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List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)

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This is a list of American Civil War brevet generals that served the Union Army. This list of brevet major generals or brevet brigadier generals currently contains a section which gives the names of officers who held lower actual or substantive grades (often referred to as ranks) in the Union Army, were not promoted to full actual or substantive grade generals during or immediately after the war,[1] but were awarded the grade of brevet major general or brevet brigadier general, almost always in recognition of service, not as any form of promotion. The first section shows these officers' actual grades and regiments or assignments. Dates in the list are explained below.

The lists of general officers who were in active service as or were promoted to the grade of brigadier general or major general, or in the case of Ulysses S. Grant, lieutenant general, in the Regular Army of the United States at the start of or during the Civil War and of officers who were appointed as brigadier generals or major generals in the volunteer forces which constituted most of the Union Army, who were awarded brevet general grades have been moved to a draft user page for revision and reduction in length. Information on brevet appointments or awards for these officers still may be found at List of American Civil War Generals (Union).

A small number of these awards were made before the generals who received them were promoted to full actual grade generals. Many of the awards were brevet major general grades given to full, actual grade regular army or volunteer force brigadier generals. Some volunteer generals also received brevet awards of general officer grades in the Regular Army of the United States, which were higher awards than brevet awards in the volunteer services. The second and third sections have (or will have) the appointment dates for full general promotions since the officers often began acting in the capacity of general officers before they were confirmed and commissioned. These sections have the same information concerning and dates of the brevet awards as have those in the first section.

Rank dates, other dates

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Confusion as to the date of a promotion or a brevet award can result because the date often given in connection with an officer's promotion or award is the date of rank. The appointment, nomination, confirmation and commissioning of most Civil War brevet awards occurred in the years 1866 through 1869 but the great majority of these were antedated for purposes of rank to the "omnibus" date of March 13, 1865. Nonetheless, the date shown together with the brevet award grade in the list is the date of rank, which is simply a date marking seniority or precedence in rank. The date of rank of a promotion or brevet award often is the date associated with the promotion or award in reference to the officer who received the promotion or award in writings about the person or the war. Thus, the rank date is included in the sections of the list below with the grade because of its frequent use in reference to an officer's brevet awards, not because the date of rank is usually any of the significant dates in the process of promotion or award of appointment, nomination, confirmation or commission. Since commission dates are not easily obtained and are usually near the U.S. Senate confirmation dates for brevet awards, which are found in Eicher, Civil War High Commands (2001) and other sources, brevet award confirmation dates are shown for each officer's awards. These dates are frequently the approximate effective date of the appointment or award. The further step of commissioning almost always took place, barring death of the nominee, without great delay, usually within one or a few weeks. Other dates are not shown below due to the absence of ready access to information about appointment dates for brevet awards and to save space.

Some additional significant dates for some officers are shown in the notes, including some appointment or nomination dates if made by President Abraham Lincoln and the date an officer left the service. An appointment or nomination made by President Lincoln means the officer could have exercised command at his brevet grade, if so assigned, and been referred to as a general during the course of the war.

A date in parentheses after "nomination" is the first date the appointment was submitted to the U.S. Senate for confirmation. That nomination was not acted upon or improved and had to be resubmitted (sometimes twice). The date following the date in parentheses is the date of the nomination which Congress acted upon.

Purpose, significance and effect of award

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President Lincoln commissioned only 58 brevet grade generals.[2] A few of these awards were even issued posthumously although death of the nominee would usually end the promotion or award process. The list notes (or will note) the officers who were nominated for brevet awards by President Lincoln and confirmed by the U.S. Senate before April 1865. All of the other awards were made by President Andrew Johnson and confirmed by the U.S. Senate during Johnson's term of office. Thus, Civil War brevet awards were almost always honors without any command, operational or assignment significance or extra compensation since the war was over when most of the awards were confirmed and the awards were issued. Most of the officers nominated for brevet awards had been mustered out, or were supernumeraries soon to be mustered out, when the awards were confirmed. Many awards were made to lower grade staff officers for faithful and efficient services.

A few of the brevet generals appointed by President Lincoln did perform valuable service in general officer positions. Their authority was enhanced by assignment to positions with general officer responsibilities, mostly during the last months of the war, by General Grant. Some of the brevet generals appointed later may have served in general officer jobs, generally for short periods of time, during the war. The brevet awards could not convert these officers into generals retroactively no matter how valuable their service may have been. Many other officers with lower full, permanent grades also rendered distinguished temporary service in higher grade assignments without receiving brevet awards so caution must be made about exaggerating the significance of the later brevet award. It may be noted that over 6,000 brevet awards of grades below general were awarded during and after the Civil War. Many of these awards were made to regular army officers with lower permanent grades who were serving in higher grades in the volunteer force or to officers who also received brevet general awards.

The only medal available for award to soldiers of the Union Army was the Medal of Honor so brevet awards were prized as a mark of distinguished service, especially for officers who served with distinction but did not perform the heroic acts on the battlefield. These heroic acts were almost always the basis for the Medal of Honor.

Award process

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In outline, the main steps of the promotion or brevet award process were as follows. After a candidate for a general officer commission or brevet award was selected, the Secretary of War, on behalf of the President, would send the candidate an appointment letter. The candidate would be asked to communicate acceptance of the appointment or award, attest to the oath of office and report to a named officer for orders. The letter would note that the appointment was contingent on the President nominating and the U.S. Senate confirming the promotion or award. Nonetheless, the candidate often received orders to begin acting in the appointed office pending the President's nomination and the Senate's confirmation or rejection of the nomination. If a nominee was confirmed, the President and Secretary of War (or of the Navy) would sign and seal a commission and transmit it to the nominee. The appointment was not official or complete until all the steps in the process were completed and the commission was conveyed in writing. Usually this occurred soon after the confirmation of the promotion or award, often within about a week. Since most of the brevet awards were made after the end of the war, candidates would not be told to report to a senior officer for orders unless they were still on duty and might be given some higher or different assignment. Full grade promotions supersede brevet grade promotions and promotions in the regular army supersede promotions to equivalent or lower rank in the volunteer forces.

Definitions, abbreviations

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Following the usage of the Eichers in Civil War High Commands, "grade" signifies the position or level in the officer hierarchy (e.g. brigadier general, major general) and "rank" refers to the order of precedence within the grade, signified by the date from which the award "ranks", regardless of the actual date of appointment by the President of the United States or confirmation by the United States Senate. As the Eichers acknowledge, "rank" is commonly used in reference to an officer's grade despite their explanation of the different terms for military officers' positions and precedence. The Eichers effort to change the common usage of the word "rank" for grade is probably futile. This usage can be found in documents that even precede the Civil War. A change in usage might create more confusion than it eliminates but "grade" will be used on this page, especially in the column headings, since the reason for this use is explained in this introduction.

Some abbreviations are used in the entries, especially the notes, to keep the entries more compact. The abbreviation USA means the grade was awarded in the regular United States Army. The abbreviation USV (United States Volunteers) means the grade was awarded in the volunteer army which constituted almost the entire Union Army. All brevet grades are shown with "brevet" or "bvt." Notes are limited for each entry and generally are in a few major categories to keep the size of a large page from increasing more. Many of the brevet (only) general officers and almost all of the regular army or volunteer army actual grade generals have individual pages devoted to them with more information. USMA indicates a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Medal of Honor awards are noted. A note is made for those killed in action or died of wounds received in action or otherwise died during the war. Resignation, retirement and muster out dates for volunteer officers are (or will be) noted, although they were omitted in the original version of the page. Pre-war and post-war state governors, U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives are noted. If a specific action is not noted as the reason for the award, it was for services which were described as "meritorious services" or "gallant and meritorious services" or "long and faithful services" or "faithful and meritorious services" "during the war" or some similar form of words, as also noted above. The List of American Civil War Generals (Union) and the individual pages for each general have more details about each officer so details and dates other than those mentioned in this introduction are omitted from the following list.

No Confederate brevet awards

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The Confederate government did not award brevet grades to Confederate States Army officers although Confederate army regulations would have allowed them.[3]

Sources

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The United States War Department sources (written by former Confederate Brigadier General Marcus Joseph Wright), in the references section, list the generals', and in the case of the Union generals, the brevet generals', grade, rank date, appointment date, and confirmation date. The Confederate generals list is included because it may be used as a reference in a few notes. The other six references have short summaries of each general's life and service. A few of the sources do not list every general, however. Some sources may have information that others do not. All the information in this list is from one or more of these references. The summaries in the references are in alphabetical order. Since the information in this article is from a limited number of sources, all of which are in alphabetical order, in-line notes have been largely omitted since the information is easily found on consecutive pages in one or more of the referenced books. A full listing of citations for each unique entry in one or more boxes for each general or brevet general would show thousands of citations, which would be a large use of space for little real return of information. The information in the list can easily be found and verified by anyone who has access to some or all of the six sources.

Union brevet generals: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Abbot, Henry Larcom Colonel 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 23, 1866
March 12, 1866
USMA, 1854. Mustered out of volunteers September 25, 1865.
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV for Overland Campaign and Petersburg.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1895.
Post-retirement promotion to brigadier general, USA, April 23, 1904.
Died October 1, 1927, aged 96.
Abbott, Henry Livermore Major 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 20, 1865 Harvard University 1860. Killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864.
Posthumous brevet for the Wilderness.
Abbott, Ira Coray Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 Resigned December 22, 1864.
Abbott, Joseph Carter Colonel 7th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 February 14, 1865 Phillips Academy, 1846. Brevet for capture of Fort Fisher.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865.
Mustered out July 17, 1865.
Abert, William Stretch Colonel 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mustered out of volunteers September 18, 1865.
Died of yellow fever as Regular Army major, August 25, 1867.
Acker, George Sigourney Colonel 9th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
July 26, 1866
Brevet for Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns especially,
Battles of Bean's Station and Cynthiana.
Resigned June 27, 1865.
Adams, Alonzo W. Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 Mexican–American War veteran. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Adams, Jr., Charles Francis Colonel 5th (Colored) Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Harvard University, 1856.
Grandson of President John Quincy Adams.
Brevet for Battle of Secessionville, Battle of South Mountain and
Battle of Antietam. Resigned August 1, 1865.
Adams, Charles Powell Lt. Colonel Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Ohio Medical College, 1851. Mustered out April 26, 1866.
Adams, Charles W. Colonel 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 March 3, 1865 Son-in-law of U.S. Senator James H. Lane.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 20, 1865.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.
Adams, Robert Newton Colonel 81st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Miami University. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Adams, William A. Colonel 145th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
April 10, 1866
Hanover College.
Award in both January and February, 1866, likely correction.
Mustered out January 21, 1866.
Agnus, Felix Major 165th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869 Born in France. College de Jolie Clair, Paris.
Served in French Army.
Resigned July 26, 1865.
Died October 31, 1925, aged 86.
Albright, Charles Colonel 202nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865 March 10, 1865 Dickinson College.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1873–1875.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 7, 1865.
Mustered out August 3, 1865.
Alden, Alonzo Colonel 169th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 March 3, 1865 Williams College.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 18, 1865.
Mustered out July 19, 1865.
Alexander, Andrew Jonathan Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 5, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 16, 1865
February 6, 1865
April 8, 1867
Centre College.
Brevet for Battle of Ebenezer Church, Alabama
and Battle of Columbus, Georgia.
USV nomination by Pres. Lincoln, January 6, 1865.
Retired as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, July 3, 1885.
Alexander, Barton Stone Major Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866 USMA, 1842. Major, USA, March 3, 1863. Lt. Colonel, USA, March 7, 1867.
Died as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, December 17, 1878.
Alexander, Edmund Brooke Colonel 10th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 18, 1865 July 25, 1866 Born October 6, 1802, Haymarket, Virginia. USMA, 1823.
Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, February 22, 1869.
Died January 3, 1888, Washington, D.C.
Alger, Russell Alexander Colonel 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 11, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, June 11, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 2, 1867
Resigned September 20, 1864. Governor of Michigan, 1885–1887.
U.S. Secretary of War, 1897–1899.
U.S. Senator, 1902–1907 (died January 24).
Allaire, Anthony J. Lt. Colonel 133rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868 Mustered out June 6, 1865.
Allcock, Thomas Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Born January 27, 1815, Birmingham, England.
Brevet for Overland Campaign,
Siege of Petersburg.
Mustered out December 2, 1865.
Allen, Harrison Colonel 151st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 Mustered out July 31, 1863.
Allen, Thomas Scott Colonel 5th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Oberlin College. Mustered out August 2, 1864.
Ames, John Worthington Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 February 23, 1865 Harvard University, 1854.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 18, 1865.
Resigned October 4, 1866.
U.S. Surveyor-General for California.
Ames, William Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867 Mustered out August 27, 1865.
Amory, Thomas Jonathan Coffin Colonel 17th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 1, 1864 February 5, 1866
March 12, 1866
December 3, 1867
USMA, 1851. Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, October 1, 1864.
Posthumous brevet. Last confirmation corrected rank date.
U.S. Army major.
Died at Beaufort, North Carolina, October 7, 1864.
Anderson, Allen Latham Colonel 8th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 USMA, 1859. Mustered out of volunteers, November 10, 1865.
Resigned as U.S. Army captain, 1867.
Anderson, John Fromen Major Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867 Son of Governor of Maine Hugh J. Anderson.
Resigned March 27, 1865.
Anderson, Nicholas Longworth Colonel 6th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1868
February 14, 1868
Harvard University, 1858. Bvt. Brig. Gen for Battle of Stone's River.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. for Battle of Chickamauga.
Mustered out June 23, 1864.
Anderson, William B. Colonel 60th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 McKendree College.
Resigned December 26, 1864.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1875–1877.
Andrews, Timothy Patrick Colonel Paymaster General, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 13, 1847 July 14, 1848 Born in Ireland in 1794.
War of 1812 veteran.
Commanded the Regiment of Voltigeurs and Foot Riflemen during the Mexican–American War.
Rejected award of Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, to date from March 13, 1865, because he already had such a brevet for the Battle of Chapultepec.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, November 1864.
Ankeny, Rollin Valentine Colonel 142nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Mustered out October 26, 1864.
Anthony, De Witt Clinton Colonel 66th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867 University of Louisville, 1850. Resigned March 24, 1864.
Appleton, John Francis Colonel 81st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 Bowdoin College, 1860. Resigned June 29, 1864.
Died August 31, 1870, aged 31.
Armstrong, Samuel Chapman Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Born January 26 or 30, 1839, Wailuku, Maui, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
Williams College, 1862. Mustered out November 10, 1865.
Founder of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
Askew, Franklin Colonel 15th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 14, 1865 March 12, 1866 University of Michigan, 1858. Mustered out November 21, 1865.
Astor, III, John Jacob Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 Columbia University, 1839; Harvard Law School.
Also shown as John Jacob Astor, Jr.
Mustered out July 11, 1862.
Atkins, Smith Dykins Colonel 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
April 26, 1866
Rock River Seminary; editor; lawyer.
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865.
Mustered out June 21, 1865.
Averill, John Thomas Colonel 6th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 18, 1865 March 12, 1866 Maine Wesleyan Seminary. Mustered out September 28, 1865.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1871–1875.
Avery, Mathew Henry Colonel 10th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Sailor's Creek.
Mustered out July 19, 1865.
Avery, Robert Lt. Colonel 102nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 26, 1866
March 28, 1867
Brevet for gallantry at Battle of Lookout Mountain (lost right leg).
USA brevets not confirmed. Retired as U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, 1870.
Later, lawyer, manufacturer, railroad official.
Post-retirement promotion to Colonel, USA, April 23, 1904.

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Babbitt, Edwin Burr Colonel Deputy Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867 USMA, 1826.
Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1866.
Babcock, Orville Elias Lt. Colonel Aide-de-Camp, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Staff of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant,
March 29, 1864–July 24, 1866.
Colonel, USA, ADC to General Grant,
July 25, 1866–March 4, 1869.
Secretary to President Grant, 1869.
Drowned June 2, 1884.
Babcock, Willoughby Lt. Colonel 75th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 19, 1864 March 24, 1868 Brevet for conspicuous gallantry at Battle of Opequon
(Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia), mortally wounded.
Bache, Hartman Colonel Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867 USMA, 1818. Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1867.
Badeau, Adam Lt. Colonel and
Military Secretary
Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867
March 13, 1867
February 14, 1868
Military Secretary to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV for Appomattox Campaign.
Baily, Silas Milton Colonel 8th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 Brevet for Battle of the Wilderness
and Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Baker, Benjamin Franklin Colonel 43rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Baker, James Heaton Colonel 10th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Minnesota Secretary of State
Ohio Secretary of State
Balch, Joseph P. Major 1st Rhode Island Detached Militia Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1868 Mustered out of volunteers, August 2, 1861.
Bvt. Lt. Col. and Bvt. Col., March 13, 1865.
Baldey, George Washington Lt. Colonel 65th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran
Baldwin, Charles Pierce Lt. Colonel 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Bvt. Brig. Gen., USV, April 1, 1865 July 19, 1867 Brevet for Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia
Baldwin, William H. Lt. Colonel 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 22, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for charge at Battle of Fort Blakeley, Alabama
Ball, William H. Colonel 122nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864 February 14, 1865 Brevet for Richmond (Overland Campaign) and
Valley Campaigns of 1864.
Ballier, John Frederick Colonel
Colonel
21st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment
98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 13, 1864 February 14, 1865 Mexican–American War veteran.
Brevet for Richmond campaign (Overland Campaign).
Balloch, George Williamson Chief Commissary of Subsistence XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Bangs, Isaac Sparrow Colonel 81st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
February 21, 1867
Brevet for Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Bankhead, Henry Cary Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 April 9, 1869 Brevet for Battle of Five Forks, Virginia.
Banning, Henry B. Colonel
Colonel
121st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
195th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
April 26, 1866
U.S. House of Representatives, 1873–1879.
Barber, Gershom Morse Captain
Lt. Colonel
1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters
197th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Barnes, Charles Colonel 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Barnes, Joseph Henry Colonel 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 19, 1864 August 19, 1864 Brevet for the Battle of Globe Tavern
Barnett, James Colonel 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Barney, Albert Milton Colonel 142nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 11, 1865 March 12, 1866
Barney, Benjamin Griffin Lt. Colonel 2nd Provisional Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteer Heavy Artillery
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867 Brevet for Petersburg campaign.
Barney, Lewis Tappan Captain Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1868
February 14, 1868
Youngest brevet brigadier general.
Born March 18, 1844.
Barrett, Theodore Harvey Colonel 62nd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Also confirmed April 26, 1866, likely correction.
Barrett, Wallace W. Colonel 44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Barriger, John Walker Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 17, 1868 USMA, 1856. Retired Col. U.S. Army, 1896.
Barry, Henry W. Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 25, 1866
March 2, 1867
U.S. House of Representatives, 1860–1875.
Barstow, Simon Forrester Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Barstow, Wilson Captain Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Bartholomew, Orion A. Colonel 109th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Bartlett, Charles Gratiot Colonel 119th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Bartlett, William Chambers Colonel 2nd Mounted Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 USMA, 1862
Barton, William Brainerd Colonel 48th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867 For Fort Wagner,
South Carolina, July 18, 1863.
Bassett, Isaac C. Colonel 82nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 12, 1864 February 14, 1865 Mexican–American War veteran.
Brevet for Overland Campaign.
Batchelder, Richard Napoleon Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865
March 3, 1869
Medal of Honor for Battle of Fairfax Station, Virginia,
October 13–15, 1863.
Brigadier general, USA, and quartermaster general,
June 26, 1890–July 27, 1896.
Bates, Delavan Colonel 30th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 30, 1864 February 20, 1865 Medal of Honor for Cemetery Hill,
Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864.
Bates, Erastus Newton Lt. Colonel 80th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Bates, James Lawrence Colonel 12th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 3, 1869 Brevet award confirmed but not issued.
Baxter, De Witt Clinton Colonel 72nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 3, 1869 Brevet for bravery at Battles of
Gettysburg, and the Wilderness.
Beadle, William Henry H. Major 3rd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Beaver, James Addams Colonel 148th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 20, 1865 Lost right leg at Ream's Station, Virginia, August 25, 1864.
Brevet for Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia.
Beazell, James W. Major Additional Paymaster, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 23, 1865 March 3, 1869
Beckwith, Amos Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
May 4, 1866
March 2, 1867
USMA, 1850. Brevet for 1865 Carolinas Campaign.
Retired as Colonel, U.S. Army, 1889.
Beckwith, Edward Griffin Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 USMA, 1842. Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Major, U.S. Army, 1879.
Bedel, John Colonel 3rd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran.
Beecher, James Chaplin Colonel 35th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brother of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Bell, George Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 February 14, 1868 USMA, 1853. Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1892.
Bell, John Hann Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 30, 1865 March 12, 1866
Bell, Joseph Warren Colonel 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Bendix, John E. Colonel
Colonel
7th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
10th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Benedict, Lewis Colonel
Colonel
73rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
162nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Killed at Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864.
Benjamin, William Henry Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Bennett, John E. Colonel 75th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865 March 12, 1866 Arkansas Supreme Court, 1871–1874.
South Dakota Supreme Court, 1889–1893
Bennett, Thomas Warren Colonel 69th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 5, 1865 March 10, 1865 Governor of Idaho Territory, 1871–1875.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1875–1876.
Bennett, William True Colonel 33rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 25, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina.
Bentley, Richard Charles Lt. Colonel 63rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Bentley, Robert Henry Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Benton, Thomas Hart Jr. Colonel 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nephew of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton.
Berdan, Hiram Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Sharpshooters Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 16, 1869
not confirmed
Brevet for Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia.
Bertram, Henry Colonel 20th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran under name Henry Beeger.
Beveridge, John Lourie Colonel 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865 March 10, 1865 U.S. House of Representatives, 1871–1873.
Governor of Illinois, 1873–1877.
Biddle, James Colonel 6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 3, 1869
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1896.
Biggs, Herman Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865 March 10, 1865 USMA, 1856.
Biggs, Jonathan Lt. Colonel 123rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Biles, Edwin Ruthwin Colonel 99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867 Mexican–American War veteran.
Brevet for Battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia.
Bingham, Henry Harrison Major Judge-Advocate, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865
February 13, 1868
July 23, 1866
Medal of Honor for Battle of the Wilderness.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1879–1912.
Bingham, Judson David Colonel Asst. Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 July 23, 1866 USMA, 1854. Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1895.
Bintliff, James Colonel 38th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for assault on Petersburg.
Bishop, Judson Wade Colonel 2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 7, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for assault at Battle of Fort Blakeley, Alabama.
Black, John Charles Colonel 37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor for Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7, 1862.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1893–1895.
Blackman, Albert Milton Colonel 27th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 27, 1864 February 14, 1865 Brevet for Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia.
Blair, Charles White Colonel 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 February 23, 1865
Blair, Lewis Jackson Major 88th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Blair, William H. Colonel 179th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Brevet for taking Burnside's Bridge at Battle of Antietam.
Blaisdell, William Colonel 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 23, 1864 July 2, 1865 Mexican–American War veteran.
Killed at Siege of Petersburg, June 23, 1864.
Blake, George Alexander Hamilton Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 23, 1867
March 3, 1869
Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1870.
Blakeslee, Erastus Colonel 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1868 Brevet for Ashland, Virginia, June 1, 1864.
Blanchard, Justus Wardwell Colonel 162nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Blanden, Leander Colonel 95th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Mobile, Alabama.
Bloomfield, Ira Jackson Lt. Colonel 26th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Blunt, Asa Peabody Captain Asst. Quartermaster, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 Died as Regular Army major, 1889.
Bodine, Robert Lewis Lt. Colonel 26th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Bolinger, Henry Clay Colonel 7th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 Brevet for Battle of the Wilderness.
Bolles, John Augustus Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 17, 1865 April 10, 1866
Bolton, William Jordan Colonel 51st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Bomford, James Voty Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1868 USMA, 1832. Mexican–American war veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1874.
Bond, John Randolph Colonel 111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Bonham, Edward Lt. Colonel 47th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Bonneville, Benjamin L. E. Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry
Chief Commissary of Musters
Department of Missouri
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 USMA, 1815. Mexican–American War veteran.
Rocky Mountains explorer.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1861.
Bootes, Levi Clark Major 17th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 3, 1869 Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, 1874.
Boughton, Horace Colonel 143rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Bouton, Edward Colonel 59th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 28, 1865 March 9, 1865
Bowen, Thomas Mead Colonel 13th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 February 23, 1865 Appointed by President Lincoln.
Arkansas Supreme Court, 1867–1871.
Governor of Idaho Territory, 1871. U.S. Senator, 1883–1889.
Bowerman, Richard Neville Colonel 4th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 March 2, 1867 Brevet for Battle of Five Forks, Virginia.
Bowers, Theodore S. Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 July 23, 1866 Staff of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Bowie, George Washington Colonel 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran.
Bowman, Samuel M. Colonel 84th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 2, 1867
March 3, 1869
Bowyer, Eli Colonel 11th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 Record unclear.
Boyd, Joseph Fulton Lt. Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Boynton, Henry Colonel 8th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Boynton, Henry Van Ness Lt. Colonel 35th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Medal of Honor for Battle of Missionary Ridge.
Brevet for Battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge.
Bradshaw, Robert Charles Colonel 44th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Brady, Thomas Jefferson Colonel
Colonel
117th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
140th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Brailey, Moses Randolph Lt. Colonel 111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867 Brevet For Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky.
Brayton, Charles Ray Colonel 3rd Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Breck, Samuel Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866 USMA, 1855. Retired as Regular Army brigadier general,
adjutant general, 1898.
Brewerton, Henry Colonel Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867
Brewster, William R. Colonel 73rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864 February 14, 1865 Brevet for Overland Campaign.
Brice, Benjamin William Colonel Paymaster General, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, December 2, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
May 4, 1866;
July 14, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864.
Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army brigadier general and paymaster general, 1872.
Brinkerhoff, Roeliff Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 20, 1866 February 6, 1867
Briscoe, James C. Colonel
Colonel
199th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
188th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 Not nominated Brevet for Battle of Fort Gregg.
Dismissed for stealing U.S. funds.
Britt, James W. Lt. Colonel 57th New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 3, 1869
Brodhead, Thornton F. Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 30, 1862 March 28, 1867 Mexican–American War veteran.
Mortally wounded at Battle of Second Bull Run. Posthumous award.
Bronson, Stephen Colonel
Colonel
141st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
153rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Brooks, Horace Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 25, 1866
March 3, 1869
USMA, 1835. Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1877
Brown, Charles Elwood Major 63rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Lost left leg at, brevet for Battle of Atlanta.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1885–1889.
Brown, Harvey Colonel 5th Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, November 23, 1861
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, August 2, 1866
May 12, 1862
February 23, 1867;
March 2, 1867
USMA, 1818. Mexican–American war veteran.
Nominated brig. gen. by Pres. Lincoln, April 25, 1862
for Battle of Fort Pickens, November 1861.
Bvt. maj. gen. for suppression of New York City riot, 1863.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1863.
Brown, Hiram Loomis Colonel 145th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 3, 1864 February 20, 1865
Brown, John Marshall Lt. Colonel 32nd Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 3, 1867
Brown, Lewis Gove Colonel 117th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Brown, Nathan Williams Colonel Asst. Paymaster General, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 15, 1867 February 14, 1868 Retired as Regular Army brigadier general,
paymaster general, 1882.
Brown, Orlando Colonel 24th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 6, 1866 April 10, 1866
Brown, Philip Perry Jr. Colonel
Colonel
157th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
7th U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Brown, Samuel Lockwood Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Brown, Simeon Batcheldor Colonel 11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 20, 1865
Brown, Theodore Frelinghuysen Captain 51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.
Brown, William Rufus Colonel 13th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Browne, Thomas McLelland Colonel 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
April 26, 1866
U.S. House of Representatives, 1877–1891.
Browne, William Henry Colonel
Colonel
31st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
24th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran.
Brownlow, James Patton Colonel 1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Son of Editor, Governor of Tennessee, and
U.S. Senator "Parson" William G. Brownlow.
Bruce, John Lt. Colonel 19th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 U.S. District Judge.
Brumback, Jefferson Lt. Colonel 95th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Brush, Daniel Harmon Colonel 18th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Fort Donelson and Battle of Shiloh.
Buchanan, Robert Christie Colonel
Brig. Gen. USV, November 29, 1862
temporary
1st Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
May 4, 1866
July 23, 1866
USMA, 1830. Brig. gen. appt. expired March 4, 1863.
Bvt. Brig. Gen. for Malvern Hill.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. for First Bull Run, Fredericksburg.
Retired Colonel, USA, December 31, 1870.
Buell, George Pearson Colonel 58th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen., USA, March 2, 1867
February 14, 1865
February 14, 1868
Norwich University, 1856. Died as Regular Army colonel, May 31, 1883.
First cousin of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell
Bukey, Van Hartness Colonel 11th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Burbank, Sidney Colonel 2nd Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866 USMA, 1829. Brevet for Battle of Gettysburg.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1870.
Burke, Joseph Walter Colonel 10th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Burke, Martin Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, 1863.
Burling, George Childs Colonel 6th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868 Brevet for Battle of Gettysburg.
Burnett, Henry Lawrence Major Judge-Advocate, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Asst. Judge Advocate, Lincoln conspiracy trial.
Burton, Henry Stanton Colonel 5th Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 USMA, 1839. Mexican–American War veteran.
Commander Fort Delaware prisoner of war camp.
Died as Regular Army colonel, 1869.
Busey, Samuel Thompson Colonel 76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 July 26, 1866 Brevet for Battle of Fort Blakeley, Alabama.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1891–1893
Butler, Thomas Harvey Colonel 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Brevet for campaigns of 1863 and 1864.
Byrne, James J. Colonel 18th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 23, 1867
March 2, 1867
Brevet for Battle of Pleasant Hill and Campti, Louisiana.
Further brevet for Battle of Moore's Plantation, Battle of Yellow Bayou.
Post Civil War US Marshal North District of Texas; Died of wounds August 13, 1880 after being attacked by Apache Indians under Victorio

