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Wheelock, Joseph H.

Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1846, to July 1, 1850. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1850. Second Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, Sept. 27, 1850. First Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1856. Resigned, Mar. 31, 1857. Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 20, 1861. Resigned, Jan. 31, 1862. Died at Washington, D. C., Apr., 1862.

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Wheldon, Charles M.

Acting Lieut. Colonel, 31st Mass. Infantry, Nov. 25, 1861. Discharged, Dec. 23, 1862. Not commissioned by the Governor of Massachusetts.

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White, Edward E.

First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, Apr. 3, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out, June 2, 1865, as First Lieutenant.

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White, William Bezaleel.

Captain, 18th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1861. Major, May 1, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 15, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 2, 1864.

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White, William F.

Second Lieutenant, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Resigned, Nov. 6, 1861. Major, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 1, 1861. Resigned, July 17, 1862.

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Whitney, William Henry.

Private and First Sergeant, 38th Mass. Infantry, July 23, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 38th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 10, 1863; mustered, Mar. 4, 1863. Promoted First Lieutenant, July 16, 1863; mustered, Oct. 24, 1863. Captain, Aug. 8, 1864. Discharged (disability resulting from wounds received in action), Dec. 20, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.

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Whiton, John Chadwick.

Lieut. Colonel, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 13, 1862; mustered, Oct. 25, 1862. Mustered out, July 30, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 58th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 8, 1864; mustered, Mar. 16, 1864. Commissioned Colonel, Aug. 31, 1864; not mustered. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Mustered out, July 25, 1865.

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Whiton, Lyman B.

Second Lieutenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, Dec. 7, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 26, 1862. Resigned, July 20, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 26, 1862. Captain, Dec. 31, 1862. Major, Sept. 8, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 18, 1865.

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Whittemore, Horace O.

Major, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. Major, 30th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 26, 1863. Resigned, May 20, 1864.

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Whittier, Francis Henry.

See General Officers.

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Wild, Edward Augustus.

See General Officers.

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Willard, Sidney.

Captain, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 13, 1862. Major, Aug. 27, 1862. Died, Dec. 14, 1862, of a wound received at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13.

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Williams, Robert.

See General Officers.

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Wilson, Henry.

Colonel, 22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. Honorably discharged, Oct. 29, 1861. Died at Washington, D. C., Nov. 22, 1875. （United States Senator and Vice President.)

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Winn, Henry.

Major, 52d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Nov. 19, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 14, 1863.

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Woodward, David Moore.

First Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 12, 1861. Resigned, June 10, 1862. Captain, 60th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 18, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, July 30, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1864. Died at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 22, 1887.

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Worcester, George Samuel.

Private, 4th Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 19, 1861. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant,