nd US Artillery 16 August 1821 / 4th US Artillery 31 December 1824 / Captain USA 11 June 1836-15 July 1852 / Chief Clerk War Department 13 March 1837-9 July 1838 / Assistant Adjutant-General 7 July 1838 / Colonel USA Adjutant-General 15 July 1852 / Resigned USA 7 March 1861 / Brigadier-General ACSA 16 March 1861 / Adjutant-General and Inspector-General ACSA 16 March 1861-19 April 1865 / General ACSA 31 August 1861 to rank from 16 May 1861 / Paroled Charlotte, North Carolina 3 May 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 11 December 1815 Brevet Captain USA 6 July 1831 Brevet Major USA 7 July 1838 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 3 March 1847 Brevet Colonel 30 May 1838
Adjutant-General and Inspector-General CS Army 16 May 1861-19 April 1865
Cowdin, Robert
Vermont / Born 18 September 1805 Jamaica, Vermont / Died Boston, Massachusetts 9 July 1874
Colonel 2nd Massachusetts Militia April 1861 / Colonel USV 1st Massachusetts Infantry 25 May 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 26 September 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Discharged USV 31 March 1863
2nd Brigade X Division Military District of Washington October 1862-2 February 1863 /
2nd Brigade Abercrombie’s Division XXII Corps Department of Washington 2 February 1863-31 March 1863
Currey, George Byron
Oregon / Born 4 April 1833 Crawfordsville, Indiana / Died 6 March 1906
Captain USV 1st Oregon Cavalry May 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1st Oregon Cavalry 1865 / Colonel USV 11 November 1864 / Mustered Out USV November 1865
Department of the Columbia 27 July 1865-20 November 1865
Curtis, James Freeman
California / Born 19 December 1825 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Boston, Massachusetts 1 March 1914
California Militia 1849 / 1st Lieutenant California Guard 1854 / Major USV 2nd California Infantry 2 September 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel 4th California Infantry 25 June 1863 / Colonel USV 11 April 1864 / Mustered Out USV 30 November 1865 / Idaho National Guard
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Southern California 7 July 1863-27 July 1863
Davis, Greenlief P
Captain USV 2nd Battalion US Veteran Reserve Corps
District of the Monongahela 29 December 1864-27 June 1865
Davis, William Watts Hart
Pennsylvania / Born 27 July 1820 Davisville, Pennsylvania / Died Doylestown, Pennsylvania 26 December 1910
Private USV 1st Massachusetts Infantry 5 December 1846 / 1st Lieutenant USV 31 December 1846 / Captain USV 16 March 1848 / Mustered Out USV 24 July 1848 / Captain USV 25th Pennsylvania 18 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 26 July 1861 / Colonel USV 104th Pennsylvania Infantry 5 September 1861 / Mustered Out USV 30 September 1864
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Fair Oaks, Virginia 31 May 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XVIII Corps 2 January 1863-5 February 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of the South 6 July 1863-19 July 1863
Davis’ Brigade X Corps Department of the South 1 August 1863-30 August 1863
5th Brigade Morris Island X Corps Department of the South 30 August 1863-20 November 1863
2nd Brigade Morris Island X Corps Department of the South 23 November 1863-5 December 1863
2nd Brigade Terry’s Division X Corps Department of the South 20 December 1863-15 January 1864
District of Hilton Head 26 April 1864-13 May 1864
Day, Nicholas Wyckoff
New York / Born 18 January 1839 New Brunswick, New Jersey / Died East Orange, New Jersey 6 March 1916
Quartermaster Sergeant 71st New York Militia 26 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 28 July 1861 / Captain USV 96th New York Infantry 22 February 1862 / Major USV 131st New York Infantry 11 September 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 31 December 1862 / Colonel USV 15 January 1863 / Mustered Out USV 26 July 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865urnh
District of La Fourche 1 February 1864-3 May 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XIX Corps Army of the Shenandoah 17 February 1865-17 March 1865
2nd Brigade Birge’s Division District of Savannah 17 March 1865-27 March 1865
3rd Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of North Carolina 27 March 1865-4 July 1865
Dickey, William Henry
Born 10 June 1840 Manchester, Michigan / Died Kalamazoo, Michigan 21 February 1902
2nd Lieutenant USV 6th Michigan Infantry 9 October 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USV 1 September 1861 / Colonel USV 84th USCT Infantry 16 October 1863 / Mustered Out USV 14 March 1866
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
1st Brigade 1st Division Corps d’Afrique Department of the Gulf January 1864-4 April 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division USCT Department of the Gulf 4 April 1864-August 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division USCT Department of the Gulf October 1864-13 February 1865
District of Morganza 27 April 1865-27 June 1865
Donnelly, Dudley
New York / Born 1824 / DOW Culpeper, Virginia 15 August 1862
Colonel USV 28th New York Infantry / Brigadier-General USV 16 June 1862 Unconfirmed / MWIA Cedar Mountain 9 August 1862
1st Brigade Banks’ Division Army of the Potomac 13 March 1862-20 March 1862
1st Brigade 1st Division V Corps Army of the Potomac 20 March 1862-4 April 1862
1st Brigade 1st Department of the Shenandoah 4 April 1862-27 May 1862
Drake, John Miller
Pennsylvania / Born 31 December 1830 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania / Died 11 Portland, Oregon December 1913
1st Lieutenant USV 1st Oregon Cavalry 29 November 1861 / Captain USV / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1st Oregon Infantry 11 November 1864 / Mustered Out USV December 1865
Department of the Columbia 20 November 1865-1 December 1865
Draper, Alonzo Granville
Massachusetts / Born 6 September 1835 Brattleboro, Vermont / Died Brazos de Santiago, Texas 3 September 1865
Captain USV 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 5 July 1861 / Major USV 23 February 1863 / Colonel USV 2nd North Carolina Colored Infantry 1 August 1863 / 36th USCT Infantry 8 February 1864
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 28 October 1864
District of St Mary’s 20 April 1864-6 July 1864
2nd Brigade 3rd Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 22 August 1864-28 October 1864
3rd Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 28 October 1864-3 November 1864
2nd Brigade 3rd Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 3 November 1864-3 December 1864
1st Brigade 3rd Division XXV Corps Army of the James 3 December 1864-30 December 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division XXV Corps Army of the James 31 December 1864-4 May 1865
1st Division XXV Corps Army of the James 4 May 1865-29 May 1865
1st Brigade 1st Division XXV Corps Department of Texas 3 June 1865-7 July 1865
3rd Division XXV Corps Department of Texas 7 July 1865-1 August 1865
Drew, Charles Wilson
New York / Born 19 April 1835 Cato, New York / Died Chicago, Illinois 9 April 1903
1st Lieutenant USV 75th New York Infantry 17 September 1861 / Mustered Out USV 29 December 1862 / Colonel USV 76th USCT Infantry 8 April 1863 / Resigned USV 19 August 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 26 March 1865
1st Brigade 2nd Division Corps d’Afrique Department of the Gulf 22 September 1863-19 April 1864
1st Brigade 2nd Division USCT Department of the Gulf 19 April 1864-9 June 1864
1st Division USCT Department of the Gulf 9 June 1864-July 1864
Sub-District of Port Hudson 26 December 1864-19 February 1865
2nd Division USCT Department of the Gulf 18 October 1864-19 February 1865
District of Port Hudson 13 February 1865-19 February 1865
3rd Brigade 1st Division USCT District of West Florida 25 February 1865-10 March 1865
Dubose, John Van Deusen
New York / Born New York
Cadet USMA 1 July 1851 / USMA 1 July 1855 10/34 Mounted Rifles-Cavalry
US Mounted Rifles 1 July 1855 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 October 1855 / 1st Lieutenant USA 13 May 1861 / 3rd US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / Major USV Missouri Artillery 1 September 1861 / Colonel USA ADC 19 February 1862-9 February / ADC (H W Halleck) 1862 / Captain USA 21 February 1862 / Resigned USV 24 February 1862 / Colonel USV 1st Missouri Artillery 7 August 1862 / Mustered Out USV 14 October 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Withdrawn / ADC (J M Schofield) September 1863 / Assistant Inspector-General 1 July 1864 / Major USA 6 May 1869 / Retired USA 17 May 1876
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1855 Brevet Captain USA 10 August 1861 Brevet Major USA 9 October 1862 Brevet Colonel USA 13 March 1865
Chief of Artillery Department of the Mississippi May 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division District of Corinth 4 October 1862-14 October 1862
Cavalry Department of the Missouri 29 September 1863
Assistant Inspector-General Department of the Missouri 1 July 1864-1865
Dyer, Isaac
Maine / Born 1 November 1820 Skowhegan, Maine / Died Skowhegan, Maine 5 March 1913
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 15th Maine Infantry 19 December 1861 / Colonel USV 28 August 1862 / Mustered Out USV 9 September 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Pensacola 24 January 1863-21 April 1863
District of Pensacola 21 May 1863-18 June 1863
Everett, Charles
Massachusetts / Born 13 November 1811 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Smyrna, Delaware 5 May 1879
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 5th Battalion District of Columbia Militia / Captain 6th Massachusetts Light Artillery 20 January 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Louisiana Infantry 3 October 1862 / Colonel USV 1 April 1864 / Mustered Out USV 11 September 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General 13 March 1865
1st Brigade Cavalry Department of the Gulf 25 May 1864-30 June 1864
District of Bonnet Carré 27 March 1865-1 April 1865
Fairchild, Lucius
Ohio / Born 27 December 1831 Kent, Ohio / Died Madison, Wisconsin, 23 May 1896
Private USV 1st Wisconsin Infantry 17 April 1861 / Captain USV 17 May 1861 / Captain USA 16th US Infantry 5 August 1861 / Mustered Out USV 17 August 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 2nd Wisconsin 20 August 1861 / Colonel USV 1 September 1862 / Resigned USV 20 August 1863 / Resigned USA 19 October 1863 / Brigadier-General USV 19 October 1863 Unconfirmed / Resigned USV 2 November 1863
WIA & CIA Gettysburg 1 July 1863 Exchanged
Farnsworth, Elon John
Michigan / Born 30 July 1837 Green Oak, Michigan / KIA Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 3 July 1863