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Cady, Albemarle Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Callender, Franklin Dyer Major Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 July 25, 1866
Callis, John Benton Lt. Colonel 7th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 13, 1867
Cameron, Daniel Colonel 65th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
A commander of Camp Douglas military prisoner of war camp
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Cameron, Hugh Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Campbell, Cleaveland John Colonel 23rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Campbell, Edward Livingston Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Campbell, Jacob Miller Colonel 54th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Campbell, John Allen Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Candy, Charles Colonel 66th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Capehart, Henry Colonel 1st Regiment West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, June 17, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 12, 1866
Medal of Honor
Capron, Horace Colonel 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12. 1866
Card, Benjamin Cozzens Colonel Asst. Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866
Carle, James Colonel 191st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Carleton, Charles Arms Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Carman, Ezra Ayers Colonel 13th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Carnahan, Robert Huston Colonel 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Carruth, Sumner Colonel 35th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Carson, Christopher Colonel 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran; For Battle of Valverde
Case, Henry Colonel 129th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865 March 12, 1866
Casement, John Stephen Colonel 103rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 25, 1865 February 14, 1865
Cassidy, Ambrose Spencer Major 93rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Catlin, Isaac Swartword Colonel 109th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 28, 1867
Medal of Honor
Cavender, John Smith Colonel 29th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Chamberlain, Samuel Emery Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 24, 1865 March 3, 1865
Chambers, Alexander Colonel 16th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Champion, Thomas Emmet Colonel 96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 20, 1865 March 10, 1865
Chaplin, Daniel Colonel 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 17, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, August 17, 1864
April 5, 1867
April 5, 1867
Chickering, Thomas Edward Colonel 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Chipman, Henry Laurens Colonel 102nd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Chipman, Norton Parker Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Christ, Benjamin C. Colonel 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 20, 1865
Christensen, Christian Thomsen Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Christian, William Henry Colonel 26th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Churchill, Mendal Lt. Colonel 27th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Churchill, Sylvester Colonel Inspector General, U.S. Army (1841–1861) Bvt. Brig. General, USA (September 23, 1847) Retired September 25, 1861
Cilley, Jonathan Prince Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 12, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cist, Henry Martyn Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Clapp, Dexter E. Lt. Colonel 38th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Clark, George Washington Colonel 34th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Clark, Gideon Lt. Colonel 119th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Clark, John S. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Clark, William Hyde Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Clarke, Henry Francis Lt. Colonel Asst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
May 4, 1866
March 2, 1867
Clary, Robert Emmet Lt. Colonel Deputy Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Clay, Cecil Lt. Colonel 58th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Medal of Honor
Clendenin, David Ramsay Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 11, 1865 March 12, 1866
Clitz, Henry Boynton Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867 Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy,1862–1864
Clough, Joseph Messer Lt. Colonel 18th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Coates, Benjamin Franklin Colonel 91st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Coates, James Henry Colonel 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cobb, Amasa Colonel 43rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Also confirmed April 10, 1866
Cobham, George Ashworth Jr. Colonel 111th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 19, 1864 February 6, 1867
Coburn, John Colonel 33rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cockerill, Joseph Randolph Colonel 70th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 U. S. House of Representatives 1857-1859
Cogswell, Milton Colonel 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 3, 1869
March 3, 1869
Bvt. USV for Battle of Ball's Bluff
Commander, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor
Cogswell, William Colonel 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864 February 14, 1865
Coit, James Bolles Major 14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Cole, George W. Colonel 2nd Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 25, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 3, 1865
May 4, 1866
Colgrove, Silas Colonel 27th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 7, 1864 February 20, 1865
Collier, Frederick H. Colonel 139th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Collis, Charles Henry Tuckey Colonel 114th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Medal of Honor
Colvill, William Jr. Colonel 1st Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Comly, James Monroe Stuart Colonel 23rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Commager, Henry Steele (Steal, sic) Colonel 184th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 27, 1865 March 10, 1865
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou Lt. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865
February 14, 1865
May 4, 1866
March 12, 1866
Congdon, James A. Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 16, 1867
Conklin, James Tallmadge Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Conrad, Joseph Colonel 15th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cooke, Edwin Francis Major 2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Coon, Datus Ensign Colonel 2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865 March 10, 1865
Corbin, Henry Clark Lt. Colonel 14th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Lieutenant General, 1906.
Coughlin, John Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 28, 1867 Medal of Honor
Coulter, Richard Colonel 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 23, 1866
Cowen, Benjamin Rush Major Additional Paymaster, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cox, John Cooke Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 4, 1863 March 2, 1867
Cox, Robert Courton Colonel 207th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Craig, Henry Knox Colonel Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 Chief of Ordnance of the U.S. Army, 1851-1861
Cram, George Henry Colonel 9th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Cram, Thomas Jefferson Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, January 13, 1866
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, January 13, 1866
May 18, 1866
July 25, 1866
March 18, 1867
Cramer, Francis L. Major 1st Regiment Alabama Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 8, 1867
Crandal, Frederick Mortimer Colonel 48th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 24, 1865 March 12, 1866
Crane, Charles Henry Major Surgeon, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Later became Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.
Crane, Nirom M. Colonel 107th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cranor, Jonathan Colonel 40th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Crawford, Samuel Johnson Colonel 83rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Crocker, John Simpson Colonel 93rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Crosman, George Hampton Colonel Asst. Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 25, 1866
April 16, 1867
Nominated Bvt. Brig. Gen. but not confirmed, 1863
Cross, Nelson Colonel 67th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
July 19, 1867
Cross, Osborn Lt. Colonel Deputy Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 13, 1867
Crowninshield, Caspar Colonel 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Cumming, Gilbert W. Colonel 51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 30, 1867
Cummings, Alexander Colonel 19th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 19, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cummins, John E. Colonel 185th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 4, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cunningham, James Adams Lt. Colonel 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 February 11, 1867
Curley, Thomas Colonel 27th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Curtin, John Irwin Colonel 45th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 12, 1864 February 14, 1865
Curtis, Arthur Russell Lt. Colonel 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Curtis, Greely S. Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 30, 1867
Curtis, James Freeman Colonel 4th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Curtis, William Baker Colonel 12th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Curtiss, James Edward Lt. Colonel 152nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Cutcheon, Byron M. Colonel 27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor
Cutting, William Major Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cutts, Richard Dominicus Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Cuyler, John Meck Lt. Colonel Surgeon, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 March 2, 1867

