[
193]
Born at
Worthington, Mass., Dec. 27, 1829.
Enlisted as private.
Promoted
First Lieutenant, 39th N. Y. Infantry, May 10, 1861.
Captain, Aug., 1861.
Lieut. Colonel, 44th N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861.
Colonel, July 4, 1862.
Present at the battles of
Yorktown, Hanover Court House,
Gaines's Mill,
Malvern Hill,
Manassas,
Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville; commanded a brigade at
Gettysburg; engaged in the advance on
Mine Run and in the operations in the
Wilderness.
Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 17, 1863.
Killed at the battle of
Laurel Hill, May 10, 1864.
Born in
Massachusetts.
Captain, 11th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861.
Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Colored Infantry, May 1, 1864.
Colonel, 28th U. S. Colored Infantry, Aug. 27, 1864.
Mustered out of volunteer service, Nov. 8, 1865.
Transferred from 11th to 20th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866.
Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Sept. 17, 1862.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel, May 3, 1868.
Brevet Colonel, July 30, 1864.
Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 30, 1864.
Died at
Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1866.
Born at
Salem, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1820.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845.
Brevet Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1845.
Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry, Sept. 21, 1846.
Brevet First Lieutenant,
Aug 15, 1847.
First Lieutenant, 4th Infantry, Jan. 1, 1848.
Captain, June 22, 1854.
In the defences of
Washington, Nov. 27, 1861, to Jan. 28, 1862, and from Jan. 31 to Mar. 10, 1862.
Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 31, 1862.
In the
Virginia Peninsular campaign, Army of the Potomac, Mar. to Aug., 1862; engaged in the siege of
Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862;
battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862;
battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 to June 1, 1862; and battles of the Seven Days change of base to
James River, June 26 to July 2, 1862.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel, July 1, 1862.
In the
Maryland campaign, Sept. to Nov., 1862.
Major, 8th Infantry, Aug. 9, 1862.
Engaged in the battle of Crampton's Gap, Sept. 14, 1862;
battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; and march to
Falmouth, Va., Oct.–Nov., 1862.
Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862.
In command of brigade, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac.
In the
Rappahannock campaign, Dec., 1862, to June, 1863.
Engaged in the
battle of Fredericksburg, 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 of the enemy to
Warrenton, Va., July, 1863.
Brevet Colonel, July 1, 1863.
In the
Rapidan campaign, Oct. to Dec., 1863; engaged in the capture of the rebel works at Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7, 1863;
Mine Run operations, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 1863.
In command of division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the
Richmond campaign; engaged 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 July 10, 1864; in the
Washington campaign, July, 1864; engaged in the defence of the capital, July 11-12, 1864; action before Fort Stephens, D. C., July 12, 1864; skirmish at Snicker's Gap, July 18, 1864, while in pursuit of
General Early's rebel raiders to
Winchester, Va., and in the return to
Washington, July, 1864.
In the
Shenandoah campaign, Aug.–Sept., 1864.
Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, and
Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Army, Sept. 19, 1864.
Killed at the battle of
Opequon, Sept. 19, 1864.
Born in
Massachusetts.
First Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861.
Captain, Dec. 13, 1861.
Taken prisoner at
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug., 1862.
Lieut. Colonel, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 22, 1863.
Lieut. Colonel, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 2, 1864.
Colonel, Apr. 5, 1864.
Wounded near
Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864.
Resigned, Feb. 14, 1865.
Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Born at
Quincy, Mass., June 30, 1821.
Lieut. Colonel, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 12, 1861.
On duty in
South Carolina.
Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862.
Additional Aide-de-Camp to
Maj. General Banks; on duty in the department of the South; Army of the Potomac; and department of the Gulf.
Present at the battles of
Secessionville,
Culpepper, Rapidan Station,
South Mountain,
Antietam,
Chancellorsville and
Fredericksburg.
Engaged in the
Red River campaign.
Wounded in action of Bayou Rapids.
Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 21, 1864.
Discharged for disability resulting from wounds received in action, Sept. 29, 1864.
