May 27, 1850, to Apr. 28, 1859. Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 27, 1861.
On recruiting duty, Boston, Mass. First Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, May 3, 1861. Insp. General, Army of Kentucky.
Captain, 4th U. S. Cavalry, July 17, 1862.
Colonel, 1st Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1862.
Engaged at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Locust Grove, Wilderness and Spotsylvania (commanding provisional brigade). Brevet Major, U. S. Army, May 3, 1863.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
Colonel, 57th Mass. Infantry, July 21, 1864.
Commanding brigade, 9th corps, Army of the Potomac, and engaged at the siege of Petersburg, battle of Poplar Grove Church, and in the defence of Fort Stedman, Va. Captured by the rebels and confined at Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., until the surrender of General R. E. Lee. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1864.
Mustered out, Aug. 10, 1865.
Assigned to duty according to his brevet rank.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, Ju
Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Wales, Sigourney.
Private and Sergeant, 4th Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., 1861.
Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 13th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 3, 1863.
Captain, 55th Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1863.
Major, Nov. 3, 1863.
Mustered, Dec. 1, 1863.
Resigned, Nov. 18, 1864.
Walker, Gardner.
Captain, 1st Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861.
Major, Sept. 8, 1862.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
Walker, Henry.
First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 16, 1861; mustered, Apr. 22, 1861.
Mustered out, July 22, 1861.
Appointed Lieut. Colonel, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 4, 1862.
Regiment not called into service.
Colonel, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Dec. 16, 1862.
Mustered out, Sept. 4, 1863.
Walker, William A.
Captain, 27th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 16, 1861.
Major, May 29, 1863.
K
2, 1863.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864.
See U. S. Army.
Brown, Frederick T.
Second Lieutenant, 4ellus, Edward H.
Second Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, May 28, 1864. First Lieutenant, June 13, 1865.
Mustered out, Sept. 18, 1865.nant, Adjutant, 1st Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
Mudge, John G.
Captain, 53d Infantry, M. V. M., in servict Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 24, 1863.
Captain, May 28, 1864.
Mustered out, Sept. 18, 1865.
Parsons, Oscar.
Second Lietenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, May 5, 1864. First Lieutenant, May 28, 1864.
Captain, July 1, 1865.
Mustered out, Sept. 18, 1865.
Rusrott, Alexander.
Second Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, May 28, 1864. First Lieutenant, July 7, 1865; not mustered.
Mustered out, Se16, 1864.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864.
See U. S. Army.
Wells, William L.
Second Lieutenant, 2d
ley.
Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy, Nov., 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 54th Mass. Infantry, July 20, 1863; mustered, Aug. 3.
Resigned, May 28, 1864, for disability.
Perkins, George T.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 22d Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1863.
Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864. First Lieutenanfantry, Mar. 18, 1863.
Resigned, Aug. 10, 1864.
Pickard, Isaiah L.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 1st Mass. Infantry, July 3, 1863.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
Major, Surgeon, 115th U. S. Colored Infantry.
See United States Colored Troops.
Pineo, Peter.
Major, Surgeon, 9th Mass. Infantry, June 11, 1861.
Discard A.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 16th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861.
Promoted to Major, Surgeon, 1st Mass. Infantry, Mar. 5, 1863.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
White, Elisha Mann.
Hospital Steward, 48th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Dec. 8, 1862.
Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, As
h Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862.
Mustered out, May 2, 1862.
Coe, Isaac H.
Chaplain, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Apr. 3, 1865.
Mustered out, June 17, 1865.
Colby, William P.
Chaplain, 17th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1863.
Resigned, Nov. 2, 1863.
Cromack, Joseph C.
Chaplain, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 26, 1861.
Transferred to 22d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 8, 1861.
Resigned, Mar. 19, 1862.
Cudworth, Warren Handel.
Chaplain, 1st Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
Cummings, Gilbert.
Chaplain, 51st Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Nov. 22, 1862.
Mustered out, July 27, 1863.
Cushman, Isaac S.
Chaplain, 33d Mass. Infantry, Jan. 12, 1864. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 6, 1864.
See Medical Officers.
Dashiell, Alfred H., Jr.
Chaplain, 57th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 14, 1864.
Mustered out, July 30, 1865.
Decosta, Benjamin Franklin.
Chaplain, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S.,
usetts.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864.
Mustered out, Apr. 30, 1866.
Ames, George Leonard.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 1, 1865.
Muster, 1863.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 1, 1865.usetts.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 1, 1865.
Pease, Roger Williams.. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1863.
Resigned, May 28, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Robirevet Captain, May 5, 1864.
Died at Washington, D. C., May 28, 1864, of wounds received at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., usetts.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 1, 1865.
Vaughan, Samuel K.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 28, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 9, 1865.
Mustere
ustered out, Sept. 30, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 28, 1866.
Retired, June 10, 1868.
Pickard, Cyrus P.
Private, 26th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861.
Discharged, Sept. 28, 1863, for promotion as Second Lieutenant, 4th La. Volunteers.
Regiment changed to 86th U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 4, 1864.
Resigned, May 1, 1864.
Pickard, Isaiah L.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 1st Mass. Infantry, July 3, 1863.
Mustered out, May 28, 1864.
Major, Surgeon, 115th U. S. Colored Infantry.
Died of disease at Indianola, Tex., July 19, 1865.
Poor, Charles E.
Sergeant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 31, 1862.
Mustered out, June 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Colored Infantry.
Resigned, Oct. 5, 1865.
Pratt, Benjamin Franklin.
See General Officers.
Pray, William.
Sergean
rnal, May 31, 1864, p. 4, col. 1.
— – Campaign in Virginia, May, 1864. C. C. Coffin.
Atlantic, vol. 14, p. 124.
— – Crossing of the 5th Corps, May 23, 1864; short account, from a Massachusetts soldier.
Boston Ev Journal, June 3, 1864, p. 4, col. 3.
— – Full military account of engagement of May 23, 1864; from N. Y. Times. Boston Evening Journal, May 30, 1864, p. 4, col. 3.
— – Letter of Carleton, May 23, 1864, describing the field and events of date.
Boston Evening Journal, May 28, 1864, p. 2, cols. 3, 4.
— – Recrossing the river; surprise of the enemy, who lose thirty thousand men, etc. Boston Evening Journal, May 30, 1864, p. 2, cols. 2, 3; p. 3, cols. 5, 6; p. 4, cols. 3, 5, 6.
— – Two letters from Carleton, May 26, 1864; one column.
Boston Evening Journal, May 31, 1864, p. 4, col. 3.
Northern
invasions. E. E. Hale. Atlantic, vol. 13, p. 245.
Norton, Chas. Eliot.
Abraham Lincoln.
North American Rev., vol. 100, p. 1.
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