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Daggett, Aaron Simon Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Last Brevet General to die
Daggett, Rufus Colonel 117th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 March 3, 1865
Dana, Edmund Lovell Colonel 143rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dana, James Jackson Colonel Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866
Dandy, George Brown Colonel 100th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Darr, Francis Captain Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Davis, Edwin Page Colonel 153rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864 February 14, 1865
Davis, Hasbrouck Colonel 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1865
Davis, Henry Greene Lt. Colonel 101st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1865
Davis, Nelson Henry Major Asst. Inspector Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1868
Davis, William Watts Hart Colonel 104th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Dawes, Rufus R. Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Dawson, Andrew Rea Zina Colonel 187th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 21, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dawson, Samuel Kennedy Lt. Colonel 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Day, Hannibal Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Day, Henry Martyn Colonel 91st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Day, Nicholas Wykoff Colonel 131st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 13, 1867
Dayton, Oscar Veniah Colonel 19th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1865
Deems, James Monroe Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
De Groat, Charles Henry Colonel 32nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
De Hart, Richard P. Colonel 128th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
De Lacy, William Colonel 164th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
De Land, Charles Victor Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters
A commander of Camp Douglas military prisoner of war camp
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 13, 1867
De Russy, René Edward Colonel Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 Died November 23, 1865, nominated July 17, 1866
posthumous award
Denison, Andrew Woods Colonel 8th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 19, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 23, 1866
Dennis, John Benjamin Major Additional Paymaster, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Devereux, Arthur Forrester Colonel 19th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Devol, Hiram F. Colonel 36th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
De Witt, David Porter Colonel 10th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dick, George Frederick Colonel 86th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dickerson, Christopher J. Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Dickey, William Henry Colonel 84th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Dickinson, Joseph Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 7, 1867
Dilworth, Caleb James Colonel 85th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dimick, Justin Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Dimon, Charles Augustus Ropes Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Diven, Alexander S. Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 30, 1864 February 20, 1865
Diven, Charles Worth Colonel 200th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 25, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dixon, William Dunlap Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1867
Doan, Azariah Wall Lt. Colonel 79th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 18, 1866
Dodd, Levi Axtell Lt. Colonel 211th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dodge, George S. Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 February 14, 1865
Donaldson, James Lowry Colonel Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 17, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 2, 1867
March 12, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865
Donohoe, Michael Thomas Colonel 10th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dornblaser, Benjamin Colonel 46th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 20, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 10, 1865
April 26, 1866
Doster, William Emile Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Doubleday, Ulysses Colonel 45th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dox, Hamilton Bogart Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 29, 1866 July 27, 1866
Drake, Francis Marion Lt. Colonel 36th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 22, 1865 March 3, 1865
Drake, George Bernard Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 19, 1866
Draper, Alonzo Granville Colonel 36th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864 February 14, 1865
Draper, William Franklin Lt. Colonel 36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Drew, Charles Wilson Colonel 76th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Drum, Richard Coulter Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Duane, James Chatham Major Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Brigadier General, 1888.
Ducat, Arthur Charles Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Dudley, Nathan Augustus Monroe Major 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 19, 1865 February 14, 1865
Dudley, William Wade Lt. Colonel 19th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 24, 1868 Further nomination rejected July 17, 1868
Renomination confirmed February 16, 1869
Duer, John O. Colonel 45th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 12, 1865 March 12, 1866
Duff, William L. Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Duncan, Samuel Augustus Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
April 26, 1866
Duncan, Thomas Major 3rd Regiment U.S. Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Dunham, Thomas Harrison Major 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 5, 1867
Dunlap, Henry C. Colonel 3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Dunlap, James Captain Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Dunn, William McKee Lt. Colonel Asst. Judge Advocate, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Duryea, Hiram Colonel 5th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Duryee, Jacob Eugene Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Dustin, Daniel Colonel 105th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865 March 12, 1867
Dutton, Arthur Henry Colonel 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 26, 1864 March 2, 1867 Posthumous award
Dutton, Everell Fletcher Lt. Colonel 105th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865 March 2, 1867 Posthumous award
Dye, William McEntire Colonel 20th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Dyer, Isaac Colonel 15th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Eastman, Seth Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, August 9, 1866 February 23, 1867
Easton, Langdon Cheves Colonel Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 17, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
March 13, 1867
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Eaton, Charles G. Colonel 72nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Eaton, John Jr. Colonel 63rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Eaton, Joseph Horace Major Paymaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867
Eckert, Thomas Thompson Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Edgerton, Alonzo Jay Colonel 67th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Edmands, Joseph Cushing Colonel 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Edwards, Clark Swett Colonel 5th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Eggleston, Beroth B. Colonel 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1865
Ekin, James Adams Colonel Asst. Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 8, 1865 May 4, 1866
Eldridge, Hamilton N. Colonel 127th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Elliott, Isaac Hughes Lt. Colonel 33rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Elliott, Samuel Mackenzie Lt. Colonel 79th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 7, 1867
Ellis, Augustus van Horne Colonel 124th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863 February 16, 1869 Killed at Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863;
Posthumous award
Ellis, Theodore Grenville Colonel 14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Elstner, George Ruter Lt. Colonel 50th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 8, 1864 July 19, 1867 Killed before Atlanta August 8, 1864;
Posthumous award
Elwell, John Johnson Captain Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Ely, John Colonel 26th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 15, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 15, 1865
March 12, 1867
February 14, 1868[4]
Ely, Ralph Colonel 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1867
Ely, William Grosvenor Colonel 18th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Engelmann, Adolph Colonel 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Enochs, William Henry Colonel 1st Veteran Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 U. S. House of Representatives 1891-1893
Ent, Wellington Harry Colonel 6th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Enyart, David A. Colonel 1st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Erskine, Albert Colonel 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Estes, Lewellyn Garrish Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Medal of Honor
Evans, George Spafford Colonel 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 Brig. Gen. of California Militia, July, 1864
Everett, Charles Colonel 2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Fairchild, Cassius Colonel 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fairchild, Harrison Stiles Colonel 89th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fallows, Samuel Colonel 49th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 24, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fardella, Enrico Colonel 85th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Farnsworth, Addison Colonel Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 27, 1865 March 12, 1866
Farnum, John Egbert Colonel 11th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 3, 1866 April 10, 1866
Farrar, Bernard Gains Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 9, 1865 March 10, 1865
Fearing, Benjamin Dana Colonel 92nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864 February 14, 1865
Finley, Clement Alexander Colonel Surgeon General (ret.) Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Fisher, Benjamin Franklin Colonel Chief Signal Officer, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Fisher, Joseph Washington Colonel 195th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 4, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fisk, Henry C. Lt. Colonel 65th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865 March 12, 1867
Fiske, Francis Skinner Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Fiske, William Oscar Colonel 1st Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Fitz Simmons, Charles Lt. Colonel 21st Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Fitzhugh, Charles Lane Colonel 6th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1867
Flanigan, Mark Lt. Colonel 24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Fleming, Rufus Edward Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Fletcher, Thomas Clement Colonel 47th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Flood, Martin Lt. Colonel 15th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 13, 1867
Flynn, John H. Colonel 28th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Fonda, John G. Colonel 118th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ford, James Hobart Colonel 2nd Regiment Colorado Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 10, 1864 February 14, 1865
Forsyth, George Alexander Major 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1865
Foster, George Perkins Colonel 4th Regiment Vermont Infantry Volunteers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 14, 1865
Foster, John A. Lt. Colonel 175th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Foust, Benezet Forst Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Fowler, Edward Brush Colonel 84th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
March 12, 1866
Franchot, Richard Colonel 121st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Francine, Louis R. Colonel 7th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863 March 26, 1867 Mortally wounded at Battle of Gettysburg
July 2, 1863: Posthumous award
Frank, Paul Colonel 52nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Frankle, Jones Colonel 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 3, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fraser, John Colonel 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Frazar, Douglas Colonel 104th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Frederick, Calvin Harlowe Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
French, Winsor Brown Lt. Colonel 77th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Frink, Henry Alexander Colonel 186th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 4, 1865 March 12, 1866
Frisbie, Henry Newton Colonel 92nd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Fritz, Peter Jr. Lt. Colonel 99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Frizell, Joseph Washington Colonel 94th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Frohock, William Thompson Colonel 66th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Fry, Cary Harrison Lt. Colonel Deputy Paymaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 15, 1867 February 14, 1868
Fuller, Henry William Colonel 75th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fullerton, Joseph Scott Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Funke, Otto Lt. Colonel 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Fyffe, Edward Pierce Colonel 7th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Gage, Joseph S. Colonel 29th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gallagher, Thomas Foster Colonel 11th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Gallup, George W. Colonel 14th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Gansevoort, Henry Sanford Colonel 13th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 24, 1865 nominated, not confirmed
Gardiner, Alexander Colonel 14th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 19, 1864 April 16, 1867
Gardner, John Lane Colonel 2nd Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Garland, John Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, August 20, 1847
(for Mexican War service).
Garrard, Israel Colonel 7th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865 March 12, 1866
Garrard, Jeptha Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1867
Gates, Theodore Burr Colonel 80th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1867
Gates, William Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Geddes, James Loraine Colonel 8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 5, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gerhardt, Joseph Colonel 46th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Gibson, Horatio Gates Colonel 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gibson, William Harvey Colonel 49th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Giesy, Henry H. Major 46th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 28, 1864 April 16, 1867 Killed at Dallas, Georgia, May 28, 1864
Posthumous award
Gilbert, Samuel Augustus Colonel 8th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Gilchrist, Charles Allen Colonel 50th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gile, George W. Colonel 9th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 6, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ginty, George Clay Colonel 47th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Given, Josiah Colonel 74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Given, William Colonel 102nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Glasgow, Samuel Lyle Colonel 23rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 19, 1864 February 14, 1865
Gleason, John Hasset Lt. Colonel 63rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 6, 1867
March 18, 1867
Gleason, Newell Colonel 87th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Glenny, William Lt. Colonel 64th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gobin, John Peter Shindel Colonel 47th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Goddard, William Major 1st Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Godman, James Harper Colonel 4th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Goff, Nathan Jr. Colonel 37th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Goodell, Arthur Augustus Lt. Colonel 36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Gooding, Oliver Paul Colonel 31st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
July 23, 1866
Goodyear, Ellsworth D. S. Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gowen, George Washington Colonel 48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 February 16, 1869
Graham, Harvey Colonel 22nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 25, 1865 February 6, 1867
Graham, Samuel Colonel 5th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Graham, William Montrose Captain 1st Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Major General in the Spanish–American War
Granger, George Frederick Colonel 9th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 12, 1865 March 12, 1866
Greeley, Edwin Seneca Colonel 10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Green, William N. Jr. Lt. Colonel 173rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1864 July 19, 1867 Mortally wounded at the Battle of Pleasant Hill,
Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Posthumous award
Greene, James Durrell Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Greene, Oliver Duff Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868 Medal of Honor
Gregg, John Irvin Colonel 16th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
March 12, 1866
Gregg, William M. Colonel 179th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gregory, Edgar M. Colonel 91st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, August 9, 1866
February 14, 1865
February 6, 1867
Grier, David Perkins Colonel 77th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 10, 1865
Grier, William Nicholson Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1867
Griffin, Daniel F. Lt. Colonel 38th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Grindlay, James Glass Colonel 146th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867 Medal of Honor
Grosvenor, Charles Henry Lt. Colonel 18th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 23, 1866 U. S. House of Representatives 1893-1907
Grosvenor, Thomas W. Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Grover, Ira Glanton Colonel 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Grubb, Edward Burd Colonel 37th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Guiney, Patrick Robert Colonel 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Guppey, Joshua James Colonel 23rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Gurney, William Colonel 127th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 19, 1865 March 12, 1866
Guss, Henry Ruhl Colonel 97th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 19, 1867
July 19, 1867
Gwyn, James Colonel 118th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865
February 14, 1865
February 16, 1869

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Hagner, Peter Valentine Lt. Colonel Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 USMA, 1836; Mexican–American War veteran;
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1881
Haines, Thomas Jefferson Major Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 USMA, 1849; Died as Regular Army major, 1883
Hall, Caldwell Keppelle Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 For Battle of Monocacy
Hall, Cyrus Colonel 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran
Hall, Henry Seymour Lt. Colonel 43rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 Brevet for Battle of the Crater; Medal of Honor for
Battle of Gaines Mill and Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
Hall, Jairus William Colonel 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (reorganized) Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Hall, James Abram Lt. Colonel 1st Battalion Maine Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865 March 10, 1865
Hall, James Frederick Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 24, 1865 March 3, 1865
Hall, Robert M. Colonel 38th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Died as Regular Army first lieutenant, 1874
Hallowell, Edward Needles Colonel 54th Regiment Massachusetts (Colored) Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 27, 1865 March 12, 1866 Wounded at Second Battle of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863
Halpine, Charles Graham ("Miles O'Reilly") Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Hambright, Henry Augustus Colonel 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 7, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hamilton, William Douglas Colonel 9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hamlin, Charles Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hammell, John Sweeney Colonel 66th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hammond, John Colonel 5th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Hammond, John Henry Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 31, 1864 February 20, 1865
Hanna, William Lt. Colonel 50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 17, 1868
Hardenbergh, Jacob Brodhead Colonel 80th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hardie, James Allen Colonel ADC; Staff Officer; Inspector General Bvt. Brig. Gen., USA
March 3, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA
March 13, 1865
March 9, 1865
July 14, 1866
Appointed Brig. Gen., USV (November 29, 1862)
appointment not confirmed,
revoked January 22, 1863
Harding, Chester Jr. Colonel 43rd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 27, 1865 March 12, 1866
Harlan, Emory B. Captain Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Harnden, Henry Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Harriman, Samuel Colonel 37th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Harriman, Walter Colonel 11th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Governor of New Hampshire 1867–1869
Harris, Andrew Lintner Colonel 75th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Governor of Ohio 1906–1909
Harris, Benjamin Foster Major 4th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Harris, Charles L. Colonel 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Harrison, Benjamin Colonel 70th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 23, 1865 February 14, 1865 Served as a U.S. Senator (R, Ind.) 1881–87

