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ction at Ball's Bluff, Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage's Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill; engaged in the battle of Antietam and Fredericksburg.
Discharged (disability), Dec. 17, 1862. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Lincoln, William Sever.
Born at Worcester, Mass, Nov. 22, 1811. Lieut. Colonel, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862.
Wounded and made prisoner at the battle of New Market.
Colonel, Oct. 14, 1864.
Assigned to detached duty at Cumberland; in command of 1st Brigade, independent division, 24th Army Corps.
Mustered out, June 16, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 23, 1865.
Died at Worcester, Mass., Nov. 8. 1889.
Litchfield, Allyne C.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, 5th Mich. Cavalry, Aug. 14, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 7th Mich. Cavalry, Nov. 14, 1862.
Colonel, Mar. 1, 1864. Brevet Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Resigned, May 15, 1865.
Loring, Charles Greeley.
Born at Boston, Mass.,
Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855; accepted, Mar. 23, 1855.
Captain, May 7, 1861.
On provost duty, Washington, D. C., Oct., 1861, to Feb , 1862.
Colonel, 30th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 1, 1862.
Commanding brigade during the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and in the occupation of New Orleans, La. Military commander of city, May to June, 1862.
Commanding a brigade in an expedition to Vicksburg, Miss., and with batteries of regiment, engaged during the passage of Farragut's fleet at Vicksburg, M Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 22, 1861.
Colonel, 26th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1861.
On duty at Ship Island till the operations against New Orleans in Apr., 1862.
Engaged in the attack on Forts St. Philip and Jackson and afterward placed in immediate command of the Forts.
Resigned, July 27, 1862. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin.
Born at Brimfield, Mass., May 29, 1810.
Cadet, U. S. Military
eral, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 1, 1864.
Died at Beaufort, N. C., Oct. 8, 1864.
Anderson, John Fromen.
Born in Maine. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 24th Mass. Infantry, 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, 1865.
Resigned, Mar. 27, 1865.
Andrews, George Leonard.
Born at Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 31, 1828.
Cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1851. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 2, 1854.
Resigned, Sept. 1, 1855. Assistant Engineer in the service of the U. S., 1857-59 and 1859-60. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861.
Guarding the upper Potomac, July to Nov., 1861; in garrison at Frederick, Md. and member of board for examining volunteer officers, Dec., 1861, to Apr., 1862; in operatio
egiment at Malvern Hill, July 1 and Aug. 5; Chantilly, Va., South Mountain, Md., Antietam, where he was severely wounded; was taken prisoner and afterward operated upon by his own surgeon, Dr. Hayward, who had also been taken prisoner, while taking care of him; removed to Philadelphia and later to Boston.
Colonel, 20th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 18, 1862; mustered, Jan. 24, 1863.
Resigned on account of disability, Apr. 13, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Died at Cannes, France, Dec. 6, 1889.
Palfrey, John Carver.
Born at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1833.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1857. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1857. Assistant Engineer on the defences of Hampton Roads, Va., Apr. 24 to July 4, 1861.
On sick leave of absence, July 4 to Oct. 27, 1861. First Lieutenant, Aug. 3, 1861. Assistant Engineer at Fort Monroe, Va., Oct. to Nov. 29, 1861.
Superintending Engin
being engaged in the skirmishes of Aldie and Upperville, Va., June 21, 1863, and battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, where he was wounded.
On sick leave of absence and on Court Martial duty, July to Sept., 1863.
In command of the defences of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Sept., 1863, to Jan., 1864.
On Court Martial duty, Mar. to July, 1864; in command of St. Mary's district, July 2, 1864, to Apr. 26, 1865, and of the camp for rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, Md., July 2, 1864, to July 13, vision of negro families; embarked for Charleston, S. C., July 30, 1863.
Engaged in the siege of Charleston, Aug–Oct., 1863; at Forts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter; ordered to continue recruiting at New Berne, N. C. In command of colored troops at Norfolk, Va., Nov. 2, 1863.
