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y 8, 1865. In the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1864, and operations in North Carolina to effect the junction with General Schofield, Feb., 1865. On leave of absence, May 9 to 26, 1865. Resigned, May 26, 1865. Cowdin, Robert. Born at Jamaica, Vt., Sept. 18, 1805. Colonel, 1st Mass. Infantry, May 25, 1861. Engaged at the battle of Blackburn's Ford. In command of brigade, Oct, 1861, to Feb. 17, 1862. Returned to Regiment and took part in the Peninsular and Manassas campaigns; in cm T. Sherman and George H. Thomas, being present with the latter at the battle of Nashville. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Nov. 6, 1865. Died at Chicago, Ill., Mar. 12, 1876. Weld, Stephen Minot. Born at Jamaica Plain, Mass., Jan. 4, 1842. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on staff of General Wright and took part in expedition which captured Port Royal, S. C., and Hilton Head. Second Lieutenant, 18th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 24, 1862. Aide-de-Camp of the staff of Ge
. Thompson, George Franklin. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 10, 1862. See U. S. Army. Thompson, George James. Private and First Sergeant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 18, 1861. Discharged to accept promotion, Apr. 18, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Apr. 18, 1863. First Lieutenant, July 26, 1863. Captain, Apr. 15, 1865. Mustered out, July 14, 1865. Died at Jamaica Plain, Mass., Sept. 26, 1882. Thompson, George W. Captain, 34th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862. Killed in action at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Thompson, Gilbert. Second Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 15, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 6, 1865. First Lieutenant, Apr. 7, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1865. Thompson, James. Quartermaster Sergeant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Nov. 27, 1862. Mustered o
ptain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 12, 1862. Mustered out, June 9, 1865. Hicks, George Augustus. Born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1828. Third Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Riflemen, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 19, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 8, 1861. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 16, 1861. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 30, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 22, 1865. Died at Jamaica, R. I., Feb. 23, 1894. Hildreth, Joseph S. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 9. 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 30, 1865. Mustered out, Dec. 10, 1865. Died, July 22, 1870. Hill, George William. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 13th U. S. Infantry, May 4, 1861. Captain, May 20, 1863. Transferred to 31st U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Transferred to 22d U. S. Infantry, May 15, 1869. Mustered out, Jan. 1
July 22. Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, Sept. 29, 1865. Discharged, Dec. 6, 1865. Weld, Francis Minot. Appointed from Massachusetts. Served in Post Hospital, Grafton, Va., with 6th West Va. Volunteers. Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy, June, 1862, to date from May 22, 1862. Resigned, Dec. 13, 1863. Relieved from duty, Jan 11, 1864. Major, Surgeon, 27th U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 22, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 21, 1865. Died at Jamaica Plain, Mass., Dec. 31, 1893. Wentworth, George E. Commissary Sergeant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 4th La. National Guards, Feb. 17, 1863. Regiment changed to 76th U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 4, 1864. Captain. Major, 82d U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 6, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, May 19, 1866. Mustered out, Sept. 10, 1866. Weston, Leroy G. Private, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, July 13, 1863; mustered, Aug. 14, 1863. Discharged for promotion in 12th U. S. Col