1st Lieutenant USV 8th Illinois Cavalry 18 September 1861 / Captain USV 25 December 1861 / Assistant Quartermaster May 1862 / ADC (A Pleasonton) 1863 / Brigadier-General USV 29 June 1863 Unconfirmed posthumously
1st Brigade 3rd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 28 June 1863-3 July 1863
Farnsworth, John Franklin
Canada / Born 27 March 1820 Eaton, Quebec, Canada / Died Washington, District of Columbia 14 July 1897
Colonel USV 8th Illinois Cavalry 18 September 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Unconfirmed / Resigned USV 4 March 1863
2nd Brigade Cavalry Division Army of the Potomac September 1862-November 1862
1st Brigade 1st Division Cavalry Army of the Potomac November 1862-February 1863
Fauntleroy, Thomas Turner
Virginia / Born 8 October 1795 Richmond, Virginia / Died Leesburg, Virginia 12 September 1883
Lieutenant Virginia Militia 1812 / Major USA 2nd US Dragoons 8 June 1836 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 30 June 1846 / Colonel USA 1st US Dragoons 25 July 1850 / Resigned USA 13 May 1861 / Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 15 May 1861 / Brigadier-General Virginia Militia 18 May 1861-8 October 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 9 July 1861 Declined 17 August 1861 Unconfirmed / Resigned PACS 30 August 1861
Department of New Mexico 5 September 1859-22 January 1861
Finley, Clement Alexander
Pennsylvania / Born 11 May 1797 Newville, Pennsylvania / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8 September 1879
Surgeon’s Mate USA 1st US Infantry 10 August 1818 / Assistant Surgeon USA 1 June 1821 / Major USA Medical Corps 13 July 1832 / Colonel USA Medical Corps 15 May 1861 / Surgeon-General USA 15 May 1861-25 April 1862 / Retired USA 14 April 1862 / Brigadier-General USA Retired 10 July 1876
Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
Surgeon-General 15 May 1861-25 April 1862
Fonda, John Giles
Illinois / Born 8 March 1822 Sand Flats, New York / Died Los Angeles, California 10 December 1910
Private USV Illinois Mounted Volunteers 1847 / Sergeant USV 23 August 1847 / 2nd Lieutenant USV 13 June 1848 / Mustered Out USV 26 July 1848 / 1st Lieutenant USV 2nd Illinois Cavalry 12 August 1861 / Resigned USV 27 December 1861 / Major USV 12th Illinois Cavalry 8 March 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 118th Illinois Infantry 20 November 1862 / Colonel USV 15 December 1862 / Mustered Out USV 1 October 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 28 June 1865
1st Brigade Cavalry Division Department of the Gulf 14 September 1863-3 November 1863
2nd Brigade Cavalry Division Department of the Gulf 3 November 1863-18 August 1864
1st Brigade Cavalry Division Department of the Gulf 18 August 1864-24 September 1864
2nd Brigade Cavalry Division Department of the Gulf 24 September 1864-9 February 1865
District of Baton Rouge 18 March 1865-23 March 1865
Cavalry Brigade District of Baton Rouge 23 March 1865-30 May 1865
District of Baton Rouge 30 May 1865-17 July 1865
Ford, James Hobart
Colorado / Born 22 May 1829 Painesville, Ohio / Died Akron, Ohio 12 January 1867
Captain USV Colorado Infantry 21 December 1861 / Major USV 2nd Colorado Infantry 1 November 1862 / Colonel USV 2nd Colorado Cavalry 5 November 1863 / Mustered Out USV 19 July 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 10 December 1864
4th Brigade Army of the Border 17 October 1864-22 December 1864
District of the Upper Arkansas 22 December 1864-1 July 1865
Foreman, Ferris
California / Born 24 August 1808 Nichols, New York / Died 11 February 1901
Colonel USV 3rd Illinois Infantry July 1847 / Mustered Out USV May 1848 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 4th California Infantry September 1861 / Colonel USV 8 November 1861 / Resigned USV 20 August 1863
District of Southern California 15 May 1862-17 May 1862
District of Southern California 10 April 1863-7 July 1863
Fuller, Henry William
New Hampshire / Born 30 June 1838 Hooksett, New Hampshire / Died Boston, Massachusetts 7 April 1885
1st Lieutenant USV 1st New Hampshire Infantry 30 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 9 August 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USV 4th New Hampshire Infantry 20 September 1861 / Resigned USV 29 October 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 16th New Hampshire Infantry 29 October 1862 / Mustered Out USV 20 August 1863 / Colonel USV 75th US Colored Infantry 23 November 1863 / Mustered Out USV 25 November 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Morganza 26 February 1865-27 February 1865
Fry, Cary Harrison
Kentucky / Born 20 August 1813 Garrard, Kentucky / Died San Francisco, California 5 March 1873
Cadet USMA 1 July 1830 / USMA 1 July 1834 20/36 Infantry
3rd US Infantry 1 July 1834 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 31 August 1835 / Resigned USA 31 October 1836 / Major USV 2nd Kentucky Infantry 9 June 1846 / Mustered Out USV 9 June 1847 / Major USA Paymaster 7 February 1853 / Acting Paymaster-General 15 July 1862-11 December 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA Deputy Paymaster-General 28 July 1866
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1834 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 15 October 1867
Acting Paymaster-General 15 July 1862-11 December 1862
Gallup, George W
Kentucky / Born 12 October 1828 Albany, New York / Died Catlettsburg, Kentucky 31 December 1880
1st Lieutenant USV 14th Kentucky Infantry 10 December 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 12 May 1862 / Colonel USV 13 January 1863 / Mustered Out USV 31 January 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Eastern Kentucky 15 August 1863-6 November 1863
Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky 6 November 1863-10 April 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division District of Kentucky 13 April 1864-8 May 1864
1st Brigade 2nd Division XXIII Corps Army of the Ohio 11 October 1864-11 November 1864
Gavin, James
Indiana / Born 1830 / Died 1873
Colonel USV 7th Indiana Infantry 1861 / Colonel USV 76th Indiana Infantry 19 July 1862/ Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Withdrawn / Colonel USV 134th Indiana Infantry 24 May 1864
2nd Brigade 1st Division I Corps Army of the Potomac 20 November 1862-22 December 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division I Corps Army of the Potomac 13 January 1863-26 March 1863
Gibson, George
Pennsylvania / Born 1 September 1775 Westover, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, District of Columbia 29 September 1861
Captain USA 5th US Infantry 3 May 1808 / Major USA 7th US Infantry 9 November 1811 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 5th US Infantry 15 August 1813 / Discharged USA 15 June 1815 / Commissary-General of Subsistence 18 April 1818 / Colonel USA Quartermaster-General 29 April 1816-29 September 1861 / Colonel USA Commissary-General of Subsistence 18 April 1818
Brevet Brigadier-General USA 29 April 1826 Brevet Major-General USA 30 May 1848
CIA Queenston Heights, Canada 13 October 1812 Exchanged January 1813
Commissary-General of Subsistence 18 April 1818-29 September 1861
Glover, John Montgomery
Missouri / Born 4 September 1822 Harrodsburg, Kentucky / Died Newark, Missouri 15 November 1891
Colonel USV 3rd Missouri Cavalry 4 September 1861 / Resigned USV 23 February 1864
District of Northeast Missouri 12 March 1862-3 June 1862
District of Rolla 2 November 1862-12 March 1863
2nd Brigade Cavalry Division Department of the Missouri
Gravely, Joseph Jackson
Missouri / Born 25 September 1828 Leatherwood, Virginia / Died Stockton, Missouri 28 April 1872
Colonel 8th Missouri Militia Cavalry
District of Southwest Missouri 9 December 1864-8 January 1865
Gregg, John Irvin
Pennsylvania / Born 19 July 1826 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, District of Columbia 6 January 1892
Private USV 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry 29 December 1846 / Mustered Out USV 6 May 1847 / 1st Lieutenant USA Infantry 18 February 1847 / 11th US Infantry 9 April 1847 / Captain USA 5 September 1847 / Discharged USA 14 August 1848 / Captain USA 3rd US Cavalry 14 May 1861 / 6th US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / Colonel USV 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry 14 November 1862 / Mustered Out USV 11 August 1865 / Colonel USA 8th US Cavalry 28 July 1866 / Retired USA 2 April 1879
Brevet Major USA 17 March 1863 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 12 October 1863 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 1 August 1864 Brevet Colonel USA 7 October 1864 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Major-General USA 13 March 1865
WIA Charles City Road 16 August 1864 WIA Gravelly Run 6 February 1865 WIA and CIA Farmville 7 April 1865 Released 9 April 1865
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 13 May 1863-14 June 1863
3rd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 14 June 1863-12 August 1863
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 12 August 1863-24 August 1863
2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 24 August 1863-4 September 1863
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 4 September 1863-24 March 1864
2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 25 March 1864-4 April 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 4 April 1864-2 August 1864
2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 2 August 1864-6 August 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 6 August 1864-16 August 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 10 November 1864-9 February 1865 / 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 9 February 1865-14 March 1865
Cavalry Corps Potomac 10 February 1865-24 February 1865
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac 17 February 1865-17 April 1865
District of Lynchburg 25 May 1865-13 July 1865
Guitar, Odon
Kentucky / Born 31 August 1825 Richmond, Kentucky / Died Columbia, Missouri 13 March 1908
Private USV 1st Missouri Infantry 1846 / Mustered Out USV 1847 / Colonel 9th Missouri Militia Cavalry 3 May 1862 / Brigadier-General Missouri Militia 18 August 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 19 January 1863 to rank from 29 November 1862 Unconfirmed / Brigadier-General Missouri Militia 27 June 1863 / Resigned Missouri Militia 31 August 1864 / Resigned 31 August 1864
District of North Missouri 6 July 1863-6 April 1864
District of Rolla 25 March 1864-23 August 1864
Hall, Willard Preble
Born 9 May 1820 Harper’s Ferry, (West) Virginia / Died St Joseph Missouri 2 November 1882
Private USV 1st Missouri Cavalry 1846 / Lieutenant USV / Mustered Out USV 1847 / Brigadier-General Missouri Militia July 1861 / Discharged 31 January 1864
District of Northwest Missouri 23 August 1862-10 April 1863
District of Northwest Missouri 23 June 1863-6 July 1863
Hallowell, Edward Needles
