18, 1862.
On expedition to Helena, Ark., Mar.–July, 1862; in charge of brigade; on expedition to Pilot Knob and Ironton, Mo.; in the movement of Sherman against Vicksburg, Dec. 2, 1862; battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Miss.; Arkansas Post; Deer Creek, Miss., expedition; expedition to Black Bayou.
In command of 1st Miss. Regiment Volunteers of African descent, afterwards 51st U. S. Colored Infantry, and of all troops of African descent in that vicinity.
Colonel, 51st U. S. Colored Infantry, May 9, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 27, 1863.
Ordered to report at Washington, D. C., thence to General Grant at Nashville, Tenn., and assigned to command in General McPherson's Corps with headquarters at Haines's Bluff.
Appointment expired by constitutional limitation, July 4, 1864.
Died at Bellingham, Mass., Aug. 25, 1889.
Sherwin, Thomas.
Born at Boston, Mass., July 11, 1839. First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861.
Major, June 28, 1862. Lieut. Col
rst Lieutenant, 3d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 23, 1862.
Mustered out, June 26, 1863.
Ford, Augustus.
First Sergeant, 42d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 30, 1862. First Lieutenant, April 2, 1863.
Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Captain, 42d Infantry M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 22, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 11, 1864.
Ford, John F.
Sergeant, 48th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 19, 1862. Second Lieutenant, May 9, 1863. First Lieutenant, July 24, 1863.
Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1863.
Ford, John J.
Second Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 17, 1864.
Killed before receiving commission.
Forehand, Walter.
Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861.
Resigned, Oct. 9, 1862.
Forrest, Frederick D.
Captain, 18th Mass. Infantry, July 27, 1861.
Resigned, Oct. 24, 1862.
Forrest, George.
Second Lieutenant, 11th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 30, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaste
Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, Dec. 26, 1865.
Died, Mar. 11, 1880.
Blair, George train.
Born in Massachusetts.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 3, 1865.
Mustered out, July 31, 1865.
Blaisdell, William.
See General Officers.
Blanchard, Claude D.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 28, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Quartermaster, assigned, Sept. 19 to Nov. 12, 1862.
Honorably discharged, May 9, 1863.
Bliss, Alexander.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 3, 1862.
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1863. Lieut. Colonel and Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 20, 1863, to Aug. 1, 1865. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865.
Colonel, Quartermaster, May 7, 1866, to Jan. 1, 1867.
On leave of absence at Berlin, Germany, as Secretary of Legation, July, 1867, to July, 1868.
Resigne
t Lieutenant, May 22, 1866.
Mustered out, Oct. 28, 1866.
Bogle, Archibald.
Born in Scotland.
Second Lieutenant, 17th Mass. Infantry, July 22, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 28, 1862.
Major, 35th U. S. Colored Infantry, May 21, 1863. Lieut. Colonel; not mustered.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Discharged, May 21, 1866. First Lieutenant, 39th U. S. Infantry, May 21, 1867.
See United States Army.
Bowen, John C. C.
Private, 2d Mass. Cavalry, May 9, 1863; mustered, June 20, 1863.
Discharged for promotion, Dec 9, 1863.
Captain, 1st U. S. Colored Cavalry, Dec. 10, 1863.
Mustered out, Apr. 21, 1864, on account of commission being revoked.
Bowley, Freeman S.
Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 30th U. S. Colored Infantry, May 4, 1864.
Mustered out, Dec. 10, 1865.
Bradbury, George.
Corporal, 17th Mass. Infantry, July 21, 1861.
Captain, 36th U. S. Colored Infantry, July 17, 1863.
Discharged, July 12, 1864.
Bridgeman, E
In Recollections of a private.
Century, vol. 29, p. 767.
Grand Gulf, Miss.
Capture of, April, May, 1863.
Reports of Ad. Porter. Boston Evening Journal, May 9, 1863, p. 4, col. 4.
Graham, col.
James D.,
of Massachusetts Coast Defence; obituary and biographical notice.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 3, p. 317.
Grangeville, La. Boston Evening Journal, April 10, 1863, p. 4, col. 1.
— – April, May. Capture of Grand Gulf, Miss.; reports of Ad. Porter. Boston Evening Journal, May 9, 1863, p. 4, col. 4.
— – May. Reports of capture of Alexandria, La., and of Haines' Bluff, Miss. Boston Evening Journal, May 25, 1863, p. 4, col. 3; May 26, p. 4, s, April, 1863. Boston Evening Journal, April 27, 1863, p. 4, col. 5; April 28, p. 4, cols. 1, 2; April 29, p. 2, cols. 2-4.
— – Letter announcing victories, May 9, 1863. Boston Evening Journal, May 19, 1863, p. 4, col. 4.
— Forced marches in the. J. W. De Forest.
Galaxy, vol. 5, p. 708; reprinted, Bivouac, vol. 2, p.