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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Boynton, Henry Van ness, 1835- (search)
Boynton, Henry Van ness, 1835- Military officer; born in West Stockbridge, Mass., July 22, 1835; received a commission as major in the 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the outbreak of the Civil War and served during the Tennessee campaign; received the brevet of brigadier-general for gallant conduct at the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga; became chairman of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park, and a brigadier-general of volunteers in the American-Spanish War. He is author of Sherman's Historical raid, etc.
hn Augustus. Born at Eastford, Conn., Apr. 16, 1809. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 30, 1862. Major, Judge Advocate, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 3, 1862, until he resigned, July 18, 1863. Major, Additional Aide-de-Camp, June 20, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1865. Resigned, July 17, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C., May 25, 1878. Boynton, Henry Van Ness. Born at West Stockbridge, Mass., July 22, 1835. Major, 35th Ohio Infantry, July 29, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, July 13, 1863. Served in the campaigns of the Army of the Ohio under Generals Buell and Rosecrans and of the Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas until date of discharge. Served throughout in the division originally commanded by General Thomas. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Honorably discharged, Sept. 8, 1864. Breck, Samuel.
U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 14, 1862. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Bowman, Henry. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Major, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862. Colonel, 36th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862. Honorably discharged, July 27, 1863. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1864. Major, Quartermaster, assigned, Aug. 2 to Nov. 10, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 15, 1866. Boynton, Henry Van Ness. See General Officers. Bradley, Jerome. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 3d Iowa Battery, Feb. 28, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 9th Iowa Infantry, Mar. 16, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. Resigned, Jan. 9, 1865. Brady, Allen G. Born in Massachusetts. Lieut. Colonel, 3d Conn. Infantry, May 7, 1861; mustered, May 14, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 12, 1861. Captain, 17th Conn. Infantry, July 18, 1862;
32d Mass. Infantry, June 10, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 30, 1862. First Lieutenant, June 1, 1864. Discharged (disability), Oct. 25, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Jan. 12, 1865. First Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 2, 1865; declined. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, May 1, 1865. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Died at Arlington, Mass, Dec. 8, 1893. Boynton, Henry Van Ness. See General Officers. Bradley, Jerome. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 3d Iowa Battery, Feb. 28, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 9th Iowa Infantry, Mar. 16, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 19, 1863. See U. S. Army. Brady, Allen G. Born in Massachusetts. Lieut. Colonel, 3d Conn. Infantry, May 7, 1861; mustered, May 14, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 12, 1861. Captain, 17th Conn. Infantry, July 18, 1862; mustered