Born 3 November 1836 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died West Medford, Massachusetts 26 July 1871
Private 4th Battalion Massachusetts Militia April 1861 / 2nd Lieutenant USV 20th Massachusetts Infantry 23 January 1862 / 1st Lieutenant USV 30 January 1862 / ADC (N J T Dana) September 1862 / Captain USV 54th Massachusetts Infantry 30 March 1863 / Major USV 13 May 1863 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1 June 1863 / Colonel USV 1 September 1863 / Mustered Out USV 20 August 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 27 June 1865
WIA Fort Wagner 18 July 1863
3rd Brigade 1st Division District of Florida 29 February 1864-18 April 1864
Northern District of the South 28 November 1864-8 December 1864
Hamilton, Charles
Born 15 September 1828 Suffolk, Massachusetts / Died 5 June 1873
Major USV 110th New York Infantry 27 August 1862 / Colonel USV 1863 / Mustered Out USV 28 August 1865
District of Key West and Tortugas 13 September 1863-14 October 1863
District of Key West and Tortugas 1 December 1863-30 December 1863
Harding, Chester (Jr)
Missouri / Born 16 October 1827 Northampton, Massachusetts / Died St Louis, Missouri 10 February 1875
Lieutenant-Colonel USV Assistant Adjutant-General Missouri 12 May 1861 / Colonel USV 10th Missouri Infantry 15 August 1861 / Resigned USV 5 December 1861 / Brigadier-General Adjutant-General Missouri Militia 28 November 1861-14 June 1862 / Colonel USV 25th Missouri Infantry 14 June 1862 / Resigned USV 3 February 1864 / Colonel USV 43rd Missouri Infantry 22 September 1864
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 27 May 1865 / Mustered USV 30 June 1865
WIA and CIA Arrowrock 15 October 1864 Exchanged
2nd Brigade District of St Louis 30 September 1862-3 December 1862
2nd Division Army of Southeast Missouri 3 December 1862-31 December 1862
1st Brigade 2nd Division Army of Southeast Missouri 31 December 1862-February 1863
District of Northwest Missouri 10 April 1863-23 June 1863
District of Central Missouri 12 April 1865-25 June 1865
Harlan, John Marshall
Kentucky / Born 1 June 1833 Boyle, Kentucky / Died Washington, District of Columbia 14 October 1911
Colonel USV 10th Kentucky Infantry / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Withdrawn 15 July 1863 / Resigned USV 18 February 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division Army of the Ohio 18 October 1862-24 October 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division III Corps Army of the Cumberland 24 October 1862-5 November 1862
2nd Brigade 3rd Division Centre XIV Corps Army of the Cumberland 5 November 1862-9 January 1863
2nd Brigade 3rd Division XIV Corps Army of the Cumberland 9 January 1863-18 February 1863
Haupt, Herman
Pennsylvania / Born 26 March 1817 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Jersey City, New Jersey 14 December 1905
Cadet USMA 1 July 1831 / USMA 1 July 1835 31/56 Infantry
3rd US Infantry 1 July 1835 / Resigned USA 30 September 1835 / Colonel USV ADC 27 April 1862-5 September 1862 / ADC (J Pope) 5 September 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 5 September 1862 Declined Vacated 5 September 1863 / Resigned 14 September 1863
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1835
Haynie, Isham Nicolas
Tennessee / Born 18 November 1824 Dover, Tennessee / Died Springfield, Illinois 22 May 1868
1st Lieutenant USV 6th Illinois 21 May 1847 / Mustered Out USV 13 October 1848 / Colonel USV 48th Illinois Infantry 10 November 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Expired 4 March 1863 / Resigned USV 6 March 1863
WIA Shiloh 6 April 1862
1st Brigade 3rd Division XVII Corps Army of the Tennessee 25 January 1863-6 March 1863
Heath, Thomas Tinsley
Born 10 March 1835 Xenia, Ohio / Died Loveland, Ohio 18 October 1925
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 5th Ohio Cavalry 7 October 1861 / Colonel USV 11 August 1863 / Mustered Out USV 30 October 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 15 December 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division Cavalry District of Corinth 17 September 1863-10 October 1863
3rd Brigade 3rd Division Cavalry Corps Military Division of the Mississippi 25 April 1865-26 June 1865
District of Western North Carolina 6 July 1865-10 October 1865
Henning, Benjamin S
Major USV 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry 31 January 1862 / Mustered Out USV 31 January 1865
District of the Upper Arkansas 14 October 1864-21 December 1864
Hill, Bennett Hoskin
Vermont / Born Washington, District of Columbia January 1816 / Died Washington, District of Columbia 24 March 1886
Cadet USMA 1 July 1833 / USMA 1 July 1837 21/50 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant US 1st US Artillery 1 July 1837 / 1st Lieutenant USA 19 July 1838 / Captain USA 12 January 1848 / Major USA 2nd US Artillery 28 August 1861 / Assistant Provost Marshal-General 23 April 1863-31 July 1865 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 5th US Artillery 1 August 1863 / Retired USA 15 December 1870
Brevet Colonel USA 31 January 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 31 January 1865
District of Michigan 1 October 1864-27 June 1865
Holbrook, William Cune
Born 14 July 1842 Brattleboro, Vermont / Died Brattleboro, Vermont 27 March 1904
1st Lieutenant USV 7th Vermont Infantry 9 July 1861 / Major USV 22 January 1862 / Colonel USV 27 August 1862 / Resigned USV 2 June 1865
District of Pensacola 21 April 1863-8 November 1863
Hovey, Charles Edward
Vermont / Born 26 April 1827 Thetford, Vermont / Died Washington, District of Columbia 17 November 1897
Colonel USV 33rd Illinois Infantry 15 August 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 5 September 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Resigned USV 22 May 1863
Brevet Major-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Cache River 7 July 1862 WIA Arkansas Post 10 January 1863
1st Brigade 2nd Division District of Eastern Arkansas 2 November 1862-December 1862
2nd Brigade 11th Division XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee December 1862-18 December 1862
2nd Brigade 4th Division XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee 18 December 1862-4 January 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of the Mississippi 4 January 1863-12 January 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division XV Corps Army of the Tennessee 12 January 1863-22 May 1863
Johnston, Albert Sidney
Kentucky-Louisiana / Born 2 February 1803 Washington, Kentucky / KIA Shiloh, Tennessee 6 April 1862
Cadet USMA 1 July 1822 / USMA 1 July 1826 8/41 Infantry
2nd US Infantry 1 July 1826 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 6th US Infantry 1 July 1826 / Regt Adjutant 14 September 1828-7 September 1832 / Resigned USA 31 May 1834 / Colonel USV Illinois Assistant Adjutant-General 1832 / Private Republic of Texas Army 1836 / Major Republic of Texas Army ADC (S Houston) 1836 / Colonel Republic of Texas Army Adjutant-General 5 August 1836 / Brigadier-General Republic of Texas Army 31 January 1837 / Resigned Republic of Texas Army February 1840 / Colonel USV 1st Texas Rifles 8 July 1846 / Mustered Out USV 24 August 1846 / Assistant Adjutant-General September 1846-October 1846 / Major USA Paymaster 31 October 1849 / Colonel USA 2nd US Cavalry 3 March 1855 / Defected to CSA 23 February 1861 / Resigned USA 10 April 1861 to date from 3 May 1861 / General ACSA 31 August 1861 to rank from 30 May 1861
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1826 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 18 November 1857
Department of the Pacific 22 November 1860-24 April 1861
Western Department 10 September 1861-6 April 1862
Army of Central Kentucky 28 September 1861-4 December 1861
Army of Central Kentucky 18 December 1861-31 December 1861
Army of Central Kentucky 23 February 1862-29 March 1862
Army of Mississippi 29 March 1862-6 April 1862
Jourdan, James
New York / Born 12 June 1832 New York City, New York / Died Brooklyn, New York 2 November 1910
Major 14th New York Militia 19 April 1861 / Major USV 84th New York Infantry 23 May 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 56th New York Infantry 19 December 1861 / Colonel USV 158th New York Infantry 5 September 1862 / Mustered Out USV 17 March 1865 / Colonel New York Militia 17 August 1866
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 28 October 1864 Brevet Major-General USV 13 March 1865
2nd Brigade 5th Division XVIII Corps Department of North Carolina 11 January 1863-22 April 1863
Jourdan’s Brigade Department of North Carolina 22 April 1863-21 July 1863
Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina 11 October 1863-27 June 1864
1st Brigade 2nd Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 2 November 1864-3 December 1864
4th Brigade 1st Division XXIV Corps Army of the James 3 December 1864-17 March 1865
Judd, Henry Bethel
Connecticut / Born 25 April 1819 New London, Connecticut / Died Wilmington, Delaware 27 July 1892
Cadet USMA 1 July 1835 / USMA 1 July 1839 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 3rd US Artillery 1 July 1839 / 1st Lieutenant USA 26 December 1840 / Captain USA 13 February 1850 / Major USA 4th US Artillery 1 November 1861 / Retired USA 21 November 1861
Brevet Captain USA 25 March 1847 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 13 November 1865
District of Delaware 19 January 1864-3 April 1864
Judson, William Russell
New York / Born 25 October 1810 Butternuts, New York / Died Elmira, New York 6 February 1880
Captain New York Militia 30 April 1834 / Lieutenant-Colonel New York Militia 20 June 1835 / Colonel New York Militia 21 July 1842 / Captain USV 6th New York 21 July 1846 / Mustered Out USV 1848 / Major USV 6th Kansas Cavalry 27 July 1861 / Colonel USV 10 September 1861 / Mustered Out USV 11 March 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Fort Smith, Arkansas 1864
2nd Brigade Department of Kansas June 1862-July 1862
1st Brigade 1st Division Army of the Frontier February 1863-5 June 1863
District of the Frontier Kansas 6 January 1864-23 February 1864
District of the Border 6 January 1864-30 January 1865 / 3rd Brigade District of the Frontier 2 July 1864-16 January 1865
2nd Brigade District of the Frontier 16 January 1865-1 February 1865
Kennett, John
Ohio / Born 9 March 1809 St Petersburg, Russia / Died Avondale, Ohio 12 December 1898
Colonel USV 4th Ohio Cavalry August 1861 / Resigned USV 3 January 1863
Cavalry Corps Cumberland 24 October 1862-23 November 1862
Kiernan, James Lawlor
New York / Born 26 October 1837 Mount Bellew, Ireland / Died New York, New York 26 November 1869
Assistant Surgeon USV 69th New York Militia 20 April 1861 / Resigned USV 22 May 1861 / Major USV Surgeon 6th Missouri Cavalry 1 March 1862 / Resigned USV 24 May 1863 / Brigadier-General USV 1 August 1863 Unconfirmed / Resigned USV 3 February 1864
