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Bartlett, William Francis.

Born at Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 6, 1840. Private, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 14, 1861. Captain, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1861. Left Massachusetts, Sept., 1861. Engaged at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., siege of Yorktown, seriously wounded and lost a leg, Apr. 24, 1862. Mustered out, Nov. 12, 1862. At home on a furlough. In charge of Camp Briggs, Pittsfield. Colonel, 49th Infantry, M. V. M., in the service of the U. S., Nov. 19, 1862. Left the state, Nov. 21, 1862. Present at the attack on Port Hudson, La., where he was again severely wounded in arm and foot. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1863. Colonel, 57th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 17, 1863. Wounded in the head at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 27, 1864. Led the assault on Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864; was taken prisoner; exchanged by special request of the Secretary of War, Sept. 30. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Sailed for Europe on sick leave of absence Oct. 18, 1865. Returned, June, 1866. Mustered out, July 18, 1866. Died at Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 17, 1876.


Bates, Erastus Newton.

Born in Massachusetts. Major, 80th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Jan. 25, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 10, 1865.


Bates, James Lawrence.

Captain, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Major, 33d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862. Colonel, 12th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 9, 1862. Mustered out, July 8, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 17, 1869, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. Confirmed by the Senate, Mar. 3, 1869, but no commission issued in consequence of the prohibition contained in Act of Mar. 2, 1869. Died at South Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 11, 1875.


Baxter, Dewitt Clinton.

Born at Dorchester, Mass., Mar. 9, 1829. Lieut. Colonel, 19th Penn. Infantry, Apr. 27, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 9, 1861. Colonel, 72d Penn. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864. Brevet Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died, May 9, 1881.


Beecher, James Chaplin.

Born at Boston, Mass., Jan. 8, 1828. Chaplain, 67th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861. Resigned, Sept. 8, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 141st N. Y. Infantry, Oct. 14, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 6, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 35th U. S. Colored Infantry, May 18, 1863. Colonel, June 9, 1863. Brevet. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 1, 1866. Died, Aug. 25, 1886.


Blaisdell, William.

Born in New Hampshire. Private, Corporal and Sergeant 4th U. S. Infantry and in general service, Jan. 19, 1841, to Apr. 22, 1853. Lieut. Colonel, 11th Mass. Infantry, June 13, 1861. Colonel, Oct. 11, 1861. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 23, 1864. Killed in action before Petersburg, Va., June 23, 1864.


Bolles, John Augustus.

Born at Eastford, Conn., Apr. 16, 1809. Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 30, 1862. Major, Judge Advocate, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 3, 1862, until he resigned, July 18, 1863. Major, Additional Aide-de-Camp, June 20, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1865. Resigned, July 17, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C., May 25, 1878.


Boynton, Henry Van Ness.

Born at West Stockbridge, Mass., July 22, 1835. Major, 35th Ohio Infantry, July 29, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, July 13, 1863. Served in the campaigns of the Army of the Ohio under Generals Buell and Rosecrans and of the Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas until date of discharge. Served throughout in the division originally commanded by General Thomas. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Honorably discharged, Sept. 8, 1864.


Breck, Samuel.

Born at Middleborough, Mass., Feb. 25, 1834. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1855. Brevet Second Lieutenant, U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1855. Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1855. First Lieutenant, April 11, 1861, to Feb. 20, 1862. Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Nov. 29, 1861; accepted, Dec. 6, 1861. Adj. General of General McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, in the defences of Washington, D. C., Dec., 1861, to Mar. 24, 1862. Assistant Adj. General, 1st Army Corps, Mar. 24, 1862, and of the

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