In command of expedition through eastern counties of North Carolina, Dec. 5-24, 1863, gaining recruits, liberating slaves, capturing guerillas and destroying their camps and property.
Took command of district of Norfolk and Po
ice of the U. S., Apr. 17, 1861; mustered, May 18, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862.
Engaged in expedition to Vicksburg from Baton Rouge in 1862; present at the battle of Baton Rouge.
Major, 2d La. Infantry, Oct. 20, 1862.
Mustered out, June 22, 1863.
Major, 1st U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 18, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 8, 1864.
Colonel, Mar. 12, 1864.
In Suffolk, Va., in 1864.
Present at the battles of Port Hudson Plains, Fort Rice and Port Hudson; engaged in Indian campaign in Dakota, 1864 and 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, Nov. 27, 1865.
Dodge, Grenville Mellen.
Born at Danvers, Mass., Apr. 12, 1831.
Colonel, 4th Iowa Infantry, July 6, 1861.
Served in Missouri under Fremont; commanded a brigade in the Army of the Southwest; engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, where he was wounded.
Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 21, 1862.
In command of the district of Mis
da, Nov. 12, 1889.
McGinnis, George Francis.
Born at Boston, Mass., Mar. 19, 1826.
Served during the Mexican War as First Lieutenant, 2d Ohio Infantry, May 29, 1846.
Mustered out, June 21, 1847.
Captain, 2d Ohio Infantry, July 16, 1847.
Mustered out, July 25, 1848.
Private, 11th Ind. Infantry, three months service, Apr. 15, 1861.
Captain, Apr. 16, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Apr. 25, 1861.
Engaged in the capture of Romney, Va., June 11, 1861.
Joined General Pattison's command at Bunker Hill, Va., July 29, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 4, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 11th Ind. Infantry, three years service, Aug. 7, 1861; mustered, Aug. 31, 1861.
Colonel, Sept. 3, 1861.
Engaged in expedition to Calloway's Landing, Tennessee River, Sept. 11, 1861, to Feb. 5, 1862.
In command of regiment at the battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
Present, in command of regiment at the battle of Shiloh, Apr. 7, 1862.
In reserve at the siege of Corinth.
In command of regiment and brigade in expedition
burg; wounded twice at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
In command at the battle of Spotsylvania; present at the battle of Weldon Railroad, battles of the Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg.
Captain, May 1, 1863.
Major, June 20, 1864.
Died at Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 10, 1864, of wounds received, Aug. 17, 1864, in ted in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864; battles about Spotsylvania, May 9-21, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, May 6, 1864.
In the battles of North Anna, May 23-24, 1864; battle of Totopotomy, May 30, 1864; battles and actions of Cold Harbor, June 1-13, 1864; siege of and battles about Petersburg, June 23 to Jul., 1864, when it was sent to Annapolis, Md. Joined the Army of the Potomac on the Rappahannock, Apr.; engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg.
Colonel, May 6, 1864.
Commanded brigade at Petersburg, June 17; commanded left wing of the brigade at the battle of the Mine and
n. 19, 1890.
Cogswell, William.
Born at Bradford, Mass., Aug. 23, 1838.
Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 11, 1861; mustered, May 25, 1861.
Served for two years with the Army of the Potomac. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 23, 1862.
Colonel, June 25, 1863.
Served for two years with Sherman's Army.
Commanded the post of Atlanta, Sept., 1864, and had charge of its destruction.
Commanded a brigade during Sherman's March to the Sea.
Present at the battles of Averysboroa and Bentonville.
Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 15, 864.
Mustered out, July 11, 1865.
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou.
Born at West Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 3, 1831.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1855. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1855. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1855. First Lieutenant, July 1, 1860.
Treasurer, U. S. Military Academy, June 18, 1861, to July 27, 1861. Assistant Engineer in the construction of the defences of Washington, D. C.
