62; mustered, July 23, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 29, 1862.
Captain, June 8, 1b64. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865.
Major; mustered, May 15, 1865.
Mustered out, Aug. 8, 1865.
Awarded a Medal of Honor.
Decker, Jefford M.
Liein, 57th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 17, 1864.
Major, July 31, 1864; not mustered.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865.
Died, Mar. 26, 1865, of wounds received at Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Mar. 25.
Doten, Samuel H.
Captain, 29th .
Appointed Adjutant, Feb. 21, 1864.
Captain, May 6, 1864; mustered, July 14, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865.
Mustered out, June 8, 1865.
Holbrook, Charles L.
Colonel, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in the service of the U. S.tered out, May 25, 1863.
Captain, 11th Battery, Mass. Light Artillery, Jan. 2, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865.
Mustered out, June 16, 1865.
Joslin, George Clesson.
Second Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., in ser
d.
First Lieutenant, 59th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 25, 1865.
Transferred to 57th Mass. Infantry, Mar.Mar. 25, 1865.
Mustered out, July 30, 1865.
Beardsley, John B.
Sergeant, 1st. Mass. Heavy Artill
First Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 25, 1865.
Mustered out, July 29, 1865.
Bent, F.ss. Infantry, Dec. 3, 1863.
Mustered out, Mar. 25, 1865.
Dudley, John E.
Second Lieutenant, 2, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865.
Captain, Mar. 25, 1865.
Mustered out, JU. S. Volunteers, Mar. 25, 1865.
Captain, Mar. 25, 1865; not mustered.
Mustered out, July 29, 1861864.
Killed in action at Petersburg, Va, Mar. 25, 1865.
Murdock, Charles C.
First Lieutenan, 1864.
Killed in action near Petersburg, Mar. 25, 1865.
Nye, William H.
Second Lieutenant,
First Lieutenant, 59th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 25, 1865.
Transferred to 57th Mass. Infantry.
Mus1863.
Captain, 7th Veteran Reserve Corps, Mar. 25, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 4, 1[16 more...]
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Discharged (disability), Jan. 21, 1865. Brevet First Lieutenant and Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 20th Veteran Reserve Corps, Mar. 25, 1865; accepted, Apr. 4, 1865.
Mustered out, June 30, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 25th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1867; accepted, Aug. 13, 1867.
Transferred to 18th U. .
Sergeant in the General Service, U. S. Army, Aug. 16, 1862, to Apr. 1, 1863.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 21, 1864; accepted, Mar. 25, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 14, 1865.
Captain and Military Storekeeper, Quartermaster's Department, U. S. Army, July 28, 1866; accepted, Dec. 5, 18Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1862. First Lieutenant, Mar. 25, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Veteran Reserve Corps, Aug. 20, 1863. First Lieutenant, Oct. 28, 1863.
Captain, Mar. 25, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 4, 1865. First Lieutenant, 45th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866.
Unassigned, July 22, 1869.
Honorably discharged, Dec. 21
distinguished conduct in the battle of Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864.
(Born in Massachusetts.)
Deane, John Milton.
Major, 29th Mass. Infantry.
Medal awarded, Mar. 8, 1895, for most distinguished gallantry in action at Fort Stedman, Va., Mar. 25, 1865, in serving with other volunteers a previously silenced and abandoned gun, mounted en barbette, at Fort Haskell, being exposed to a galling fire from the enemy's sharpshooters.
Decastro, Joseph G.
Sergeant, Co. I, 19th Mass. Infantry. Mhrough the enemy's lines with regimental colors near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Howe, William H.
Sergeant, Co. K, 29th Mass. Infantry. Medal received, Mar. 8, 1895, for most distinguished gallantry in action at Fort Stedman, Va., Mar. 25, 1865.
Hunter, Charles A.
Sergeant, Co. E, 34th Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, May 2, 1865, for gallant conduct in battle.
Jellison, Benjamin H.
Sergeant, Co. C, 19th Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, Dec. 1, 1864, for capture of flag of 54t
llantry at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Jun attack on Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865. . G. O. 65, Jullantry at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Junllantry at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Junervices at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Junellantry at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Jun attack on Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Junnd more especially for gallantry on the 25th of March, 1865, he at that time capturing the colors ofnd more especially for gallantry on the 25th of March, 1865, he at that time capturing the colors ofllantry at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from Mar. 25, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O. 65, Jun[1 more...]
ening Journal, May 5, 1864 (supplement), p. 2, col. 1.
— Contrabands at. Edward L. Pierce.
Atlantic, vol. 8, p. 626.
— Expedition with flag-of-truce boat under Gen. Dix.
Harper's Mon., vol. 28, p. 540.
— Gen. B. F. Butler at; from Edw. A. Pollard's Observations on the North.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 786.
— Military hospitals at. J. S.C. Abbott.
Harper's Mon., vol. 29, p. 306.
Fortune, U. S. steamer, launched from ship yard of Tetlow iron works, Chelsea, Mass., March 25, 1865; description.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 501.
Fort Wagner, Charleston harbor, S. C.
Assault of July 18, 1863. Boston Evening Journal, July 18, 1863, p. 2, cols. 2, 5, 7; July 20, p. 4, cols. 2, 5; July 22, p. 2, col. 1.
— – – 54th Regt. M. V. I. Action of; from N. Y. Tribune and Boston Herald and Transcript; special cor. Boston Evening Journal, July 28, 1863, p. 2, cols. 1, 2, 4.
— – – Bravery of; despatches and New York special cor. Boston Evening Journa