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Tom's Brook (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
, Oct. 23, 1837. Captain, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. Transferred as Captain to 1st Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 28, 1861. Major, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 30, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 1, 1864. Colonel, Oct. 21, 1864. In the actions of Ball's Bluff, Va., South Anna Bridge, Fort Stevens and Snicker's Gap; Rockville, Md., Poolesville, South Mountain, Antietam and Pocotaligo, S. C ; served under Sheridan, at Summit Point, Va., Berryville, Halltown, Opequon, Winchester, Luray, Waynesboroa, Tom's Brook, Cedar Creek, White Oak Road, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Sailors' Creek and Appomattox Court House. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, June 16, 1865. Cunningham, James Adams. Born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1830. First Lieutenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 15, 1861. Stationed at Fort Warren until May, 1862. Captain, Mar. 6, 1862. Joined the Army of the Potomac, with his regiment, July 3, 1862. Major, June 29, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, June 30, 1
South Berwick, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
of Opequon. Lieut. Colonel, Apr. 30, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 26, 1865. Hawkes, George Perkins. Born in Massachusetts. Captain 21st Mass. Infantry, July 19, 1861. Major, June 2, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 18, 1862. Engaged in the siege of Knoxville. In command of regiment after Apr., 1863. Honorably discharged, July 3, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Hayes, Joseph. Born at South Berwick, Me., Sept. 14, 1835. Major, 18th Mass. Infantry, July 26, 1861. At Washington, D C., attached to 1st Brigade, Porter's Division; present at the siege of Yorktown, Va.; in charge of regiment in the Peninsular campaign. Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 25, 1862; engaged in the battles of Antietam, Md., and Shepherdstown, Va. Colonel, Nov. 30, 1862; engaged in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Upperville, Gettysburg, Pa.; in charge of 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps; Rappahann
Lowell (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
. 31, 1880. Colonel, Oct. 12, 1886. Abbott, Henry Livermore. Born at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 21, 1842. Private New England Guards, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in serr. 13, 1865. Resigned, Aug. 1, 1865. Ames, John Worthington. Born at Lowell, Mass., Nov. 23, 1833. Captain, 11th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Colonel, 6th Feb., 1865. Resigned, May 30, 1866. Donohoe, Michael Thomas. Born at Lowell, Mass., Nov. 22, 1838. Captain, 3d N. H. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861. At Annapolis, ied at Brazos, Tex., Sept. 3, 1865. Draper, William Franklin. Born at Lowell, Mass., Apr. 9, 1842. Private, 25th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 9, 1861. Second Lieuten, 1865. Mustered out, Sept 11, 1865. Fiske, William Oscar. Born at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 4, 1836. First Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp, staff of Brig. General B.al, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 12, 1865. Died at Lowell, Mass., Feb. 2, 1886. Flood, Martin. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 3d Wis
Haverhill (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
istrict and department of the South, headquarters, Atlanta, Ga., Mar., 1868. Died at Oakland, Md., July 31, 1882. Bartlett, William Francis. Born at Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 6, 1840. Private, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 14, 1861. Captain, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. Left Massac 1866. Retired from active service Feb. 22, 1869, under the law of July 17, 1862. Died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 19, 1890. Cogswell, William. Born at Bradford, Mass., Aug. 23, 1838. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 11, 1861; mustered, May 25, 1861. Served for two years with the Army of the Potomac. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Masseing created a military department under his command. Resigned, Jan. 1, 1863. Died at New York City, Feb. 14, 1883. Noyes, Edward Follansbee. Born at Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 3, 1832. Major, 39th Ohio Infantry, July 24, 1861. Served under General Pope at the capture of New Madrid and Island No.10. Lieut. Colonel, July 8, 1
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ered out of volunteer service, Sept. 25, 1865. Major, Corps of Engineers, Nov. 11, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 31, 1880. Colonel, Oct. 12, 1886. Abbott, Henry Livermore. Born at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 21, 1842. Private New England Guards, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May, 1861. Mustered out, June, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. Left the state with his regiment in Sept. for the Potomac River; at the battle of Ball's Blu assigned to the command of Camp Dennison. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Apr. 22, 1865. Ordway, Albert. Born at Boston, Mass., Feb. 24, 1843. Private, 4th Battalion, M. V. M., in service of the U. S. (New England Guards), Apr. 19, 1861. First Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Appointed Adjutant. Present in the campaigns and engagement in North Carolina in 1862. On special duty in Dec., 1862. Aide-de-Camp and Acting Adj. General to June
