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et Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 3, 1823.
Major, Corps of Engineers, May 24, 1828. Brevet Colonel, Mar. 3, 1833. Lieut. Colonel, July 7, 1838.
Colonel, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, May 31, 1863.
On sick leave of absence, 1858 to 1863.
Retired from active service, June 1, 1863, under law of June 17, 1862, having been borne on the army register more than forty-five years.
Died at South Braintree, Mass., Sept. 7, 1872.
Tilton, William Stowell.
Born at Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 1, 1828. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861.
Major, Oct. 2, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, June 28, 1862.
Colonel, Oct. 17, 1862.
Took part in the battles before Richmond under General McClellan, 1862.
Wounded at Gaines's Mill, and sent as a prisoner to Richmond.
Rejoined his regiment, and present at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and the battles following; engaged at Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. Brevet Brig. General,