lman, May to Aug., 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 33d N. J. Infantry, Aug., 1863 (declined). Private and Sergeant, 14th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 29 to Oct. 7, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Artillery, Oct. 3, 1863.
With battery, in the department of the Gulf.
Resigned, Mar. 18, 1864. Brevet Colonel, and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
West, George Warren.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, 10th Maine Infantry, Oct. 21, 1861.
Major, 17th Maine Infantry, July 25, 1862 Colonel, Oct. 2, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 2, 1864.
Discharged (disability), Apr. 25, 1865.
Whipple, Amiel weeks.
Born at Greenwich, Mass., 1818.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841. Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1841.
Transferred to Topographical Engineers, Sept. 28, 1841. First Lieutenant, Apr. 24, 1851.
Captain, July 1, 1855, for fourteen years continuous service.
Chief Topographical Engineer of the defences of Washington, D. C.,
own request, Dec. 19, 1870.
Patten, Henry Lyman.
See General Officers.
Pearsons, William Barron Chapin.
Born in Vermont.
Appointed from Massachusetts.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 1, 1865.
Pease, Roger Williams.
Born in Massachusetts.
Major, Surgeon, 12th N. Y. Infantry, May 7, 1861.
Resigned, Aug. 28, 1861.
Major, Surgeon, 10th N. Y. Cavalry, Nov. 20, 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 2, 1863.
Major, Surgeon, Mar. 30, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 1, 1866.
Mustered out, Oct. 7, 1865.
Died, May 28, 1886.
Peirce, Charles H.
Born in Massachusetts.
Private, Artificer and Sergeant, U. S. Engineers, June 10, 1846, to Mar. 26, 1849, and from June 16, 1849, to Mar. 29, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, Mar. 23, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861.
Captain, June 11, 1864.
Mustered out, Dec. 31, 1870.
Peirson, Charles Lawrence.
See Gen
missioned, Mar. 24, 1862, to rank from Sept. 1, 1861.
Killed at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Apr. 6, 1862.
Pearce, Henry.
Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 11th Kan. Cavalry, Sept. 10, 1862.
Captain, Sept. 19 1863.
Mustered out, Aug. 7, 1865.
Pease, Roger Williams.
Born in Massachusetts.
Major, Surgeon, 12th N. Y. Infantry, May 7, 1861.
Resigned, Aug. 28, 1861.
Major, Surgeon, 10th N. Y. Cavalry, Nov. 20, 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 2, 1863.
See U. S. Army.
Penniman, Jesse B.
Born in Massachusetts.
Private, 2d Iowa Infantry, May 5, 1861; mustered, May 28, 1861. Second Sergeant, 15th Iowa Infantry, Nov. 16, 1861. Sergeant Major, Dec. 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1862.
Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., Apr. 6, 1862.
Pent, Samuel.
Private, 38th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 1st La. Cavalry, Nov. 1, 1864.
Mustered out, Dec. 18, 1865.
Perkins, Francis William.
Born in Massach
Colored Infantry, June 6, 1863.
Dismissed, Nov. 10, 1863.
Brighan, Alfred M.
Sergeant, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Colored Infantry, Sept. 3, 1863.
Killed in action at Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864.
Brown, A. B.
Appointed from Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Colored Infantry.
Resigned, Nov. 27, 1863.
Brown, Charles Henry Calhoun.
Private and Corporal, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 7, 1862.
Discharged to accept promotion, Oct. 2, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Colored Infantry, Oct. 15, 1863.
Promoted First Lieutenant and Adjutant, Oct. 21, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, Oct. 13, 1866.
Brown, Edwin Y.
Private, 1st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 23, 1861.
Discharged, Mar. 2, 1863, for promotion in the U. S. Colored Troops. Second Lieutenant, 82d U. S. Colored Infantry.
Resigned, June 16, 1865.
Brown, Henry W.
Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 31st