WIA Pea Ridge 7 March 1862 WIA & CIA Port Gibson 6 May 1863 Escaped
Kirby, Edmund (Jr)
New York / Born 11 March 1840 Brownville, New York / DOW Fredericksburg, Virginia 28 May 1863
Cadet USMA 1 July 1856 / USMA 6 May 1861 10/45 Artillery /
2nd Lieutenant USA 1st US Artillery 6 May 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USA 14 May 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 28 May 1863 Unconfirmed posthumously
MWIA Chancellorsville 3 May 1863
Landram, William Jennings
Born 11 February 1828 Lancaster, Kentucky / Died Lancaster, Kentucky 11 October 1895
Private USV 1st Kentucky Cavalry 9 June 1846 / Sergeant USV 1846 / Mustered Out USV 8 June 1847 / Colonel USV 19th Kentucky Infantry 2 January 1862 / Mustered Out USV 26 January 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Buena Vista 23 February 1847 CIA Mansfield 8 April 1864
2nd Brigade 1st Division Department of the Ohio 7 October 1862-27 October 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division Army of Kentucky 27 October 1862-13 November 1862
2nd Brigade 10th Division XIII Corps Army of Tennessee 13 November 1862-13 December 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division Right Wing XIII Corps Army of Tennessee 13 December 1862-4 January 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division I Corps Army of the Mississippi 4 January 1863-12 January 1863
2nd Brigade 10th Division XIII Corps Army of Tennessee 12 January 1863-9 February 1863
2nd Brigade 10th Division XIII Corps Army of Tennessee 9 March 1863-17 August 1863
2nd Brigade 4th Division XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee 17 August 1863-24 August 1863
2nd Brigade 4th Division XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee 6 October 1863-21 November 1863
1st Brigade 4th Division XIII Corps Department of the Gulf 21 November 1863-5 December 1863
4th Division XIII Corps Department of the Gulf 5 December 1863-4 January 1864
1st Brigade 4th Division XIII Corps Department of the Gulf 9 January 1864-15 March 1864
4th Division XIII Corps Department of the Gulf 15 March 1864-29 May 1864
2nd Brigade Cavalry Division Department of the Gulf 18 August 1864-24 September 1864
Sub-District of Baton Rouge 3 October 1864-3 December 1864
Larned, Benjamin Franklin
Massachusetts / Born 6 September 1794 Pittsfield, Massachusetts / Died 6 September 1862
Ensign USA 21st US Infantry 1 October 1813 / 3rd Lieutenant USA 7 March 1814 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 8 March 1814 / 1st Lieutenant USA 5th US Infantry 4 August 1814 / Major USA Paymaster 1 June 1821 to rank from 24 November 1815 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA Deputy Paymaster-General 3 March 1847 / Colonel USA Paymaster-General 20 July 1854-6 September 1862 / Relieved of Duty 15 July 1861
Paymaster-General 20 July 1854-6 September 1862
Lawson, Thomas
Virginia / Born 29 August 1789 Princess Anne, Virginia / Died Norfolk, Virginia 15 May 1861
Surgeon’s Mate USN 1 March 1809 / Resigned USN 12 January 1811 / Surgeon’s Mate USA 28 January 1811 / Surgeon USA 6th US Infantry 21 May 1813 / 7th US Infantry 17 May 1815 / Medical Department 1 June 1821 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA Surgeon-General 30 November 1836 / Colonel USA Surgeon-General 30 November 1836
Brevet Brigadier-General USA 30 May 1848
Surgeon-General 30 November 1836-14 May 1861
Lee, Harvey
California / Born 1819 / Died Sacramento, California 19 August 1866
Captain USV 2nd Illinois Infantry August 1847 / Mustered Out USV July 1848 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 4th California Infantry 1861 / Resigned USV 20 April 1863
District of Southern California 7 February 1863-10 April 1863
Lee, John Fitzgerald
Virginia / Born 5 March 1813 Sully, Virginia / Died St Louis, Missouri 17 June 1884
Cadet USMA 1 July 1830 / USMA 1 July 1834 9/36 Artillery
1st US Artillery 1 July 1834 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 29 July 1835 / Captain USA 1 December 1836 Creek Mounted Volunteers / Mustered Out USV 31 July 1837 / Ordnance 3 October 1837 / 1st Lieutenant USA Ordnance 9 July 1838 / Captain USA Ordnance 3 March 1847 / Judge Advocate 2 March 1849 / Resigned USA 4 September 1862
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1834 Brevet Captain USA 29 January 1837 Brevet Major USA 2 March 1849
Judge Advocate 2 March 1849-4 September 1862
Lippitt, Francis James
Born 19 July 1812 Providence, Rhode Island / Died Washington, District of Columbia 26 September 1902
Captain USV 1st New York Infantry 1 August 1846 / Mustered Out USV 8 September 1848 / Colonel USV 2nd California Infantry 2 September 1861 / Mustered Out USV 11 October 1864
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of the Humboldt 12 December 1861-13 July 1863
Littlefield, Milton Smith
Illinois / Born 19 July 1830 Ellisburg, New York / Died New York, New York 7 March 1899
Captain USV 14th Illinois Infantry 25 May 1861 / Mustered Out USV 26 November 1862 / Colonel USV 4th South Carolina African Descent 1 April 1863 / 21st USCT Infantry 14 March 1864 / Mustered Out USV 25 April 1866
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 26 November 1864
3rd Brigade North Folly Island X Corps Department of the South 6 November 1863-14 December 1863
Montgomery’s Brigade District of Florida 15 February 1864-25 February 1864
3rd Brigade 1st Division District of Florida 25 February 1864-29 February 1864
District of Hilton Head 24 December 1864-31 December 1864
3rd Brigade District of Florida 28 November 1864-22 December 1864
District of Hilton Head 24 December 1864-January 1865
District of Hilton Head 22 February 1865-13 May 1865
Livingston, Robert Ramsey
Canada / Born 10 August 1827 Montreal, Canada / Died Plattsmouth, Nebraska 28 September 1888
Captain USV 1st Nebraska Cavalry 11 June 1861 / Major USV 1 January 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 22 April 1862 / Colonel USV 4 October 1862 / Mustered Out USV 10 July 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 21 June 1865
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Army of Southeast Missouri 3 December 1862-February 1863
District of Northern Arkansas 30 November 1863-6 January 1864
District of Northeastern Arkansas 6 January 1864-1 June 1864
Eastern Sub-District District of Nebraska 29 September 1864-30 January 1865
Eastern Sub-District District of the Plains 8 April 1865-July 1865
Loan, Benjamin Franklin
Missouri / Born 14 October 1819 Hardinsburg, Kentucky / Died St Joseph, Missouri 30 March 1881
Brigadier-General Missouri Militia 27 November 1861 / Discharged Missouri Militia 8 June 1863
District of Northwest Missouri 12 March 1862-4 June 1862
District of Central Missouri 25 August 1862-9 June 1863
Long, Stephen Harriman
New Hampshire / Born 30 December 1874 Hopkinton, New Hampshire / Died Alton, Illinois 4 September 1864
2nd Lieutenant USA Engineers 12 December 1814 / Major USA 16 April 1816 / Topographical Engineers 5 July 1838 / Colonel USA Chief of Topographical Engineers 9 September 1861 / Retired USA 3 March 1863
Brevet Major USA 29 April 1816
Chief of Topographical Engineers 9 September 1861-3 March 1863
Loring, William Wing
North Carolina-Florida / Born 4 December 1818 Wilmington, North Carolina / Died New York, New York 30 December 1886
Private 11th Florida Militia 1832 / Sergeant 1835 / 2nd Lieutenant Florida Infantry 16 June 1837 / Mustered Out USV 16 August 1837 / Captain USA US Mounted Rifles 27 May 1846 / Major USA 16 February 1847 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 15 March 1848 / Colonel USA US 1st Mounted Rifles 30 December 1856 / Resigned USA 13 May 1861 / Colonel ACSA Infantry 16 March 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 20 May 1861 / Major-General PACS 15 February 1862 to rank from 17 February 1862 / Paroled Greensboro, North Carolina 1 May 1865 / Brigadier-General Egyptian Army 1869 / Major-General Egyptian Army 1869-1879
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 20 August 1847 Brevet Colonel USA 13 September 1847
WIA Churubusco 20 August 1847 WIA Chapultepec 13 September 1847 WIA Ezra Church 28 July 1864
Department of New Mexico 22 January 1861-11 June 1861
Department of Southwestern Virginia 8 May 1861-16 October 1862
Army of the Northwest 20 July 1861-26 January 1862
I Corps Mississippi 15 December 1862-20 May 1863
Loring’s Division Western Department 20 May 1863-4 July 1863
Loring’s Division Department Mississippi and East Louisiana 4 July 1863-28 January 1864
Loring’s Division Department of Alabama Mississippi and East Louisiana 28 January 1864-4 May 1864
Loring’s Division III Corps Army of Tennessee 4 May 1864-14 June 1864
III Corps Tennessee 14 June 1864-23 June 1864
Loring’s Division III Corps Army of Tennessee 7 July 1864-28 July 1864
III Corps Tennessee 14 June 1864-28 July 1864
Loring’s Division III Corps Army of Tennessee September 1864-March 1865
Loring’s Division III Corps Army of Tennessee 9 April 1865-26 April 1865
Lovell, Charles Swain
Massachusetts / Born 13 February 1811 Hull, Massachusetts / Died Louisville, Kentucky 3 January 1871
Private USA 2nd US Artillery 30 December 1830 / Discharged USA 5 January 1832 / Private USA 2nd US Artillery / Sergeant USA / Sergeant-Major USA 25 April 1832 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 6th US Infantry 13 October 1837 / 1st Lieutenant USA 7 July 1838 / Captain USA 18 June 1846 / Major USA 10th US Infantry 14 May 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 18th US Infantry 21 January 1863 / Assistant Provost Marshal-General Wisconsin 22 April 1863-24 December 1863 / Assistant Provost Marshal-General Wisconsin 21 June 1864-29 July 1864 / Colonel USA 14th US Infantry 16 February 1865 / Retired USA 15 December 1870
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 27 June 1862 Brevet Colonel USA 1 July 1862 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
WIA Contreras 19 August 1847 WIA Churubusco 20 August 1847
2nd Brigade 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac 27 June 1862-29 June 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac 17 September 1862-17 September 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac October 1862-November 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac 14 December 1862-January 1863
Department of the Columbia 13 November 1865-7 October 1866
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers
Ohio / Born 3 May 1831 Ludlow Station, Ohio / Died Los Angeles, California 10 January 1898
Captain USV 4th Missouri Cavalry 23 September 1861 / Major USV 14 October 1862 / ADC (J Hooker) May 1863 / Assistant Inspector-General June 1863-1864 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 8 July 1865 / Resigned USV 29 August 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Lebanon February 1862
Cavalry Brigade XXV Corps Department of Virginia and North Carolina 3 December 1864-February 1865
District of the Peninsula 13 April 1865-27 April 1865
Sub-District of the Peninsula 27 April 1865-29 August 1865
Marsh, Charles Carroll
Born 1829 Oswego, New York
Colonel USV 20th Illinois Infantry 13 June 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Withdrawn / Resigned USV 22 April 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division Army of the Tennessee 29 March 1863-3 May 1862
3rd Brigade 1st Division District of Jackson July 1862-November 1862
1st Brigade 3rd Division XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee November 1862-December 1862
1st Brigade 3rd Division XVII Corps Army of the Tennessee 18 December 1862-15 January 1863
Mather, Thomas Scott
Illinois / Born 24 April 1929 Simsbury, Connecticut / Died Springfield, Illinois 20 November 1890
Adjutant-General Illinois Militia 1858-1861 / Colonel USV 2nd Illinois Light Artillery 30 January 1862 / Mustered Out USV 17 August 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 28 September 1865
Lehigh District 9 November 1864-30 November 1864
Matthews, Stanley
Born 21 July 1824 Cincinnati, Ohio / Died Washington, District of Columbia 22 March 1889
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 23rd Ohio Infantry 11 June 1861 / Colonel USV 51st Ohio Infantry 26 October 1861 / Brigadier-General 11 April 1862 Withdrawn 16 July 1862 / Resigned USV 1863
23rd Brigade Army of the Ohio 17 July 1862-August 1862
23rd Brigade 5th Division Army of the Ohio August 1862-29 September 1862
23rd Brigade 5th Division II Corps Army of the Ohio 29 September 1862-24 October 1862
23rd Brigade 5th Division II Cops Army of the Cumberland 24 October 1862-5 November 1862
3rd Brigade 3rd Division Left Wing XIV Corps Army of the Cumberland 7 January 1863-14 April 1863
Maury, Reuben F
Oregon / Born 1824 / Died Jacksonville, Oregon 20 February 1906
Major USV 1st Oregon Cavalry December 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV July 1862 / Colonel USV April 1865 / Mustered Out USV July 1865
District of Oregon 23 March 1865-27 June 1865
McChesney Joseph Miller
New Jersey / Born 25 September 1838 Trenton, New Jersey / DOW Beaufort, North Carolina 14 August 1865
Captain USV 9th New Jersey infantry 19 November 1861 / Colonel USV 1st North Carolina Infantry 20 February 1863 9th New Jersey and 1st District of Columbia / Resigned USV 13 May 1865
WIA Washington 1864
District of the Pamlico 15 July 1863-30 July 1863
Sub-District of the Pamlico 26 October 1863-10 March 1864
McKibbin, Gilbert Hunt
New York / Born 7 November 1835 New York City, New York / Died New York, New York 5 January 1920
2nd Lieutenant USV 51st New York 9 October 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USV 16 May 1862 / Captain USV Assistant Adjutant-General 6 October 1862 / Mustered Out USV 12 November 1862 / Captain USV Assistant Adjutant-General 12 November 1862 / Mustered Out USV 19 September 1865
Brevet Major USA 2 December 1864 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USV 2 December 1864 Brevet Colonel USV 2 December 1864 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 2 December 1864
1st Brigade Bermuda Hundred Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 20 March 1865-6 April 1865
1st Brigade Petersburg Department of Virginia 6 April 1865-25 May 1865
Sub-District of Blackwater 25 May 1865-19 September 1865
McKinstry, Justus
New York-Michigan / Born 6 July 1814 Columbia, New York / Died St Louis, Missouri 11 December 1897
Cadet USMA 1 July 1833 / USMA 1 July 1838 40/45 Infantry-Quartermaster’s Department
2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Infantry 1 July 1838 / 1st Lieutenant USA 2nd US Infantry 18 April 1841 / Captain USA Assistant Quartermaster 3 March 1847 / Captain USA 2nd US Infantry 12 June 1848 / Major USA Assistant Quartermaster 3 August 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 2 September 1861 Suspended 13 November 1861 Expired Unconfirmed 17 July 1862 / Dismissed 28 January 1863
Brevet Major USA 20 August 1847
Assistant Quartermaster Department of the West 1861
5th Division Western Amy 24 September 1861-24 October 1861
Merrill, Lewis
Pennsylvania / Born 28 October 1834 New Berlin, Pennsylvania / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 27 February 1896
Cadet USMA 1 July 1851 / USMA 1 July 1855 20/34 Dragoons
1st US Dragoons 1 July 1855 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Dragoons 13 December 1855 / 1st Lieutenant USA 24 April 1861 / 2nd US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / Colonel USV 2nd Missouri Cavalry 23 August 1861 / Captain USA 1 October 1861 / Mustered Out USV 14 December 1865 / Major USA 7th US Cavalry 27 November 1868 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 9 January 1886 / Retired USA 21 May 1886
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1855 Brevet Major USA 10 September 1862 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 10 September 1863 Brevet Colonel USA 3 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 27 February 1890
Cavalry Western Department August 1861-October 1861
District of St Louis 10 April 1862-4 June 1862 / St Louis Division District of Missouri 4 June 1862-7 August 1862
Northwestern Division District of Missouri 7 August 1862-27 September 1862
District of Northeast Missouri 27 September 1862-29 January 1863
1st Brigade 1st Division Cavalry District of Southeast Missouri 6 June 1863-10 August 1863
1st Brigade 1st Division Cavalry Army of Arkansas September 1863-10 September 1863
1st Division Cavalry Army of Arkansas 10 September 1863-October 1863
1st Brigade 1st Division Cavalry Army of Arkansas October 1863-2 December 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division Army of Arkansas 2 December 1863-6 January 1864
Mersy, August
Germany-Illinois / Born 25 September 1821 Karlsruhe Baden-Wuerttemberg / Died Belleville, Illinois 21 October 1886
Karlsruhe Military Academy 1840
Lieutenant Army of Grand Ducky of Baden-Wuerttemberg / Captain USV 9th Illinois Infantry 25 April 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 26 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 24 July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 9th Illinois Infantry 26 July 1861 / Colonel USV 5 September 1861 / Mustered Out 20 August 1864
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Atlanta 22 July 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division District of Corinth 3 October 1862-24 October 1862
2nd Brigade District of Corinth 24 October 1862-24 October 1862-20 January 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division Sub-District of Corinth 20 January 1863-20 March 1863
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Left Wing XVI Corps Army of the Tennessee 20 March 1863-7 August 1863
Left Wing XVI Corps Tennessee 7 August 1863-3 September 1863
2nd Division Left Wing XVI Corps Army of the Tennessee 3 September 1863-12 September 1863
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Left Wing XVI Corps Army of the Tennessee 12 September 1863-22 April 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Left Wing XVI Corps Army of the Tennessee 23 May 1864- 22 July 1864
Miller, Stephen
Minnesota / Born 7 January 1816 Carroll, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, Minnesota 18 August 1881
Private USV 1st Minnesota Infantry 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 29 April 1861 / Colonel USV 7th Minnesota Infantry 24 August 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 26 October 1863 Unconfirmed / Resigned USV 18 January 1864
Molineux, Edward Leslie
England / Born 12 October 1833 London, England / Died Brooklyn, New York 10 June 1915
Private 7th New York Militia 1854 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 159th New York Infantry 27 September 1862 / Colonel USV 25 November 1862 / Mustered Out USV 4 August 1865 / Major-General New York National Guard
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 19 October 1864 Brevet Major-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Irish Bend 14 April 1863
3rd Brigade 4th Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf 10 July 1863-15 August 1863
District of La Fourche 1 January 1864-March 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf 10 March 1864-5 July 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division X Corps Army of the James 21 July 1864-31 July 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XIX Corps Department of Washington 31 July 1864-7 August 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XIX Corps Army of the Shenandoah 7 August 1864-1 November 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XIX Corps Army of the Shenandoah 9 December 1864-6 January 1865
1st Brigade 2nd Division District of Savannah 6 January 1865-17 February 1865
District of Northern Georgia 5 June 1865-27 June 1865
Moonlight, Thomas
Scotland-Kansas / Born 10 November 1833 Arbroath, Scotland / Died Leavenworth, Kansas 7 February 1899
Private USA 4th US Artillery 17 May 1853 / Corporal USA / Sergeant USA / First Sergeant USA / Discharged USA 17 May 1858 / Captain USV 1st Kansas Battery 20 July 1861 / Assistant Adjutant-General 10 April 1862 / Captain Assistant Adjutant-General 14 April 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 11th Kansas Cavalry 20 September 1862 / Colonel USV 25 April 1864 / Mustered Out USV 7 July 1865 / Adjutant-General Kansas Militia 1883-1884
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
Assistant Adjutant-General Department of Kansas 5 May 1862
Sub-District of South Kansas 1 August 1864-4 January 1865
2nd Brigade 1st Division Army of the Border 15 October 1864-8 November 1864
District of Colorado Territory 4 January 1865-30 January 1865
North Sub-District District of the Plains 8 April 1865-27 May 1865
Morrill, John
Illinois / Born 3 June 1827 Concord, New Hampshire / Died La Salle, Illinois 28 July 1893
USV 1846-1848 / Captain USV 64th Illinois Infantry 3 December 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 12 September 1862 / Colonel USV 1 March 1864 / Mustered Out USV 10 July 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Atlanta 22 July 1864
1st Brigade 4th Division XVI Corps Army of the Tennessee 17 July 1864-22 July 1864
District of Rolla 17 March 1865-10 July 1865
Morris, William Walton
New York / Born 31 August 1801 Ballston Springs, New York / Died Fort McHenry, Maryland 11 December 1865
Cadet USMA 17 March 1815 / USMA 1 July 1820 30/30 Infantry
2nd Lieutenant USA 6th US Infantry 1 July 1820 / 1st Lieutenant USA 11 August 1823 / 4th US Artillery 30 July 1824 / Captain USA 17 December 1836 / Major USA 4 November 1853 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 14 May 1861 / Colonel USA 2nd US Artillery 1 November 1861
