Sept. 2, 1861. Aide-de-Camp on the staffs of Generals Burnside and Foster.
Major and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 9, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 1, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, Infantry, Oct. 14, 1862.
Resigned, Mar. 6, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 35th U. S. Colored Infantry, May 18, 1863.
Colonel, June 9, 1863.
Brevet. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, June 1, 1866.
Died, Aug. 25, 1886.
Blaisd 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 skirmishes at Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville, Va., June 17-21, 1863.
Received the thanks of Congress, Jan. 28,, Dec. 13, 1862; storming of Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; battle of Salem, May 3-4, 1363, and combat of Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863.
In the Pennsylvania campaign, June to July, 1863; engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2-3, 1863, and pursuit o
Second Lieutenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 9, 1863.
Captain, Mar. 11, 1864.
Discharged (disability), Nov. 30, 1864.
Captain,antry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 25, 1862. Second Lieutenant, June 9, 1863.
Mustered out, July 29, 1863.
Kirley, Michael.
First Lieutenant, 28th
Second Lieutenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 23, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 9, 1863.
Captain, Apr. 21, 1864.
Discharged (disability), Nov. 23, 1864. First LieJames A.
Second Lieutenant, 28th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 14, 1862.
Captain, June 9, 1863.
Killed in action at the Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
McIntyre, Patrick0th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 30, 1862.
Cashiered, June 9, 1863.
(Letter, War Dept., Aug. 7, 1863.) Died at Lawrence, Mass., in 1890.
O'ant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1862; mustered, Sept. 15, 1862.
Captain, June 9, 1863; mustered, July 1, 1863.
Discharged (disability), Jan. 25, 1864.
Ross, J
July 1, 1850, to July 1, 1855. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1855. Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 9, 1855. First Lieutenant, Apr. 27, 1861.
Captain, June 11, 1861.
Colonel, 16th N. Y. Cavalry, Oct. 23, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Sept. 19, 1864.
Resigned volunteer commission, Oct. 19, 1864.
Major, 1st U. S. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1874.
See U. S. Army.
Leathe, Charles B.
Second Lieutenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 23, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 9, 1863.
Captain, Apr. 21, 1864.
Discharged (disability), Nov. 23, 1864. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 31, 1864.
Captain, Mar. 20, 1865.
Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Leavitt, Thomas Joseph.
Born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 31, 1840.
Private, 6th Iowa Cavalry, Oct., 1862. Sergeant Major, Nov. 7, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 31, 1863.
Died near White Stone Hill, Dak., Sept. 4, 1863, of wounds received the preceding day.
Le
ton Evening Journal, Oct. 23, 1863, p. 2, col. 1.
Bethel,
June 10, 1861; poem. A. J. H. Duganne.
Atlantic, vol. 10, p. 345.
Bethesda Church, Va.
Engagement of June 1-3, 1864. See Cold Harbor.
Beverly Ford, Va.
Engagement of June 9, 1863. Brandy Station; account in detail, from N. Y. Times. Boston Evening Journal, June 12, 1863, p. 4, cols. 2, 3.
Big Bethel, Va.
Engagement of June 10, 1861.
Account from N. Y. Express. Boston Evening Journal, June 14, 1861, p. 2, col. 1.ly 2, 1863, p. 2, cols. 1-3; p. 3, col. 6; p. 4, cols. 1,2,5.
— Engagement of June 27, 28, 1862, at Gaines' Mill, Va. Gen. St. George Cooke corrects Swinton from official documents.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 5, p. 494.
— Engagement of June 9, 1863, at Beverly Ford, Va., Brandy Station.
Account in detail; from N. Y. Times. Boston Evening Journal, June 12, 1863, p. 4, cols. 2, 3.
— Engagement of June 21, 1863, at Upperville, Va. Boston Evening Journal, June 23, 1863, p. 2, cols. 1, 3;<