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
an., 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 12, 1865. Inspector of the settlements and plantations, department of the South, Jan. 16 to May 18, 1865. Superintendent of volunteer recruiting service, Feb. 14 to May 18, 1865. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel, Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Apr. 9, 1865. Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the states of South Carolina and Georgia, May 18, 1865, and of the state of Florida, June 8, 1865, to Jan. 9, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Major, staff, Quartermaster, July 29, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, June 6, 1872. Colonel, staff, Assistant Q. M. General, Mar. 10, 1882. Retired from active service, Oct. 19, 1888. Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald. Born at Natick, Mass., July 7, 1816. Major, Assistant Adjt. General, Mo. State Militia, June 18, 1861. Engaged in the organization and instruction of troops under Gene
Kingston, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
5; in the siege and capture of Spanish Fort, Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 26, 1865. At the storming of Blakely, Apr. 9, 1865, in engineer operations on the Tombigbee River and the defences of Mobile Harbor, Ala., Apr., 1865, and in reconstructing the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad, Texas, May to Aug., 1865. On leave of absence, Oct. 5, 1865, to May 1, 1866. Resigned, May 1, 1866. Patten, Henry Lyman. Born at Kingston, N. H., Apr. 4, 1836. Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 25, 1861. In camp at Poolesville, Md., through winter of 1861-62; in Shenandoah Valley campaign in Mar.; Peninsular campaign, Seven Days battles, Va. Engaged at Chantilly, South Mountain and Antietam. Wounded at Nelson's Farm, June 30, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1862. Present at the battle of Fredericksburg; wounded twice at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. In command at the battle of Spotsylvania; present at the battle of We
Mount Sterling, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
t Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861. Left the state, Aug. 23, for Annapolis, Md.; remained in eastern Maryland for four months, protecting Union citizens, picketing, etc.; arrived at Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 7; at battles of Roanoke Island; New Berne and Camden; went to Virginia, July 5; reported to General Pope on the Rapidan, Aug. 12; at battles of Second Manassas, Va., Chantilly, South Mountain, Md.; Antietam, Fredericksburg. Ordered to Kentucky, Mar., 1863, and stationed at Paris and Mt. Sterling. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1863. Captain, 12th Unattached Company, M. V. M., in the service of the U. S., May 16, 1864. In command of two batteries at Provincetown, Mass. Mustered out, Aug. 15, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, 61st Mass. Infantry, Sept. 22, 1864. Colonel, Nov. 9, 1864. Served in the Army of the Potomac. The regiment distinguished itself in an assault on, and re-capture of, Fort Mahone before Petersburg, Va., in battle known as Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1864. Took part in the pursuit of th
Brimfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
aced in immediate command of the Forts. Resigned, July 27, 1862. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Keyes, Erasmus Darwin. Born at Brimfield, Mass., May 29, 1810. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1828, to July 1, 1832. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1832. Second Lieutenant, eneral, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1863. Died, July 3, 1863, of wounds received, July 2, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg. Warren, Fitz-Henry. Born at Brimfield, Mass., Jan. 11, 1816. Colonel, 1st Iowa Infantry, June 13, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 16, 1862. Brevet Maj. General, Aug. 24, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1865. Died at Brimfield, Mass., June 21, 1878. Warren, Lucius Henry. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 32d Mass. Infantry, July 24, 1862. Second Lieutenant, July 31, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1862. Engaged at the battles of Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Va. (wounde
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
e Provost Marshal General and Superintendent Volunteer Recruiting Service, southern division of New York, to Mar., 1865. Same duty for the western division of Pennsylvania, June, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, June 30, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, 40th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Sept the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; action of Kelly's Ford, Mar. 17, 1863; and battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-4, 1863. In pursuit of the enemy to Pennsylvania till June 28, 1863, when he relinquished the command of the Army of the Potomac, which was engaged in the action of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863; and skirmisheonel, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 23, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 19, 1865. Johns, Thomas Denton. Born in Pennsylvania. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1844, to July 1, 1848. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1848. Second Lieutenant, 2d Infantry, Jun
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