Brevet Major USA 27 January 1837 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 9 June 1862 Brevet Major-General USA 10 December 1865
Defences of Baltimore VIII Corps Middle Department 22 July 1862-5 January 1863
Middle Department 12 March 1863-20 March 1863
VIII Corps Middle 12 March 1863-22 March 1863
Middle Department 10 August 1863-30 August 1863
VIII Corps Middle 10 August 1863-31 August 1863
Middle Department 22 September 1863-28 September 1863
VIII Corps Middle 22 September 1863-27 September 1863
2nd Brigade VIII Corps Middle Department 5 January 1864-20 January 1864
2nd Brigade VIII Corps Middle Department 10 May 1864-31 January 1865
Middle Department 1 February 1865-19 April 1865
VIII Corps Middle 1 February 1865-19 April 1865
2nd Brigade VIII Corps Middle Department 19 April 1865-29 July 1865
Moulton, Orson E
Massachusetts / Born 10 August 1825 Monson, Massachusetts / Died 31 August 1894
3rd Lieutenant USV 3rd Massachusetts Rifles 19 May 1861 / Mustered Out USV 3 August 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USV 25th Massachusetts Infantry 1 August 1861 / Captain USV 27 September 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1 January 1863 / Mustered Out USV 1 January 1865
WIA & CIA Cold Harbor 3 June 1864
District of the Pamlico 31 July 1863-13 August 1863
Sub-District of the Pamlico 14 August 1863-7 September 1863
Mudgett, William S
Maine / Born 16 May 1837 Northport, Maine / Died Hampton, Virginia 6 October 1899
Private USV 2nd Maine Infantry 28 May 1861 / Sergeant USV / 1st Lieutenant USV 9 September 1861 / Captain USV 9 July 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 80th USCT Infantry 9 March 1863 / Colonel USV 7 March 1865 / Mustered Out USV 1 March 1867
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Carrollton 1 April 1865-27 June 1865
Noble, William Henry
Connecticut / Born 16 August 1813 Newtown, Connecticut/ Died Bridgeport, Connecticut 18 January 1894
Colonel USV 17th Connecticut Infantry 22 July 1862 / Mustered Out USV 19 July 1865
WIA Chancellorsville 2 May 1863
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
2nd Brigade 1st Division XI Corps Army of the Potomac 4 July 1863-14 July 1863
2nd Brigade South Folly Island X Corps Department of the South 27 November 1863-15 January 1864
2nd Brigade North Folly Island X Corps Department of the South 15 January 1864-23 January 1864
2nd Brigade North Folly Island X Corps Department of the South 28 January 1864-23 February 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division District of Florida 25 February 1864-25 April 1864
District of Florida 29 July 1864-4 August 1864
Patterson, Robert
Ireland-Pennsylvania / Born 12 January 1792 Cappagh, Ireland / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 August 1881
Captain 2nd Pennsylvania Militia 2 October 1812 / Lieutenant-Colonel / Colonel / Mustered Out 2 April 1813 / 1st Lieutenant USA 22nd US Infantry 5 April 1813 / 32nd US Infantry 27 May 1813 / Captain USA Deputy Quartermaster-General 24 June 1813-5 June 1814 / Captain USA 19 April 1814 / Discharged USA 15 June 1815 / Colonel Pennsylvania Militia / Major-General USV 7 July 1846 / Discharged USV 20 July 1848 / Major-General Pennsylvania Militia 15 April 1861 / Mustered Out 27 July 1861
WIA Cerro Gordo 18 April 1847
Department of Washington 19 April 1861-27 April 1861
Department of Pennsylvania 27 April 1861-25 July 1861
Army of the Shenandoah 2 June 1861-16 August 1861
Peteler, Francis
Germany / Born 19 April 1828 Munich, Germany / Died 1 November 1903
Private USA 8th US Infantry 1847 / Corporal USA 1847 / Discharged USA 1848 / Captain USV Minnesota Sharpshooters 17 September 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 2nd US Sharpshooters 5 October 1861 / Resigned USV 23 June 1863
Fourth District Northwest 17 November 1862-24 November 1862
Phelps, John Smith
Connecticut / Born 22 December 1814 Simsbury, Connecticut / Died St Louis, Missouri 20 November 1886
Private USV Missouri Infantry 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV Phelps’ Missouri Infantry 2 October 1861 / Colonel USV 19 December 1861 / Mustered Out USV 13 May 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 19 July 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Resigned USV 9 July 1863 / WIA Pea Ridge 7 March 1862
Philips, John Finis
Missouri / Born 31 December 1834 Thralls Prairie, Missouri / Died Hot Springs, Arkansas 13 March 1919
Colonel USV 7th Missouri Cavalry 1 May 1862
District of Central Missouri 3 November 1864-26 February 1865 /
District of Rolla 3 November 1864-27 November 1864
Pickett, Josiah
Massachusetts / Born 21 November 1822 Beverly, Massachusetts / Died Worcester, Massachusetts 14 January 1908
1st Lieutenant 3rd Massachusetts Militia 19 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 3 August 1861 / Captain USV 25th Massachusetts Infantry 28 October 1861 / Major USV 20 March 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 28 October 1862 / Colonel USV 1 January 1863 / Mustered Out USV 10 January 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 3 June 1864
WIA Cold Harbor 3 June 1864
Sub-District of the Pamlico 8 September 1863-26 October 1863
Price. Thomas Lawson
Missouri / Born 19 Jan 1809 Danville, Virginia / Died Jefferson City, Missouri 15 July 1870
Brigadier-General Missouri Militia 1846-1847 / Brigadier-General USV 22 Sep 1861 Rejected / Discharged USV 12 November 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 17 March 1862 to rank from 1 February 1862 Declined 1 April 1862 / Resigned USV 21 April 1862
Roberts, Samuel Henry
Connecticut-New York / Born 28 September 1820 East Hartford, Connecticut / Died Brooklyn, New York 28 October 1890
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 139th New York Infantry 9 September 1862 / Colonel USV 25 August 1863 / Mustered Out USV 19 June 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 28 October 1864
1st Brigade Getty’s Division XVIII Corps Department of Virginia and North Carolina 15 March 1864-28 April 1864
District of Currituck 16 February 1864-18 January 1865
3rd Brigade 1st Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 20 August 1864-14 October 1864
3rd Brigade 1st Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 20 October 1864-29 October 1864
3rd Brigade 3rd Division XXIV Corps Army of the Potomac 24 January 1865-19 June 1865
Sanders, William Price
Kentucky-Mississippi / Born 12 August 1833 Frankfort, Kentucky / DOW Knoxville, Tennessee 19 November 1863
Cadet USMA 1 July 1852 / USMA 1 July 1856 41/49 Cavalry
1st US Dragoons 1 July 1856 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Dragoons 27 May 1857 / 1st Lieutenant USA 10 May 1861 / Captain USA 3rd US Cavalry 14 May 1861 / 6th US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / Colonel USV 5th Kentucky Cavalry 4 March 1863 / Brigadier-General USV 18 October 1863 Unconfirmed
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1856
MWIA Campbell’s Station 18 November 1863
Cavalry District of Central Kentucky 16 April 1863 Cavalry Department of the Ohio September 1863
1st Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Ohio 3 November 1863-18 November 1863
Sapp, William Fletcher
Nebraska / Born 20 November 1824 Danville, Ohio / Died Council Bluffs, Iowa 22 November 1890
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 2nd Nebraska Cavalry 23 October 1862 / Mustered Out USV 23 December 1863
District of Nebraska Territory 5 May 1863-3 June 1863
Schmitt, John C
Colonel USV
District of the Humboldt 1 May 1865-27 June 1865
Sewall, Frederic Dummer
Maine / Born 22 January 1825 Bath, Maine / Died Boston, Massachusetts 16 December 1907
Captain USV Assistant Adjutant-General 19 September 1861 / Colonel USV 19th Maine Infantry 26 August 1862 / Resigned USV 18 February 1863 / Major Veteran Reserve Corps 15 June 1863 / Colonel Veteran Reserve Corps 25 September 1863 / Assistant Provost Marshal-General 7 July 1864-25 January 1865 / Assistant Inspector-General 1865 / Mustered Out USV 1 January 1868
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 21 July 1865
1st Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of the Potomac 23 January 1863-7 February 1863
District of Annapolis 1 April 1865-August 1866
Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald
Massachusetts / Born 7 July 1816 Natick, Massachusetts / Died Bellingham, Massachusetts 25 August 1889
Major Assistant Adjutant-Genera; Missouri Militia 18 June 1861 / ADC (N Lyon) August 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 19th Missouri Infantry 30 August 1861 / Colonel USV 3rd Missouri 18 January 1862 / Colonel USV 51st USCT Infantry 9 May 1863 / Brigadier-General USV 17 November 1863 to rank from 27 October 1863 Expired Unconfirmed 4 July 1864 / Resigned USV 4 July 1864 / Adjutant-General Missouri Militia
WIA Wilson’s Creek 10 August 1861
African Brigade XVII Corps Army of the Tennessee May 1863-July 1863
District of Northeast Louisiana 28 July 1863-18 August 1863
1st Brigade Division USCT District of Vicksburg March 1864-July 1864
Sigel, Albert
Germany-Missouri/ Born 13 November 1827 Sinsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany / Died 16 March 1884
Captain USV 2nd New Jersey 28 May 1861 / Mustered Out USV 14 December 1861 / Colonel Missouri Militia Cavalry 19 May 1862 / 13th Missouri Cavalry / 5th Missouri Cavalry 8 February 1863 / Mustered Out USV 8 July 1865
District of Rolla 4 October 1864-2 November 1864
District of Rolla 28 November 1864 1 December 1864
Simonson, John Smith
Pennsylvania / Born 2 June 1796 Uniontown, Pennsylvania / Died New Albany, Indiana 5 December 1881
Sergeant USV New York Infantry 1 May 1814 / Mustered Out USV 8 November 1814 / Captain USA US Mounted Rifles 27 May 1846 / Major USA 16 September 1853 / Colonel USA 13 May 1861 / 3rd US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / Retired USA 28 September 1861
Brevet Major USA 13 September 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
WIA Chapultepec 13 September 1847
District of Indiana 11 September 1863-16 November 1863
District of Indiana 12 January 1864-23 May 1864
Smith, Charles Henry
Maine / Born 1 November 1827 Hollis, Maine / Died 17 July 1902
Captain USV 1st Maine Cavalry 1 October 1861 / Major USV 16 February 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV March 1862 / Colonel USV 17 June 1863 / Mustered Out USV 11 August 1865 / Colonel USA 28th US Infantry 28 July 1866 / 19th US Infantry 1869 / Retired USA 1 November 1891
Sub-District of the Appomattox 25 May 1865-11 August 1865
Smith, Gustavus Adolphus
Pennsylvania / Born 26 December 1820 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory 11 December 1885
