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Brigham, John L.

Born in Massachusetts. Commissary Sergeant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 17, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Commissary of Subsistence, Mar. 7, 1862. Mustered out, Oct. 24, 1864. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 25, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 28, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 9, 1865.

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Brodhead, Josiah A.

Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 14, 1862, to Dec. 8, 1862. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 27, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 1, 1869. Major, Paymaster, U. S. Army, July 25, 1875. Died, Apr. 3, 1884.

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Brooks, Edward.

Born in Massachusetts. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, June, 1862. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Aug. 19, 1862. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Rockdale, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1866.

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Brooks, Horace.

See General Officers.

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Brown, Edward Augustus.

Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 53d Mass. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 2, 1863. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 1, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 9, 1865.

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Brown, Harvey Ellicott.

Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 70th N. Y. Infantry, June 29, 1861. Major, Surgeon, Aug., 1861. Resigned, Dec. 10, 1862. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Apr. 13, 1863. Brevet Captain and Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Army, Feb. 23, 1881. Died, Aug. 20, 1889.

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Brown, John T.

Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 105th N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1862. Transferred to 94th N. Y. Infantry, Mar. 17, 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, July 6, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 14, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 15, 1865.

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Brown, Joseph Mansfield.

Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 1st Mich. Lancers, Nov. 16, 1861. Mustered out, Mar. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 10, 1862. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 29, 1864. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 17, 1867.

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Brown, Joseph Willard.

Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Second Lieutenant, U. S. Signal Corps, Mar. 3, 1863. Mustered out, Dec. 19, 1865.

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Brown, Orlando.

See General Officers.

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Browne, Charles C.

Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 20, 1864. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1865. Died, Nov. 30, 1865.

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Browne, George.

Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 15, 1865.

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Brownson, Edward P.

Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 3, 1862. Killed at the battle of Reams's Station, Va., Aug. 25, 1864.

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Brownson, Henry Francis.

Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 15th N. Y. Engineers, June 17, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, Dec. 1, 1861. First Lieutenant, Feb. 28, 1862. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, July 1, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 3, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, May 3, 1863. Resigned from volunteer service, July 2, 1865. Captain, 43d U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Unassigned, Apr. 8, 1869. Assigned to 25th Infantry, Dec. 15, 1870. Honorably discharged, Dec. 29, 1870, at his own request.

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Bryant, Henry.

Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 1, 1861. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 3, 1861. Resigned, July 16, 1863. Died, Feb. 1, 1867.

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