Served as President of the United States 1889–93

Harrison, Marcus LaRue Colonel 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Harrison, Thomas Jefferson Colonel 8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 31, 1865 February 20, 1865
Hart, James H. Lt. Colonel 71st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 12, 1866
Hart, Orson H. Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hartshorne, William Ross Colonel 190th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hartsuff, William Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 24, 1865 March 10, 1865
Hartwell, Alfred Stedman Colonel 55th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 30, 1864 February 14, 1865
Hartwell, Charles A. Colonel 10th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Haskell, Llewellyn Frost Colonel 41st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 28, 1865 March 9, 1865 Also nominated to rank from March 13, 1865
Confirmed March 12, 1866
Hastings, Russell Lt. Colonel 23rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Haughton, Nathaniel Lt. Colonel 25th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Hawkes, George Perkins Lt. Colonel 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 30, 1867
Hawkins, Isaac Roberts Lt. Colonel 7th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 3, 1869
Hawkins, Rush Christopher Colonel 9th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Hawley, William Colonel 3rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hayden, Julius Major 10th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Hayes, Edwin L. Colonel 100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865 February 14, 1865
Hayes, Philip Cornelius Lt. Colonel 103rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Hayman, Samuel Brinklé Major 10th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 30, 1867
Hazard, John Gardner Major 1st Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 3, 1865 March 12, 1866
Healy, Robert Wallace Major 58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Heath, Francis Edward Colonel 19th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Heath, Herman H. Major 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Heath, Thomas Tinsley Colonel 5th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864 March 10, 1865
Hedrick, John Morrow Lt. Colonel 15th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Heine, Wilhelm Colonel 103rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Heinrichs, Gustav Lt. Colonel 41st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Henderson, Robert Miller Lt. Colonel 7th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Henderson, Thomas Jefferson Colonel 112th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 30, 1864 February 20, 1865
Hendrickson, John Colonel 13th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hennessy, John A. Lt. Colonel 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Henry, Guy Vernor Colonel 40th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864 February 14, 1865 Medal of Honor
Became a Regular Army Brigadier General.
Major General during the Spanish–American War.
Henry, William Wirt Colonel 10th Regiment Vermont Infantry Volunteers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865 March 9, 1865 Medal of Honor
Herrick, Walter F. Lt. Colonel 43rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Herring, Charles Paine Lt. Colonel 118th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hickenlooper, Andrew Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hill, Bennett Hoskin Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, January 31, 1865 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 1, 1865
Hill, Charles W. Colonel 128th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 19, 1867
July 19, 1867
Hill, Jonathan Augustus Colonel 11th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hill, Sylvester Gardner Colonel 35th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864 February 14, 1865 Killed at Battle of Nashville, December 15, 1864
Posthumous award
Hillis, David Burke Colonel 17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Hillyer, William Silliman Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Hitchcock, George Howard Lt. Colonel 132nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hobart, Harrison Carroll Colonel 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865 February 14, 1865
Hobson, William Lt. Colonel 17th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865 February 21, 1867
Hoffman, Henry C. Colonel 23rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Hoffman, William Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry
Commissary General of Prisoners
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 7, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 14, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Hofmann, John William Colonel 56th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 20, 1865
Hoge, George Blaikie Colonel 113th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hoge, George Washington Colonel 183rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Holabird, Samuel Beckley Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 28, 1866 Retired as Regular Army brigadier general, 1890
Holbrook, Mellen Taft Lt. Colonel 173rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Holloway, Ephraim Samuel Major 41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Holman, John H. Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Holt, Thomas Lt. Colonel 70th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 29, 1867
Holter, Marcellus John Wesley Lt. Colonel 195th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Hooker, Ambrose Eugene Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Horn, John Watts Colonel 6th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864 February 14, 1865
Hotchkiss, Charles Truman Colonel 89th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hough, John Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Houghtaling, Charles Colonel 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Houghton, Moses Barrett Colonel 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (reorganized) Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Howard, Charles Henry Colonel 128th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 15, 1865 March 12, 1866
Howe, John Homer Lt. Colonel 124th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Howland, Horace Newton Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Howland, Joseph Colonel 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hoyt, Charles Henry Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hoyt, George Henry Lt. Colonel 15th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Hoyt, Henry Martyn Colonel 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1866
Hubbard, James Colonel 2nd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hubbard, Lucius Frederick Colonel 5th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 16, 1864 February 14, 1865
Hubbard, Thomas Hamlin Colonel 30th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Served as brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Hudnutt, Joseph O. Lt. Colonel 38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 13, 1867
Hudson, John G. Colonel 60th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Huey, Pennock Colonel 8th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hugunin, James R. Major 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Humphrey, Thomas W. Colonel 95th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 10, 1864 February 20, 1865 Killed at Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 1864
Posthumous award
Humphrey, William Colonel 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 20, 1865
Hunt, Lewis Cass Captain 67th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Not to be confused with Brig. Gen. Lewis Cass Hunt (1824-1886).
Hunter, Morton Craig Colonel 82nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hurd, John Ricker Colonel 173rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 17, 1868 Award not issued
Hurst, Samuel H. Colonel 73rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Hutchins, Rue Pugh Lt. Colonel 94th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Hutchinson, Frederick Sharpe Colonel 15th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 24, 1865 April 10, 1866
Hyde, Thomas Worcester Colonel 1st Regiment Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 3, 1869
Medal of Honor

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Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Ihrie, George Peter Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867
February 21, 1867
February 14, 1868
Rejected brevet in the U.S. Volunteers
Ingraham, Timothy Colonel 38th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 2, 1865 March 12, 1867
Innes, William Power Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Engineers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 8, 1867
Irvine, William Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Irwin, William Howard Colonel 49th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Ives, Brayton Colonel 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Jackson, Joseph Cooke Lt. Colonel 26th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Jackson, Samuel McCartney Colonel 11th Regiment Reserves
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 For Battles of Wilderness, Spotsylvania
and Bethesda Church
Jacobs, Ferris Jr. Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
James, William Levis Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 1, 1866 April 10, 1866
Jardine, Edward Captain Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jarvis, Dwight Jr. Colonel 13th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Jeffries, Noah Lemuel Colonel 20th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 30, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jenkins, Horatio Jr. Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jennison, Samuel Pearce Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Johns, Thomas Denton Colonel 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Johnson, Charles Adams Colonel 25th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Johnson, Gilbert Marquis La Fayette Colonel 13th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Johnson, James M. Colonel 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Johnson, Lewis Colonel 44th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Johnson, Robert Colonel 1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Son of Tennessee military governor and eventual U.S President Andrew Johnson
Jones, Edward Franc Colonel 26th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Jones, Fielder A. Colonel 8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Jones, John Sills Colonel 174th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 27, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jones, Joseph Blackburn Colonel 68th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jones, Samuel B. Colonel 78th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865 April 10, 1866
Jones, Theodore Colonel 30th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jones, Wells S. Colonel 53rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Jones, William Price Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Jordan, Thomas Jefferson Colonel 9th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 25, 1865 March 9, 1865
Jourdan, James Colonel 158th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864:
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
July 27, 1866
Judson, Roscius Winslow Colonel 142nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Judson, William R. Colonel 6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866

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Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Kargé, Joseph Colonel 2nd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Keifer, Joseph Warren Colonel 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Major General in the Spanish–American War
Keily, Daniel J. Colonel 2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kellogg, John Azor Colonel 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kelly, John Henry Colonel 114th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Kelton, John Cunningham Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 Retired as regular army brigadier general and adjutant general, 1892.
Kennedy, Robert Patterson Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kennett, Henry Gassaway Colonel 79th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Kent, Loren Colonel 29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 22, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ketner, James Major 16th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Kidd, James Harvey Colonel 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Kiddoo, Joseph Barr Colonel 22nd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, September 4, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 28, 1868
March 12, 1866
Kilburn, Charles Lawrence Colonel Asst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Kilgour, William Mather Lt. Colonel 75th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kimball, John White Colonel 53rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Kimball, William King Colonel 12th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Kimberly, Robert Lewis Colonel 191st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
King, Adam Eckfeldt Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
King, John Fields Lt. Colonel 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
King, William Sterling Colonel 4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Kingsbury, Charles Peoble Major Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867
Kingsbury, Henry Denison Colonel 189th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 10, 1865 March 10, 1865
Kinney, Thomas Jefferson Colonel 119th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kinsey, William Baker Lt. Colonel 161st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 24, 1868
Kinsman, Josiah Burnham Lt. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 24, 1868
July 18, 1868
Kirby, Byron Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment Maryland Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 6, 1865 March 12, 1868 Not issued.
Kirby, Dennis Thomas Lt. Colonel 27th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor
Kirby, Isaac Minor Colonel 101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865 March 10, 1865
Kirkham, Ralph Wilson Major Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Kise, Reuben C. Colonel 120th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kitchell, Edward Lt. Colonel 98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Kitching, John Howard Colonel 6th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 14, 1865 Posthumous brevet for Cedar Creek.
Knefler, Frederick Colonel 79th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Knowles, Oliver Blachly Colonel 21st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Kozlay, Eugene A. Colonel 54th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Krez, Conrad Colonel 27th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Krzyżanowski, Włodzimierz Colonel 58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Bvt, Brig. Gen. USV, March 2, 1865 March 9, 1865 Temporary Brig. Gen. (November 29, 1862–March 4, 1863)
Kueffner, William Charles Colonel 149th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866

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La Grange, Oscar Hugh Colonel 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
La Motte, Charles Eugene Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Laflin, Byron Colonel 34th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Lagow, Clark B. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Landram, William Jennings Colonel 19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Lane, John Quincy Colonel 97th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Langdon, Elisha Bassett Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 For Battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge
Lansing, Henry Seymour Colonel 17th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Lasselle, William Polke Lt. Colonel 9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Latham, George R. Colonel 6th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Laughlin, Rankin G. Lt. Colonel 94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Lawrence, Albert Gallatin Captain 2nd Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 25, 1865 February 6, 1867
Lawrence, William Henry Major Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Lawrence, William Hudson Colonel 34th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Le Duc, William Gates Lt. Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Le Favour, Heber Colonel 22nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Le Gendre, Charles W. Colonel 51st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Leake, Joseph Bloomfield Lt. Colonel 20th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Lee, Edward M. Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Lee, Horace Clark Colonel 27th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Lee, John C. Colonel 164th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Lee, William Raymond Colonel 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Leech, William Albert Lt. Colonel 90th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Leiper, Charles Lewis Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Leonard, Hiram Lt. Colonel Deputy Paymaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Leslie, Thomas Jefferson Major Paymaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Lewis, Charles W. Colonel 7th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Lewis, John Randolph Colonel Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Lewis, William Delaware Jr. Colonel 110th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Lieb, Herman Colonel 5th Regiment U.S. Colored Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Lincoln, William Sever Colonel 34th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 23, 1865 March 12, 1866
Lindley, John M. Lt. Colonel 19th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867 Error in name corrected December 3, 1867
Lippincott, Charles Ellet Colonel 33rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 17, 1865 February 23, 1865
Lippitt, Francis James Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Lister, Frederick William Lt. Colonel 31st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Litchfield, Allyne C. Colonel 7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Littell, John Smith Colonel 76th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 February 23, 1865
Littlefield, Milton Smith Colonel 21st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 26, 1864 February 14, 1865
Littlejohn, DeWitt Clinton Colonel 110th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Livingston, Robert Ramsay Colonel 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 21, 1865 March 12, 1866
Locke, Frederick Thomas Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 March 12, 1866
Lockman, John Thomas Colonel 119th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Loomis, Cyrus O. Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865 March 12, 1866
Loomis, Gustavus A. Colonel 5th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Lord, Therndon Ellery Captain 3rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Loring, Charles Greeley Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, July 17, 1865
February 20, 1865
March 12, 1866
Love, George Maltby Colonel 116th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865 March 10, 1865 Medal of Honor
Lovell, Charles Swain Colonel 18th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Lovell, Frederick Solon Colonel 46th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 11, 1865 March 12, 1866
Lowe, William Warren Colonel 5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Ludington, Marshall Independence Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 19th Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army,
Major General in the Spanish–American War
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers Major 4th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864 March 28, 1867
Ludlow, William Handy Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 28, 1867
March 28, 1867
Lyle, Peter Colonel 90th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Lyman, Luke Lt. Colonel 27th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Lynch, James Canning Colonel 183rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Lynch, William Francis Colonel 58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 31, 1865 February 20, 1865
Lyon, William Penn Colonel 13th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 26, 1865 March 12, 1866