Colonel USV 35th Illinois Infantry 1 September 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 19 September 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Dismissed 22 September 1863 / Colonel USV 155th Illinois Infantry 28 February 1865 / Mustered Out USV 14 December 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Pea Ridge 7 March 1862
Spalding, George
Scotland-Michigan / Born 12 November 1836 Blairgowrie, Scotland / Died Monroe, Michigan 13 September 1915
Private USV 4th Michigan Infantry 20 June 1861 1st / Sergeant USV / 1st Lieutenant USV 5 August 1861 / Captain USV 13 January 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 18th Michigan Infantry 18 July 1862 / Colonel USV 12th Tennessee Cavalry 21 March 1865 / Mustered Out USV 24 October 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 21 March 1865
WIA Yorktown 1862 WIA New Bridge 1862 WIA Malvern Hill 1 July 1862 WIA Nashville 1864
2nd Brigade 4th Division Cavalry Department of the Cumberland 1 April 1864-16 August 1864
4th Cavalry Division Department of the Cumberland 16 August 1864-29 October 1864
4th Cavalry Division Military Division of the Mississippi 29 October 1864-9 November 1864
District of North Missouri 28 May 1865-1 July 1865
Steinburger, Justus
Died 13 October 1870
Colonel USV 1st Washington Territory Infantry 12 October 1861 / Major USA Paymaster 1866
District of Oregon 5 May 1862-6 July 1862
Stewart, James (Jr)
New Jersey / Born 22 March 1840 Stewartsville, New Jersey / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24 February 1930
1st Lieutenant USV 9th New Jersey Infantry 15 November 1861 / Captain USV 10 February 1862 / Major USV 22 December 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 8 January 1863 / Colonel USV 20 June 1864 / Mustered Out USV 12 July 1865
WIA Drewry’s Bluff 16 May 1864
1st Brigade 2nd Division Army of the James 24 July 1864-30 September 1864
Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina 7 October 1864-25 February 1865
2nd Brigade District of Beaufort NC 18 March 1865-28 June 1865
3rd Division XXIII Corps Department of North Carolina 28 June 1865-4 July 1865
Stoughton, Edwin Henry
Vermont / Born 23 June 1838 Chester, Vermont / Died New York, New York 25 December 1868
Cadet USMA 1 July 1854 / USMA 1 July 1859 17/22 Infantry
4th US Infantry 1 July 1849 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 6th US Infantry 5 September 1859 / Resigned USA 4 March 1861 / Colonel USV 4th Vermont Infantry 21 September 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 5 November 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Resigned 31 May 1863
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1859
CIA Fairfax, Virginia 8 March 1863 Exchanged May 1863
3rd Brigade 1st Division VI Corps Army of the Potomac October 1862-5 November 1862
2nd Brigade X Division Military District of Washington 5 November 1862-2 February 1863
2nd Brigade Casey’s Division XXII Corps Department of Washington 2 February 1863-8 March 1863
Stuart, David
New York / Born 12 March 1816 Brooklyn, New York / Died Detroit, Michigan 11 September 1868
Colonel USV 42nd Illinois Infantry 22 July 1861 / Colonel USV 55th Illinois Infantry 31 October 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Negated 11 March 1863 / Resigned USV 3 April 1863
WIA Shiloh 6 April 1862 WIA Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi 28 December 1862
2nd Brigade 5th Division Army of the Tennessee 1 March 1862-6 April 1862
4th Brigade District of Memphis 26 October 1862-12 November 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee 12 November 1862-18 December 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Right Wing XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee 18 December 1862-28 December 1862
2nd Division Right Wing XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee 28 December 1862-4 January 1863
2nd Division II Corps Army of the Mississippi 4 January 1863-12 January 1863
2nd Division XV Corps Army of the Tennessee 12 January 1863-3 April 1863
Stumbaugh, Frederick Shearer
Pennsylvania / Born 14 April 1817 Shippensburg, Pennsylvania / Died Topeka, Kansas 25 February 1897
Colonel USV 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry 20 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 27 July 1861 / Colonel USV 77th Pennsylvania Infantry 26 October 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Revoked 22 January 1863 / Discharged USV 15 May 1863
5th Brigade 2nd Division Army of the Ohio 7 March 1862-20 June 1862
Sumner, Edwin Vose (Jr)
Pennsylvania / Born 16 August 1835 Carlisle, Pennsylvania / Died San Francisco, California 28 August 1912
2nd Lieutenant USA 1st US Cavalry 5 August 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USA 12 November 1861 / ADC (G Stoneman) January 1863-August 1863 / Major USV ADC 19 May 1863 / Mustered Out USV 15 August 1863 / Captain USA 23 September 1863 / Assistant Inspector-General 1864 / Colonel USV 1st New York Mounted Rifles 8 September 1864 / Mustered Out USV 29 September 1865 / Captain USA 5th US Cavalry / Major USA 5th US Cavalry 4 March 1879 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 8th US Cavalry 15 April 1890 / Colonel USA 7th US Cavalry 10 November 1894 / Brigadier-General USA 27 March 1899 / Retired USA 10 March 1899 / Retired USA 30 March 1899
Brevet Major USA 6 May 1864 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 28 March 1865
3rd Brigade Cavalry Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 5 February 1865-28 March 1865
Sub-District of the Rappahannock 25 May 1865-16 July 1865
Sweitzer, Nelson Bowman
Pennsylvania / Born 12 December 1828 Brownsville, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, District of Columbia 7 March 1898
Cadet USMA 1 July 1849 / USMA 1 July 1853 24/52 Dragoons
2nd US Dragoons 1 July 1853 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 1st US Dragoons 25 July 1854 / 1st Lieutenant USA 4 September 1855 / Captain USA 7 May 1861 1st US Cavalry 3 August 1861 / ADC (G B McClellan) 20 August 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA ADC 28 September 1861-31 March 1863 / Mustered Out USV 31 March 1863 / Colonel USV 16th New York Cavalry 12 November 1864 / 3rd New York Cavalry 23 June 1865 / Mustered Out USV 21 September 1865 / Major USA 2nd US Cavalry 28 July 1866 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 8th US Cavalry 25 June 1877 / Colonel USA 2nd US Cavalry 9 January 1886 / Retired USA 29 October 1888
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1853 Brevet Major USA 1 July 1862 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 19 September 1864 Brevet Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
District of the Northern Neck 26 April 1865-18 May 1865
Thoburn, Joseph
Ireland / Born 29 April 1825 Mallusk, Ireland / KIA Cedar Creek, Virginia 19 October 1864
Surgeon USV 1st West Virginia Infantry 23 May 1861 / Mustered OUT USV 23 August 1861 / Colonel USV 1st West Virginia Infantry 30 October 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 9 June 1862 Withdrawn
WIA Second Bull Run, Virginia 26 August 1862
4th Brigade 2nd Division III Corps Army of Virginia 29 August 1862-12 September 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Department of West Virginia December 1863-April 1864
2nd Brigade 1st Division Department of West Virginia April 1864-22 July 1864
1st Division Department of West Virginia 2 July 1864-19 October 1864
Thomas, Minor T
Minnesota / Born 24 September 1830 Fayette, Indiana / Died Minneapolis, Minnesota 2 October 1897
2nd Lieutenant USV 1st Minnesota Infantry 29 April 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USV 16 July 1861 / Mustered Out USV 18 November 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 4th Minnesota Infantry 23 December 1861 / Colonel USV 8th Minnesota Infantry 24 August 1862 / Mustered Out USV 11 July 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 10 February 1865
Third District Northwest 17 November 1862-23 November 1862
3rd Brigade 1st Division XXIII Corps Army of the Ohio 30 December 1864-2 February 1865
1st Division XXIII Corps Department of North Carolina 17 June 1865-10 July 1865
Thruston, Charles Mynn
Kentucky-District of Columbia / Born 22 February 1798 Lexington, Kentucky / Died Cumberland, Maryland 18 February 1873
Cadet USMA 8 January 1813 / USMA 21 July 1814 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA Artillery 21 July 1814 / 1st Lieutenant USA 20 April 1818 / 3rd US Artillery 1 July 1821 / Regt Adjutant 1 June 1821-17 February 1827 / Captain USA 17 February 1827 / Resigned USA 31 August 1836 / Brigadier-General USV 7 September 1861 Withdrawn 27 February 1862 / Resigned USV 17 April 1862
Tilghman, Benjamin Chew
Pennsylvania / Born 26 October 1821 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 July 1901
Captain USV 26th Pennsylvania Infantry 31 May 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1 September 1862 / Colonel USV 1 March 1863 / Colonel USV 3rd USCT Infantry 28 July 1863 / Mustered Out USV 9 June 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 April 1865
WIA Chancellorsville May 1863
2nd Brigade 2nd Division District of Florida 25 February 1864-25 April 1864
District of Florida 7 April 1865-19 April 1865
4th Brigade District of Florida 7 April 1865-19 April 1865
Todd, John Blair Smith
Kentucky / Born 4 April 1814 Lexington, Kentucky / Died Yankton, Dakota Territory 5 January 1872
Cadet USMA 1 July 1832 / USMA 1 July 1837 39/50 Infantry
2nd Lieutenant USA 6th US Infantry 1 July 1837 / 1st Lieutenant USA 25 December 1837 / Captain USA 22 November 1843 / Resigned USA 16 September 1856 / Brigadier-General USV 19 September 1861 Expired Unconfirmed 17 July 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Negated 9 March 1863 / Mustered Out USV 17 July 1862
6th Division Army of the Tennessee 15 June 1862-16 July 1862
Totten, James
Pennsylvania-Virginia / Born 11 September 1818 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Died Sedalia, Missouri 1 October 1871
Cadet USMA 1 July 1837 / USMA 1 July 1841 25/52 Artillery
2nd US Artillery 1 July 1841 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 17 August 1842 / 1st Lieutenant USA 3 March 1847 / Captain USA 20 October 1855 / Major USV 1st Missouri Artillery 19 August 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1 September 1861 / Major USA Assistant Inspector-General 12 November 1861 / Brigadier-General Missouri Militia 20 February 1862 / Mustered Out USV 15 June 1865 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA Assistant Inspector-General 13 June 1867 / Dismissed USA 22 July 1870
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1841 Brevet Major USA 17 June 1861 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 10 August 1861 Brevet Colonel USA 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
Chief of Artillery Western Department June 1861-2 November 1861
Chief of Artillery Department of the Missouri 2 November 1861-12 February 1862
