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list and military history of Massachusetts: General officers.
note. This list of general officers, by brevet or otherwise, includes (I) those born in
Massachusetts (2) those appointed from
Massachusetts into the regular army (3) those serving previously in
Massachusetts volunteer regiments.
In many cases the brevets were conferred at the very close or even after the close of the civil war, but they were, in all cases here included, based in part at least on services during the war itself.
Details in regard to these brevets will be found in a separate table.
Born at
Beverly, Mass., Aug. 13, 1831.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1850, to July 1, 1854.
Brevet Second Lieutenant,
Topographical Engineers, July 1, 1854.
Second Lieutenant, Oct. 2, 1855.
First Lieutenant, July 1, 1857.
Assistant Topographical Engineer on the staff of
Brig. General McDowell, July 5-15, 1861.
Chief Topographical Engineer of
General Tyler's division in the
Manassas campaign of July, 1861.
Engaged in the action of Blackburn's Ford, July 18, 1861, and
battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, where he was wounded.
Brevet Captain, July 21, 1861.
Assistant Topographical Engineer in the defences of
Washington, on the staff of
General McDowell, July 23 to Aug. 21, 1861.
Assistant to
General Barnard in the construction of field-works south of the
Potomac, Aug. 21, 1861, to Mar. 19, 1862.
Brevet Major, May 4, 1862.
Captain,
Topographical Engineers, June 18, 1862.
Colonel, 1st Conn. Artillery, Jan. 19, 1863.
Transferred to Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863.
Aide-de-Camp to
General Barnard in the
Virginia Peninsular campaign, Army of the Potomac, Mar. 10 to July 24, 1862, being engaged in the siege of
Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, and various engineer duties of the seven days operations before
Richmond, June 26 to July 2, 1862, including the preparation of maps.
On sick leave of absence, July 24 to Sept. 25, 1862.
Aide-de-Camp to
General Barnard, Sept. 25 to Nov. 11, 1862, being engaged in fortifying the southern approaches to
Alexandria, Va. Chief Topographical Engineer of
General Banks's expedition to the
Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 11, 1862, to Feb. 10, 1863.
At the defences of
Washington, Feb. 28, 1863, to May 10, 1864.
Member of the Board of Engineers to reorganize our system of seacoast fortifications, Jan. 27 to May 31, 1864.
Organizing siege train for the armies operating against
Richmond Apr. 20 to May 10, 1864.
In command of the siege artillery of the Army of the James, May 13 to June 23, 1864, and of the armies operating against
Richmond, June 23, 1864, to Jan. 5, 1865.
Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 1, 1864.
Chief of artillery of the expedition to
Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 5-22, 1865; in command of the siege artillery of the armies operating against
Richmond, Jan. 22 to July 13, 1865.
Engaged in the siege of
Petersburg till Apr. 2, 1865, including the
Mine assault July 30, 1864; battle of Fort Steadman, Mar. 25 and assault of the rebel entrenchments, Apr. 2, 1865.
Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel,
Colonel and
Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865.
Chief of artillery of the department of Virginia, May 10 to July 13, 1865; in command of brigade in the defences of
Washington, D. C., July 15 to Sept. 25, 1865; awaiting orders Oct. 4 to Nov. 23, 1865.
Mustered out of volunteer service, Sept. 25, 1865.
Major, Corps of Engineers, Nov. 11, 1865.
Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 31, 1880.
Colonel, Oct. 12, 1886.
Born at
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 21, 1842.
Private “
New England Guards,” 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the
U. S., May, 1861.
Mustered out, June, 1861.
Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861.
Left the state with his regiment in Sept. for the
Potomac River; at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Va.; in camp at
Poolesville, Md., winter of 1861-62.
First Lieutenant, Nov. 8, 1861.
Captain, Aug. 29, 1862.
Doing guard duty on the
Potomac River opposite
Leesburg, Va., till Feb., 1862; in the
valley of the Shenandoah, Mar.; present at the siege of
Yorktown, battles of
West Point and
Fair Oaks, where he received the sword of General