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
McAlester, Miles Daniel Captain Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 March 2, 1867
McAllister, Robert Colonel 11th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 27, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
McArthur, William Miltimore Colonel 8th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 Revised citation July 23, 1868
Macauley, Daniel Colonel 11th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Also spelled McCauley, spelling corrected January 4, 1867
Brevet for Battle of Cedar Creek
McBride, James Douglass Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
McCall, William H. H. Lt. Colonel 200th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
McCallum, Daniel Craig Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 24, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 15, 1865
February 6, 1867
McCalmont, Alfred Brunson Colonel 208th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McCleery, James Captain 41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
McClennan, Matthew Robert Colonel 138th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
McClurg, Alexander Caldwell Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 18, 1865 April 10, 1866
McConihe, John Colonel 169th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 1, 1864 February 14, 1868 Killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
McConihe, Samuel Major 93rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 5, 1867
McConnell, Henry Kumler Colonel 71st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McConnell, John Colonel 5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Also shown confirmed March 12, 1866
McCook, Anson George Colonel 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McCook, Edwin Stanton Colonel 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
April 16, 1867
McCormick, Charles Comly Colonel 7th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McCoy, Daniel Lt. Colonel 175th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McCoy, Robert Abbott Lt. Colonel 11th Regiment Reserves
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
McCoy, Thomas Franklin Colonel 107th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 April 10, 1866
McCreary, David Berkley Lt. Colonel 145th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
McCrillis, Lafayette Colonel 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 4, 1864 February 14, 1868 Award not issued
McDougall, Charles Major Surgeon, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867
MacDougall, Clinton Dugald Colonel 111th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 25, 1865 March 3, 1865
McEwen, Matthew Major (Surgeon) 2nd Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
McFerran, John Courts Colonel Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
McGarry, Edward Colonel 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
McGowan, John Encill Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
MacGregor, John Dunn Colonel 4th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
McGroarty, Stephen Joseph Colonel 82nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 1, 1865 March 12, 1866
McIvor, James Patrick Colonel 170th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 17, 1868
Mackay, Andrew Jackson Lt. Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McKeever, Chauncey Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
McKenney, Thomas Irving Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McKibbin, David Bell Colonel 158th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McKibbin, Gilbert Hunt Captain Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864 February 14, 1865
McLaren, Robert Neill Colonel 2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 14, 1865 April 10, 1866
McLaughlen, Napoleon Bonaparte Colonel 57th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
July 23, 1865
McMahon, John Colonel 188th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 30, 1865 April 10, 1866
McMahon, Martin Thomas Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
April 10, 1866
Medal of Honor
McMillen, William Linn Colonel 95th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 16, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 2, 1867
McNary, William H. Lt. Colonel 158th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McNaught, Thomas Alexander Colonel 59th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 4, 1865 March 12, 1866
McNett, Andrew James Lt. Colonel 141st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 28, 1866 February 6, 1867
McNulta, John Colonel 94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
McQuade, James Colonel 14th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 21, 1867
March 2, 1867
McQueen, Alexander G. Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
McQuiston, John Craven Colonel 123rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
McThomson, James Lt. Colonel 107th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866 For Battle of Gettysburg where wounded
Macy, George Nelson Colonel 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 14, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
February 20, 1865
March 12, 1866
Madill, Henry John Colonel 141st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Magee, David Wood Colonel 86th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Malloy, Adam Gale Colonel 17th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Manderson, Charles Frederick Colonel 19th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mank, William G. Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1865 April 10, 1866
Mann, Orrin Lorentna Lt. Colonel 39th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Manning, Stephen Hart Captain Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Mansfield, John Colonel 12th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1867
Markoe, John Lt. Colonel 71st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1867
Marple, William Warren Colonel 34th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Marshall, Elisha Gaylord Colonel 14th Regiment New York Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 13, 1862
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 21, 1867
July 19, 1867
July 19, 1867
Marshall, William Rainey Colonel 7th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Martin, James Stewart Colonel 111th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 28, 1865 March 9, 1865
Martin, John Alexander Colonel 8th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Martin, William Henry Lt. Colonel 93rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 8, 1865 May 18, 1866
Mason, Edwin Cooley Colonel 176th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 3, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mather, Thomas S. Colonel 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mathews, Joseph Ard Colonel 205th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mathews, Salmon S. Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Mattocks, Charles Porter Colonel 17th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867 Medal of Honor for Battle of Sailor's Creek
Served as brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Maxwell, Norman Jay Colonel 100th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 18, 1865 February 14, 1868
Maxwell, Obediah Craig Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
May, Dwight Colonel 12th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 24, 1865 March 12, 1866
Maynadier, Henry Eveleth Major 12th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 23, 1866
July 23, 1866
Maynadier, William Colonel Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Mehringer, John Colonel 91st Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Merchant, Charles Spencer Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Merrill, Lewis Colonel 2nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Resigned as Regular Army Lt. Colonel, 1886
Also Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, 1890
Mersy, August Colonel 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Messer, John Lt. Colonel 101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Meyer, Edward Seraphim Major 5th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1865
Michie, Peter Smith Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 1, 1865 March 10, 1865
Michler, Nathaniel Major Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 2, 1865 July 28, 1866
Miller, Abram O. Colonel 72nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Miller, Madison Colonel 18th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Miller, Morris Smith Major Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866
Mills, James K. Colonel 24th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Mills, Madison Colonel Medical Inspector Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Mindil, George Washington Colonel 33rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
May 14, 1866
Medal of Honor
Minty, Robert Horatio George Colonel 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Mintzer, William M. Colonel 53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Mitchell, Grenville McNeel Colonel 54th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 22, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mitchell, William Galbraith Major Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mix, Elisha Colonel 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mizner, Henry Rutgeras Colonel 14th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Mizner, John Kemp Colonel 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Moffitt, Stephen Lt. Colonel 96th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 19, 1866
Molineux, Edward Leslie Colonel 159th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 28, 1867
Monroe, George Wood Colonel 7th Regiment Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Montgomery, Milton Colonel 25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Moody, Granville Colonel 74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1867
Moon, John Carter Colonel 118th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 21, 1865 March 12, 1866
Moonlight, Thomas Colonel 11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 February 23, 1867 Appointed by President Lincoln.
Moor, August Colonel 28th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1867
Moore, David Colonel 21st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 21, 1865 March 3, 1865
Moore, Frederick William Colonel 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 April 12, 1866
Moore, Jesse Hale Colonel 115th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 15, 1865 April 12, 1866
Moore, Jonathan Baker Colonel 33rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Moore, Marshall F. Colonel 69th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1867
July 19, 1867
Moore, Timothy Cummings Lt. Colonel 34th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 11, 1865 April 12, 1866
Moore, Seymour Tredwell Captain Asst. Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 18, 1868
Morehead, Turner Gustavus Colonel 106th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Morgan, George Nelson Colonel 2nd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Morgan, Michael Ryan Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 March 18, 1867 USMA, 1854.
Retired as Regular Army Brigadier General, 1897.
Morgan, Thomas Jefferson Colonel 14th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Morgan, William Henry Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Morgan, William Henry Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 20, 1865 March 12, 1866
Morrill, John Colonel 64th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Morris, William Walton Colonel 2nd Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, June 9, 1862
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, December 10, 1865
June 9, 1862
May 4, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by Pres. Lincoln, April 30, 1862
Nomination to Bvt. Maj. Gen. was posthumously.
Morrison, David Colonel 79th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 17, 1868
Morrison, Joseph Johnson Captain 3rd Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Morrison, Pitcairn Colonel 8th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Morrow, Henry Andrew Colonel 24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
May 18, 1866
Morse, Henry Bagg Lt. Colonel 114th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Mott, Samuel Rolla Lt. Colonel 57th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mudgett, William S. Colonel 80th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Mulcahy, Thomas Lt. Colonel 139th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Mulford, John Elmer Major 3rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 4, 1864 March 10, 1865
Mulholland, St Clair Augustin Colonel 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
May 18, 1866
February 16, 1869
Medal of Honor
Mulligan, James Adelbert Colonel 23rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 23, 1864 February 20, 1865 Killed at the Second Battle of Kernstown, Virginia
(Winchester, Virginia), July 24, 1864.
Posthumous brevet for Second Battle of Kernstown
Mundee, Charles Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Murphy, John Kidd Captain Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Murray, Benjamin Bixby Lt. Colonel 15th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 19, 1866 Also confirmed July 23, 1866
Murray, Edward Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Murray, Eli Houston Colonel 3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 25, 1865 March 12, 1866
Murray, John B. Colonel 148th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Mussey, Reuben Delavan Colonel 100th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 No record No record of nomination and confirmation
Myer, Albert James Major Chief Signal Officer, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1867 Appointed Brig. Gen. USA, June 16, 1880
Myers, Frederick Major Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Myers, George Ranney Colonel 18th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Myers, William Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866

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Nase, Adam Major 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Lost right foot at Battle of Shiloh
Neafie, Allfred Lt. Colonel 156th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 24, 1868 For gallantry at the Third Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864
Neff, Andrew Jackson Lt. Colonel 84th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Neff, George Washington Colonel 88th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Attended Woodward College
Neide, Horace Lt. Colonel 13th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 For Battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Glendale
Retired as Regular Army captain, 1893
Nettleton, Alvred Bayard Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 Oberlin College graduate; Asst. Sec. of Treasury, 1890–1893
Newberry, Walter Cass Colonel 24th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865 March 12, 1866
Newport, Reece Marshall Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Nichols, George F. Colonel 118th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Nichols, George Sylvester Colonel 9th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Nichols, William Augustus Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA September 24, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 9, 1865
March 28, 1867
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, February 21, 1865
Niles, Nathaniel Colonel 130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Noble, John Willock Colonel 3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Noble, William H. Colonel 17th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Northcott, Robert Sanders Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Norton, Charles Benjamin Lt. Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869
Noyes, Edward Follansbee Colonel 39th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Left leg amputated
Governor of Ohio (1872-1874)
Nugent, Robert Colonel 69th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Nye, George Henry Major 29th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 29, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866

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Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
O'Beirne, James Rowan Major Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 26, 1865 February 16, 1869 Medal of Honor
O'Brien, George Morgan Major 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
O'Dowd, John Colonel 181st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Oakes, James Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 USMA graduate, 1846; Mexican–American War
veteran; brevet for recruitment of armies
retired Regular Army colonel, 1879
Oley, John H. Colonel 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Oliphant, Samuel Duncan Colonel 14th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 27, 1865 March 12, 1866
Oliver, Paul Ambrose Captain 5th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865 March 10, 1865 Medal of Honor
Olmsted, William Adams Colonel 59th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1865
Ordway, Albert Major 24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Osband, Embury D. Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 5, 1864 February 14, 1865
Osborn, Francis Augustus Colonel 24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 17, 1868
Otis, Calvin Nicholas Lt. Colonel 100th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 16, 1867
Otis, Elwell Stephen Lt. Colonel 140th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1902
Later also Maj. Gen. of Volunteers and of Regulars (ret.)
Otis, John Lord Colonel 10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866