District of Central Missouri 12 February 1862-1 June 1862
2nd Division Army of the Frontier 12 October 1862-21 March 1863
Assistant Inspector-General Department of the Missouri 20 May 1863-6 August 1864
Chief of Artillery and Ordnance Military Division of West Mississippi 6 August 1864-17 May 1865
Assistant Inspector-General Department of the South 1867-1870
Townsend, Edward Davis
Massachusetts / Born 22 August 1817 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Washington, District of Columbia 10 May 1893
Cadet USMA 1 July 1833 / USMA 1 July 1837 16/50 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 1 July 1837 / Regt Adjutant 7 July 1838-18 August 1846 / 1st Lieutenant USA 16 September 1838 / Assistant Adjutant-General 8 August 1846 / Captain USA 2nd US Artillery 21 April 1848 Vacated 21 April 1848 / Assistant Adjutant-General 21 April 1848 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 7 March 1861 / Colonel USA 3 August 1861 / Acting Adjutant-General 23 March 1863 / Brigadier-General USA Adjutant-General 22 February 1869 / Retired USA 15 June 1880
Brevet Captain USA 8 August 1846 15 Brevet Major USA 15 July 1852 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 24 September 1864 Brevet Major-General USA 13 March 1865
Chief of Staff USA 7 March 1861-1 November 1861
Acting Adjutant-General 3 August 1861-22 February 1869
Adjutant-General 22 February 1869-15 June 1880
Viall, Nelson
Rhode Island / Born 27 November 1827 Plainfield, Connecticut / Died Cranston, Rhode Island 1 May 1903
USV 147-1848 / 1st Lieutenant Rhode Island Militia April 1861 / Captain USV 2nd Rhode Island Infantry 5 June 1861 / Major USV 22 July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 12 July 1862 / Colonel USV 13 December 1862 / Resigned USV 25 January 1863 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 11th USCT Artillery 15 January 1864 / 8th USCT Heavy Artillery 4 April 1864 11th USCT Heavy Artillery 21 May 1864 / Mustered Out USV 2 October 1865
Brevet Colonel USV 13 March 1865 Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
District of Carrollton 1 October 1864-1 April 1865
Vincent, Strong
Pennsylvania / Born 17 June 1837 Waterford, Pennsylvania / DOW Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 7 July 1863
1st Lieutenant USV Pennsylvania Militia 21 April 1861 / Mustered Out USV 25 July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry 14 September 1861 / Colonel USV 27 June 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 2 July 1863 to rank from 3 July 1863 Unconfirmed posthumously
MWIA Gettysburg 2 July 1863
3rd Brigade 1st Division V Corps Army of the Potomac 20 May 1863-2 July 1863
Voris, Alvin Coe
Ohio / Born 27 April 1827 Stark, Ohio / Died Akron, Ohio 28 July 1904
Sergeant USV 29th Ohio Infantry September 1861 / 2nd Lieutenant USV 2 October 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 67th Ohio Infantry 11 October 1861 / Colonel USV 1 September 1865 / Mustered Out USV 7 December 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 8 December 1864 Brevet Major-General USV 15 November 1865
WIA Fort Wagner July 1863
1st Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of the South 16 August 1864-18 August 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of the South 13 September 1864-24 September 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of the South 29 September 1864-4 October 1864
1st Brigade 3rd Division X Corps Department of the South 5 October 1864-26 October 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of the South 26 October 1864-4 November 1864
1st Division X Corps Department of the South 4 November 1864-18 November 1864
1st Brigade 1st Division X Corps Department of the South 18 November 1864-3 December 1864
1st Brigade Division XXIV Corps Army of the James 3 December 1864-8 December 1864
Sub-District of the South Anna 25 May 1865-7 December 1865
Wade, Melancthon Smith
Ohio / Born 2 December 1802 Cincinnati, Ohio / Died Cincinnati, Ohio 11 August 1868
Sergeant Ohio Militia / Captain Ohio Militia / Brigadier-General Ohio Militia 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 1 October 1861 Rejected 18 March 1862/ Resigned USV 18 March 1862
Waite, Carlos Adolphus
New York / Born 5 May 1797 Connecticut / Died Plattsburg, New York 7 May 1866
2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Infantry 28 January 1820 / 1st Lieutenant USA 1 May 1828 / Captain USA 3 July 1836 / Assistant Quartermaster 7 July 1838-8 May 1845 / Major USA 8th US Infantry 16 February 1847 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 5th US Infantry 10 November 1851 / Colonel USA 1st US Infantry 5 June 1860 / Retired USA 8 February 1864
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 20 August 1847 Brevet Colonel USA 8 September 1847 Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865
WIA Molino del Rey 8 September 1847 CIA San Antonio 23 April 1861
Department of Texas 28 February 1861-23 April 1861
Weed, Stephen Hinsdale
New York / Born 17 November 1831 Potsdam, New York / KIA Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 2 July 1863
Cadet USMA 1 July 1850 / USMA 1 July 1854 27/46 Artillery
2nd US Artillery 1 July 1854 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 4th US Artillery 18 December 1854 / 1st Lieutenant USA 16 November 1856 / Captain USA 5th US Artillery 14 May 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 6 June 1863 Unconfirmed
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1854
WIA Gaines’ Mill Virginia 27 June 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac June 1863-2 July 1863
Wells, Henry Horatio
Born 17 September 1823 Rochester, New York / Died Washington, District of Columbia 12 February 1900
Major USV 26th Michigan Infantry 4 October 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 9 October Provost Marshal May 1864-August 1864 / 1862 / Colonel USV 30 June 1864 / Mustered Out USV 27 September 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 3 June 1865
Provost Marshal Department of Washington May 1864-August 1864
District of Alexandria 21 November 1864-January 1865
District of Patuxent 16 April 1865-18 May 1865
West, Robert Mayhew
Born 16 September 1834 Newton, New Jersey / Died Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory 3 September 1869
Private USA US Mounted Rifles 12 April 1856 / Discharged USA 5 February 1861 / Captain USV 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery 25 July 1861 / Major USV 13 September 1861 / Colonel USV 28 July 1862 / 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry 29 April 1864 / Mustered Out USV 7 August 1865 / Captain USA 7th US Cavalry 28 July 1866 / Resigned USA 1 March 1869
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 1 April 1865 Brevet Major USA 2 March 1867 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 2 March 1867 Brevet Colonel USA 2 March 1867
West’s Brigade VII Corps Department of Virginia 12 April 1863-4 May 1863
West’s Brigade IV Corps Department of Virginia 4 May 1863-15 July 1863
District of Yorktown 22 December 1863-22 January 1864
1st Brigade District of Yorktown 22 January 1864-16 February 1864
District of Yorktown 16 February 1864-8 March 1864
1st Brigade Cavalry Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 15 June 1864-27 October 1864
Cavalry Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 23 October 1864-5 November 1864
1st Brigade Cavalry Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 5 November 1864-11 March 1865
Cavalry Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 11 March 1865-20 March 1865
1st Brigade Cavalry Division XVIII Corps Army of the James 20 March 1865-May 1865
Whipple, Stephen Girard
Born 5 November 1823 Williston, Vermont / Died Eureka, California 21 October 1895
California Militia / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 1st Battalion California Mountaineers 30 May 1863 / Captain USA 1865 / Retired USA 1884
District of the Humboldt 13 July 1863-5 February 1864
District of the Humboldt 1 July 1864-27 July 1865
Williams, David Henry
New York / Born 19 March 1819 Otsego, New York / Died Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1 June 1891
USV 1847-1848 / Colonel USV 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry 23 July 1861 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Expired Unconfirmed 4 March 1863 / Resigned USV 4 March 1863
Williams, Nelson Grosvenor
New York / Born 4 May 1823 Bainbridge, New York / Died Brooklyn, New York 30 November 1897
Cadet USMA 1 July 1839 / Resigned USMA 11 July 1840
Colonel USV 3rd Iowa Infantry 26 June 1861 / Resigned USV 27 November 1862 / Brigadier-General USV 29 November 1862 Negated 9 March 1863
WIA Shiloh 6 April 1862
1st Brigade 4th Division Army of the Tennessee March 1862-6 April 1862
Wilson, John Moulder
District of Columbia / Born 8 October 1837 Washington, District of Columbia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 1 February 1919
/ Cadet USMA 1 July 1855 / US Artillery 1 July 1860 / USMA 1 July 1860 Artillery-Ordnance
Ordnance 9 October 1860 / 1st US Artillery 14 January 1861 / 1st US Artillery 14 January 1861 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 28 January 1861 / 1st Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 14 May 1861 / Topographical Engineers 24 July 1862 / Engineers 3 March 1863 / Captain USA Engineers 1 June 1863 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV Assistant Inspector-General 26 May 1864 / Mustered Out USV 15 September 1865 / Major USA Engineers 3 June 1867 / Lieutenant-Colonel USA 17 March 1884 / Superintendent USMA 17 August 1889-31 March 1893 / Colonel USA Engineers 31 March 1895 / Brigadier-General USA Chief of Engineers 1 February 1897 / Retired USA 30 April 1901
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1860 Brevet Captain USA 27 June 1862 Brevet Major USA 1 July 1862 Brevet Colonel USV 26 March 1865 Brevet Colonel USA 8 April 1865 / Medal of Honor 6 August 1862
Assistant Inspector-General Military Division of West Mississippi 26 May 1864-15 September 1865
District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore 5 June 1865-1 August 1865
Wisewell, Moses N
Born 15 May 1827 Brandon, Vermont / Died New York, New York 11 April 1888
Colonel USV 28th New Jersey Infantry 22 September 1862 / Colonel Veteran Reserve Corps 25 September 1863 / Resigned USV 1 October 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 13 March 1865
WIA Fredericksburg 13 December 1862
District of Washington 2 May 1864-15 December 1864
Woodford, Stewart Lyndon
Born 3 September 1835 New York City, New York / Died New York, New York 14 February 1913
Lieutenant-Colonel USV 127th New York Infantry 8 September 1862 / Colonel USV 103rd USCT Infantry 6 March 1865 / Resigned USV 23 August 1865
Brevet Brigadier-General USV 12 May 1865
District of Savannah 5 June 1865-22 June 1865