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Wilson, Walter M.

Born in Missouri. Appointed from Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, Apr. 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, 4th Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Mar. 5 to Nov. 30, 1862. Captain, May 9, 1864. Resigned, Apr. 21, 1866. Died, May 27, 1873.


Winchester, Benjamin Frank.

Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 12, 1865. Mustered out, July 26, 1865.


Winchester, Warren Weaver.

Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, June 5, 1862. Mustered out, Nov. 11, 1865.


Winslow, George C.

Born in Vermont. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 10, 1863. Brevet Major and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 9, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 20, 1866.


Withington, William Herbert.

See General Officers.


Woart, John.

Born in Massachusetts. Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 22, 1865; accepted, Apr. 3, 1865. Mustered out, June 2, 1866. Chaplain at Fort Union, New Mexico, June 2, 1866. Post Chaplain, Apr. 3, 1867; accepted, May 9, 1867. Retired, June 30, 1882. Died at San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 24, 1893.


Wood, William Henry.

Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1845. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1846. First Lieutenant, Sept. 9, 1851. Regimental Adjutant, May 1, 1860, to Apr. 11, 1861. Captain, Apr. 11, 1861. Major, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 1st U. S. Infantry, Dec. 3, 1863. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Colonel, 17th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 22, 1869. Unassigned, Mar. 15, 1869. Assigned to 11th U. S. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1870. Retired from active service upon his own application, June 26, 1882. Died at Pass Christian, Miss., Jan. 1, 1887.


Woods, George Henry.

Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 1st Minn. Infantry, Apr. 29, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 16, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Commissary of Subsistence, assigned from Aug. 20, 1862, to Sept. 27, 1862, and from Jan. 9, 1863, to July 3, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 10, 1865. Mustered out, July 11, 1865. Died, Sept. 30, 1884.


Woodward, Solomon E.

Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Dec. 31, 1862. Brevet Major, Sept. 1, 1864. Captain, 15th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 13, 1865. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Resigned, Sept. 30, 1866.


Wright, Edward.

Born in Massachusetts. Major, 1st Ill. Cavalry, Sept. 7, 1861. Mustered out, July 14, 1862. Major and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 8, 1862. Honorably discharged, Aug. 15, 1863. Major, Paymaster, U. S. Army, Feb. 23, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Oct. 1, 1873. Died, Dec. 24, 1873.


Wright, George M.

Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, Feb. 19, 1862. First Lieutenant, July 24, 1862. Dismissed, Dec. 30, 1864.


Wright, Thomas S.

Born in Massachusetts. Private and Sergeant, 14th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861, to June 27, 1862. Second Lieutenant, June 9, 1862. Cashiered, July 21, 1862.


Wyman, Powell T.

Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1846, to July 1, 1850. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1850. Second Lieutenant, 1st Artillery, Sept. 16, 1850. First Lieutenant, Dec. 24, 1853. Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 4, 1854, to May 25, 1857. Resigned, July 13, 1860. Colonel, 16th Mass. Infantry, July 13, 1861. See Massachusetts Field Officers.


Young, William field.

Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 27, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 31, 1863.


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