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Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Packard, Jasper Colonel 128th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Painter, William Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Colonel 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Palfrey, John Carver Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 26, 1865 February 23, 1867
Palmer, Oliver Hazard Colonel 108th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Palmer, William Jackson Colonel 15th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 6, 1864 March 10, 1865 Medal of Honor
Pardee, Ario Jr. Colonel 147th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865 February 14, 1865
Pardee, Don Albert Lt. Colonel 42nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Park, Sidney Wesley Colonel 2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Parker, Ely Samuel Lt. Colonel Military Secretary to Lt. Gen. U. S. Grant Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867
March 13, 1867
February 14, 1867
Possible error in source for second brevet? 1868?
Resigned as Regular Army Colonel, 1869
Parkhurst, John Gibson Colonel 9th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 22, 1865 March 12, 1868
Parrish, Charles Sherman Colonel 130th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Parrott, James Corner Lt. Colonel 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Parry, Augustus Commodore Colonel 47th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Partridge, Benjamin Franklin Colonel 16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865 March 12, 1866
Partridge, Frederick William Lt. Colonel 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Pattee, John Lt. Colonel 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Pattee, Joseph B. Lt. Colonel 190th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Patten, Henry Lyman Major 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Patterson, Joab Nelson Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Patterson, Robert Emmet Colonel 115th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 16, 1867
Patterson, Robert Franklin Lt. Colonel 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 April 10, 1866
Payne, Eugene Beauharnais Lt. Colonel 37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Payne, Oliver Hazard Colonel 124th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Pearce, John Stoneman Lt. Colonel 98th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Pearsall, Uri Balcom Lt. Colonel 99th U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Pearson, Alfred Lawrence Colonel 155th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, May 1, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Pearson, Robert Newton Lt. Colonel 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Pease, Phineas Colonel 49th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 17, 1868
Pease, William Russell Colonel 117th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 20, 1867
Peck, Frank Henry Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 19, 1864 March 24, 1868 Mortally wounded at Third Battle of Winchester
Peck, Lewis Mead Colonel 173rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
July 19, 1867
Peirson, Charles Lawrence Colonel 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Pelouze, Louis Henry Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Pennington, Alexander Cummings McWhorter Colonel 3rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 15, 1865 March 12, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1899
PerLee, Samuel R. Colonel 114th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Perkins, Henry Welles Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Perry, Alexander James Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866
Phelps, Charles Edward Colonel 7th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866 Medal of Honor
Phelps, John Elisha Colonel 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Phelps, Walter Jr. Colonel 22nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Phillips, Jesse J. Lt. Colonel 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Pickett, Josiah Colonel 25th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 3, 1864 March 24, 1868
Pierce, Francis Edwin Lt. Colonel 108th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Pierson, John Frederick Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Pierson, William Seward Lt. Colonel 128th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Pinckney, Joseph Conselyea Captain Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Pinto, Francis Effingham Colonel 32nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Plaisted, Harris Merrill Colonel 11th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 21, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 3, 1865
March 2, 1867
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination
by Pres. Lincoln, February 22, 1865
Platner, John S. Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Veteran Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Pleasants, Henry Clay Lt. Colonel 48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Pollock, Samuel McLean Colonel 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Pomutz, George Lt. Colonel 15th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Pope, Edmund Mann Colonel 8th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 13, 1866
Porter, Horace Lt. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Medal of Honor
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1873
Porter, Samuel Alfred Colonel 123rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Post, Philip Sidney Colonel 59th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 16, 1864 March 11, 1865 Medal of Honor
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 11, 1865
Potter, Carroll Hagedorn Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Potter, Joseph Adams Colonel Quartermaster, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Powell, Eugene Lt. Colonel 66th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Powers, Charles James Colonel 108th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 28, 1867
Pratt, Benjamin Franklin Lt. Colonel 36th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Prescott, George Lincoln Colonel 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 18, 1864 July 19, 1867 Posthumous. Mortally wounded at
Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864
Preston, Simon Manley Colonel 58th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 30, 1865 April 10, 1866
Prevost, Charles Mallet Colonel 16th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 13, 1867
Price, Francis Colonel 7th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Price, Richard Butler Colonel 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1867
Price, Samuel Woodson Colonel 21st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Price, William Redwood Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Lt. Colonel, 1874
Prime, Frederick Edward Major Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867 Commission not issued.
Pritchard, Benjamin Dudley Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 10, 1865 March 12, 1866
Proudfit, James Kerr Colonel 12th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Pugh, Isaac Campbell Colonel 41st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 10, 1865 March 11, 1865
Pulford, John Colonel 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866

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Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Quincy, Samuel Miller Colonel 73rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Harvard College graduate; lawyer

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Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Ramsey, John Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Randall, George W. Major 30th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 24, 1868
Randol, Alanson Merwin Colonel 2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 24, 1865 March 12, 1866 USMA 1860
Died as Regular Army Major, 1887
Ratliff, Robert Wilson Colonel 12th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Raynolds, William Franklin Major Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867 USMA 1843
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1884
Raynor, William Henry Colonel 56th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Read, Samuel Tyler Major 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 13, 1867 Commission not issued
Read, Theodore Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 29, 1864 March 10, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln March 9, 1865
Reese, Chauncey B. Captain Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Reeve, Isaac Van Duzer Colonel 13th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1868 USMA 1835
Remick, David Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Reno, Marcus Albert Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 USMA 1857
Revere, Paul Joseph Colonel 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863 July 23, 1868 Posthumous; mortally wounded at Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Grandson of Paul Revere
Revere, William H. Jr. Colonel 107th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 17, 1865 March 12, 1866 Commission not issued
Reynolds, Joseph Smith Lt. Colonel 64th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 11, 1865 Not listed by Eicher
Richardson, Hollon Lt. Colonel 7th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Richardson, William Pitt Colonel 25th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 7, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Richmond, Lewis Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Riggin, John Jr. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Rinaker, John Irving Colonel 122nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ripley, Edward Hastings Colonel 9th Regiment Vermont Infantry Volunteers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln January 31, 1865
Ripley, Theodore Alexander Captain 14th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 27, 1867
Risdon, Orlando Charles Colonel 53rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Ritchie, John Colonel 2nd Regiment Kansas Indian Home Guard Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 21, 1865 March 3, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln February 22, 1865; not issued
Robbins, Walter Raleigh Major 1st Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 30, 1867
Roberts, Charles Wentworth Colonel 2nd Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Roberts, Joseph Colonel 3rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
Roberts, Samuel Henry Colonel 139th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 7, 1865
Robertson, James Madison Captain 2nd Regiment U.S. Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Major, 1879
Robeson, William P. Jr. Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Robinson, George Dorgue Colonel 97th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Robinson, Henry Lee Captain Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Robinson, Milton Stapp Colonel 75th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 19, 1866
Robinson, William Andrew Captain 77th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Robison, John K. Lt. Colonel 16th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 8, 1867
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins Colonel 6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1868
Rodenbough, Theophilus Francis Captain 18th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 18, 1868
Medal of Honor
Brigadier General, retired
Rodgers, Hiram C. Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Rodman, Thomas Jackson Major Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 Died as Regular Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1871.
Rogers, George Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Rogers, George Clarke Colonel 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Rogers, Horatio Jr. Colonel 2nd Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Rogers, James Clarence Colonel 123rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Rogers, William Findlay Colonel 21st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Roome, Charles Colonel 37th Regiment New York State Militia Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Root, Adrian Rowe Colonel 94th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 2, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, March 2, 1865
Rose, Thomas Ellwood Colonel 77th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 22, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ross, Samuel Colonel 20th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1875.
Ross, William Edward Wyatt Lt. Colonel 31st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Rowett, Richard Colonel 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Rowley, William Reuben Lt. Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Ruff, Charles Frederick Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Ruggles, George David Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
March 12, 1866 USMA 1855
Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1897.
Ruggles, James McLain Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Runkle, Benjamin Piatt Lt. Colonel 26th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 9, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, November 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 19, 1867
Rusk, Jeremiah McLain Lt. Colonel 25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Rusling, James Fowler Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 16, 1866 April 10, 1868
Russell, Charles Sawyer Lt. Colonel 28th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 30, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Russell, Henry Sturgis Colonel 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Rust, Henry Jr. Colonel 13th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Rust, John D. Colonel 8th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Rutherford, Allan Lt. Colonel 22nd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867 March 3, 1869
Rutherford, George Valentine Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Rutherford, Reuben Clifford Captain Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868

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Sacket, Delos Bennett Colonel Inspector Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 23, 1866
February 14, 1868
Died as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1885.
Sackett, William H. Colonel 9th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 Mortally wounded at Battle of Trevilian Station
Virginia, June 11, 1864
Salm-Salm, Prince Felix Colonel 68th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Salomon, Charles Eberhard Colonel 9th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Salomon, Edward Selig Lt. Colonel 82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sanborn, William Lt. Colonel 22nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Sanders, Addison Hiatt Lt. Colonel 16th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sanders, Horace T. Colonel 19th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 19, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sanderson, Thomas Wakefield Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sanford, Edward Sewall Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sargent, Horace Binney Colonel 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 21, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Satterlee, Richard S. Major Medical Purveyor, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 2, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Retired as Regular Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1869.
Sawtelle, Charles Greene Colonel Quartermaster, USA, Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1867
Sawyer, Franklin Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Scates, Walter Bennett Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Schmitt, William Andrew Lt. Colonel 27th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Schneider, Edward F. Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 25, 1866
Schofield, George Wheeler Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 26, 1865 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865
Scofield, Hiram Colonel 47th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Schriver, Edmund Colonel Inspector Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 14, 1866
Bvt, Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Schwenk, Samuel Klinger Lt. Colonel 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 24, 1865 March 12, 1866
Scott, George Washington Colonel 61st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Scott, Rufus Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Dragoons Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Scribner, Benjamin Franklin Colonel 38th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 8, 1864 February 20, 1866
Seaver, Joel J. Colonel 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Seawell, Thomas D. Colonel 57th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Seawell, Washington Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Selfridge, James Lercon Colonel 46th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865 March 12, 1866
Serrell, Edward Wellman Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sewall, Frederick Dummer Colonel 3rd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 21, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sewell, William Joyce Colonel 38th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Medal of Honor, Battle of Chancellorsville
U.S. Senator from New Jersey
(1881–1887, 1895–1901)
Shaffer, George Thomas Lt. Colonel 28th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Shaffer, John Wilson Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Shafter, William Rufus Colonel 17th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866 Medal of Honor
Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1901.
Maj. Gen. of Volunteers during the Spanish–American War.
Shanks, John Peter Cleaver Colonel 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
February 14, 1868
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Sharpe, George Henry Colonel 120th New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 20, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
July 23, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Sharpe, Jacob Colonel 156th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Shaurman, Nelson Colonel 90th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Shaw, James Jr. Colonel 7th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Shedd, Warren Colonel 30th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sheets, Benjamin Franklin Lt. Colonel 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Sheetz, Josiah A. Colonel 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sheldon, Charles S. Colonel 18th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sheldon, Lionel Allen Colonel 42nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Shepherd, Oliver Lathrop Colonel 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 USMA 1840
Shepherd, Russell Benjamin Colonel 1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sherwin, Thomas Jr. Lt. Colonel 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Sherwood, Isaac Ruth Lt. Colonel 111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 27, 1865 March 10, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 27, 1865
Shiras, Alexander Eakin Colonel Asst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 17, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 14, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Shoup, Samuel Newton Lt. Colonel 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 19, 1866
Shunk, David Colonel 8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 9, 1865 February 9, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 9, 1865
Shurtleff, Giles Waldo Colonel 5th U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sibley, Caleb Chase Colonel 16th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Sickel, Horatio Gates Colonel 198th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 21, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
lJuly 19, 1867
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Sickles, Hiram Franklin Colonel 147th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sidell, William Henry Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Sigfried, Joshua K. Colonel 48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Simonson, John Smith Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Simpson, James Hervey Lt. Colonel Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 14, 1866 USMA 1832
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1880.
Simpson, Marcus de Lafayette Lt. Colonel Asst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 14, 1866
April 10, 1867
Simpson, Samuel P. Lt. Colonel 31st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Slevin, Patrick Sumerville Colonel 100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Slocum, William Lt. Colonel 120th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Small, Michael Peter Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 February 14, 1868
Smith, Alfred Baker Colonel 150th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Arthur Arnold Colonel 83rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Benjamin Franklin Colonel 126th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Charles Edward Lt. Colonel 11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Smith, Charles Henry Colonel 1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867
February 20, 1865
March 12, 1866
April 5, 1867
July 23, 1868
Medal of Honor
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination by
Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Smith, Edward Worthington Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Franklin C. Colonel 102nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, George Washington Lt. Colonel 88th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Israel Canton Lt. Colonel 10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Smith, James Colonel 128th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 24, 1868
Smith, John Corson Lt. Colonel 96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Joseph Rowe Major 7th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865 February 23, 1867
Smith, Joseph Sewall Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 11, 1865 April 26, 1866
Smith, Orland Colonel 73rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Smith, Orlow Major 65th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Smith, Robert Frederick Colonel 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Smith, Robert Wilson Colonel 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Smith, William Jay Colonel 6th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 16, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sniper, Gustavus Colonel 185th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sowers, Carl Edgar Lt. Colonel 118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1867
Spalding, George Colonel 12th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 21, 1865 March 12, 1866
Spaulding, Ira Lt. Colonel 50th Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman Colonel 23rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 25, 1865 March 12, 1866
Spear, Ellis Lt. Colonel 20th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 April 10, 1866
Spear, Samuel Perkins Colonel 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Spencer, George Eliphaz Colonel 1st Regiment Alabama Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 U.S. Senator from Alabama (1868–1879)
Spicely, William Thomas Colonel 24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Spofford, John Pembroke Colonel 97th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1866 February 6, 1867
Spooner, Benjamin J. Colonel 83rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
April 10, 1866
Sprague, Augustus Brown Reed Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Sprague, Ezra T. Colonel 42nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865 March 12, 1866
Spurling, Andrew B. Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment Maine Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 April 10, 1866 Error as to name Spaulding corrected December 3, 1867
Stafford, Joab Arwin Colonel 178th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Stager, Anson Colonel Military Telegraph Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stagg, Peter Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stanley, Timothy Robbins Colonel 18th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Stanton, David Leroy Colonel 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 July 23, 1866
Starbird, Isaac Warren Colonel 19th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 7, 1865 March 12, 1866
Starring, Frederick Augustus Colonel 72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Stedman, Griffin Alexander Jr. Colonel 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 5, 1864 February 20, 1865 Mortally wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, August 5, 1864.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864.
Commission not issued
Stedman, William Colonel 6th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Steere, William H. P. Colonel 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 19, 1867
Steiner, John Alexander Lt. Colonel 13th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 8, 1867
Stephenson, Luther Jr. Lt. Colonel 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 8, 1867
Stevens, Aaron Fletcher Colonel 13th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1864 March 12, 1866
Stevens, Ambrose A. Colonel 5th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865 March 10, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 7, 1865
Stevens, Hazard Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor
Stevenson, Robert Hooper Lt. Colonel 24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Stewart, James Jr. Colonel 9th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stewart, William Scott Lt. Colonel 65th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stewart, William Warren Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Stibbs, John Howard Lt. Colonel 12th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Stiles, Israel Newton Colonel 63rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 31, 1865 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 31, 1865
Stockton, Joseph Lt. Colonel 72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stokes, William Brickly Colonel 5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Stone, George Augustus Colonel 25th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stone, Roy Colonel 149th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 7, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Stone, William Milo Colonel 22nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Governor of Iowa
General Land Office Commissioner
Stough, William Lt. Colonel 9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Stoughton, Charles Bradley Colonel 4th Regiment Vermont Infantry Volunteers Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Stoughton, William Lewis Colonel 11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 2, 1867
Stout, Alexander Miller Colonel 17th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Stratton, Franklin Asa Lt. Colonel 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Streight, Abel Delos Colonel 51st Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Strickland, Silas A. Colonel 50th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 27, 1865 March 12, 1866
Strong, James Clark Colonel 15th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Strong, Thomas J. Lt. Colonel 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Strong, William Emertson Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 21, 1865 March 12, 1866
Strother, David Hunter Colonel 3rd Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 23, 1865 March 12, 1866
Sullivan, Peter John Colonel 48th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Sumner, Edwin Vose Jr. Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Mounted Rifles Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 28, 1865 March 12, 1866 Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1899.
Sweet, Benjamin Jeffrey Colonel 8th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps
Camp Douglas
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 20, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 14, 1864
Sweitzer, Jacob Bowman Colonel 62nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Sweitzer, Nelson Bowman Colonel 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 17, 1868
Swift, Frederick William Colonel 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Switzler, Theodore A. Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Swords, Thomas Colonel Asst. Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 27, 1866
April 16, 1867
Sypher, J. Hale Colonel 11th Regiment U.S. Colored Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Talbot, Thomas Hammond Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Talley, William Cooper Colonel 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Tarbell, Jonathan Colonel 91st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Taylor, Ezra Colonel 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Taylor, Jacob E. Colonel 188th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Taylor, John P. Colonel 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 4, 1865 March 12, 1866
Taylor, Thomas Thompson Major 47th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Tevis, Washington Carroll Colonel 3rd Regiment Maryland Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 8, 1867 Served under the name C. Carroll Tevis.
Tew, George Washington Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Thayer, Sylvanus Colonel Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, May 31, 1863 April 27, 1864 Also July 26, 1866. Nominated by
Pres. Lincoln, April 21, 1864
USMA, 1808.
Thom, George Major Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Thomas, Charles Colonel Asst. Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, July 5, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865,
July 14, 1866
Bvt. Brig. Gen. nomination
by Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865
Thomas, De Witt Clinton Colonel 93rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Thomas, Minor T. Colonel 8th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 10, 1865 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 10, 1865
Thomas, Samuel Colonel 64th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Thompson, Charles Robinson Colonel 12th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Thompson, Henry Elmer Lt. Colonel 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Thompson, John Leverett Colonel 1st Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Thompson, Robert Lt. Colonel 115th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Thompson, William Colonel 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Thomson, David Lt. Colonel 82nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Thornton, William Anderson Colonel Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Thorp, Thomas Jones Colonel 1st Regiment New York Dragoons Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Throop, William A. Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Thruston, Gates Phillips Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Thurston, William Henry Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Tidball, John Caldwell Colonel 4th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 23, 1866
March 12, 1866
USMA, 1848.
Tilden, Charles William Colonel 16th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Tilghman, Benjamin Chew Colonel 3rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Tillson, John Colonel 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 10, 1865 March 11, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 11, 1865.
Tilton, William Stowell Colonel 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 9, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Titus, Herbert Bradwell Colonel 9th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Tompkins, Charles H. Colonel 1st Regiment Vermont Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1865 Medal of Honor
Commissioner, Lincoln assassination trial
Tompkins, Charles Henry Colonel 1st Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 For 1864 campaigns before Richmond and in Shenandoah Valley
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Totten, James Major Asst. Inspector Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 USMA, 1841.
Tourtelotte, John Eaton Colonel 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Townsend, Edward Davis Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 24, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 20, 1865,
July 14, 1866
USMA, 1837
Retired as Regular Army Brigadier General, 1880.
Townsend, Frederick Lt. Colonel 9th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 3-time Adjutant-General of New York
Tracy, Benjamin Franklin Colonel 127th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867 Medal of Honor
Trauernicht, Theodore Lt. Colonel 13th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Tremain, Henry Edwin Major Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 30, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor
Tripler, Charles Stuart Major Surgeon, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867 Posthumously promoted to Brigadier General, 1867.
Trotter, Frederick Eugene Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Trowbridge, Luther Stephen Colonel 10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 28, 1867
True, James Milton Colonel 62nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 6, 1865 March 10, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 6, 1865
Truex, William Snyder Colonel 14th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 February 5, 1866 Error corrected December 3, 1867
Trumbull, Matthew Mark Colonel 9th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Turley, John Alexander Colonel 91st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Turner, Charles Colonel 108th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Vail, Jacob Garetson Colonel 17th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Vail, Nicholas J. Major 14th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 No record in Eicher
Van Antwerp, Verplanck Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 February 23, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 13, 1865
Van Buren, Daniel Tompkins Colonel Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Van Buren, James Lyman Major Additional Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Van Buren, Thomas Brodhead Colonel 102nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 12, 1866
Van Petten, John Bullock Lt. Colonel 160th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Varney, George Colonel 2nd Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Vaughan, Samuel K. Lt. Colonel 19th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 9, 1865 April 10, 1866
Viall, Nelson Lt. Colonel 11th Regiment U.S. Colored Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Vickers, David Colonel 4th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 31, 1865 March 12, 1866
Vifquain, Victor Lt. Colonel 97th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Medal of Honor for Battle of Fort Blakeley
Colonel U.S.V. during the Spanish–American War
Vincent, Thomas McCurdy Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866
Vinton, David Hammond Colonel Quartermaster Gen. USA Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
April 16, 1867
Von Blessingh, Louis Lt. Colonel 37th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
von Egloffstein, Baron Frederick W. Colonel 103rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Von Schack, George Colonel 7th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Von Schrader, Alexander Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867 For Battle of Stone's River, Battle of Chickamauga,
Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Jonesboro.
Died as Regular Army major, 1867
Von Vegesack, Baron Ernest Colonel 20th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Medal of Honor for Battle of Gaines Mill
Voris, Alvin Coe Colonel 67th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, November 15, 1865
March 10, 1865
March 12, 1866
Vreeland, Michael James Lt. Colonel 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Wade, James F. Colonel 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 February 23, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 13, 1865
Wagner, Louis Colonel 88th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 9th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1880-1881
Wainwright, Charles Shiels Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Light Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Wainwright, William P. Colonel 76th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Waite, Carlos Adolphus Colonel 1st Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 Commission not issued
Waite, Charles Colonel 27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Waite, John M. Major 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Walcott, Charles Folsom Colonel 61st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Walker, Duncan Stephen Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Walker, Francis Amasa Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Walker, Moses B. Colonel 31st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 27, 1865 March 12, 1866
Walker, Samuel Lt. Colonel 16th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Walker, Thomas McCormick Colonel 111th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 5, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wallace, Martin Reuben Merritt Colonel 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
Wallen, Henry Davies Major 7th Regiment U.S. Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Wangelin, Hugo Colonel 12th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ward, George Hull Colonel 15th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863 Died July 3, 1863, of wounds received at
Gettysburg July 2, 1863
Ward, Henry Clark Colonel 31st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 29, 1865
Ward, Jesse Durbin Colonel 17th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 18, 1865 March 12, 1866
Ward, Lyman Munson Colonel 14th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Warner, Adoniram Judson Colonel 17th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 U. S. House of Representatives 1879–1881, 1883-1887
Warner, Darius B. Colonel 113th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
Warner, Edward Raynsford Lt. Colonel 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Warner, Willard Colonel 180th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 2, 1867
Warren, Lucius Henry Lt. Colonel 38th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Washburn, Francis Colonel 4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865 March 12, 1866
Washburn, Henry Dana Colonel 18th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, July 26, 1865
February 14, 1864
May 18, 1866
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Washburne, George Abiel Lt. Colonel 20th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Wass, Ansell Dyer Colonel 60th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Waters, Louis Henry Colonel 84th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 18, 1865 March 12, 1866
Weaver, James Baird Colonel 2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Webber, Alonzo Watson Colonel 51st Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865 March 12, 1866
Webber, Jules C. Captain Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Also July 27, 1866
Weld, Stephen Minot Jr. Colonel 56th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Welles, George E. Colonel 68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Wells, George Duncan Colonel 34th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 12, 1864 February 14, 1865 Mortally wounded at Hupp's Hill
near Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 13, 1864;
posthumous nomination by Pres. Lincoln,
December 12, 1864
Wells, Henry Horatio Colonel 26th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 3, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wells, Milton Colonel 15th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Welsh, William Lt. Colonel 19th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Wentworth, Mark Fernald Colonel 32nd Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
West, Edward Walter Lt. Colonel 33rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
(appointed but not mustered in)
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 Commission not issued
West, Francis H. Colonel 31st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
West, George Warren Colonel 17th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 14, 1864
West, Henry Rienza Lt. Colonel 62nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Error corrected December 3, 1867
West, Robert Mayhew Colonel 5th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wever, Clark Russell Colonel 17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 9, 1865 February 14, 1865
Wheelock, Charles Major 97th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 9, 1864 February 20, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Wherry, William Macky Major Aide-de-Camp, USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor
Whistler, Joseph Nelson Garland Colonel 2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Whitaker, Edward Washburn Colonel 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Medal of Honor
Whitbeck, Horatio Nelson Lt. Colonel 65th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
White, Carr Bailey Colonel 12th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
White, Daniel Colonel 31st Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 May 18, 1866
White, David B. Lt. Colonel 81st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
White, Frank Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV, Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
White, Frank J. Lt. Colonel 2nd Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 26, 1866
White, Harry Major 67th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 2, 1865 March 10, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 2, 1865
Whiteley, Robert Henry Kirkwood Lt. Colonel Ordnance Dept., USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866
Whittelsey, Charles Henry Captain Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV, Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Whittelsey, Henry Martyn Captain Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Whittier, Charles Albert Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Whittier, Francis Henry Lt. Colonel 30th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Whittlesey, Eliphalet Colonel 46th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Wilcox, James Andrew Colonel 113th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 18, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wilcox, John Shuler Colonel 52nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867
Wilder, John Thomas Colonel 17th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 7, 1864 February 20, 1865
Wildes, Thomas Francis Colonel 186th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 11, 1865 March 11, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 11, 1865
Wildrick, Abram Calvin Colonel 39th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wiles, Greenbury F. Colonel 78th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wiley, Aquila Colonel 41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866
Wiley, Daniel Day Captain Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868
Williams, Adolphus Wesley Colonel 20th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 21, 1867
Williams, James Monroe Colonel 79th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865 March 3, 1865 Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 3, 1865
Resigned March 29, 1873.
Appointed captain U.S. Army, January 7, 1891.
Retired January 12, 1891
Williams, John Captain 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 27, 1866
Williams, Reuben Colonel 12th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Williams, Robert Major Asst. Adjutant Gen. USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 May 4, 1866
Williams, Thomas J. Lt. Colonel 55th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 22, 1865 March 12, 1866
Willian, John Lt. Colonel 8th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 March 12, 1866
Willson, Lester Sebestian Lt. Colonel 60th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Wilson, James Colonel 13th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wilson, James Grant Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867
Wilson, Thomas Lt. Colonel Commissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
Wilson, William Colonel 6th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866
Wilson, William Tecumseh Colonel 123rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Winkler, Frederick Carl Lt. Colonel 26th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865 March 12, 1866
Winslow, Bradley Colonel 186th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865 March 12, 1866 For assault at Siege of Petersburg, April 2, 1865
Winslow, Edward Francis Colonel 4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 12, 1864 February 14, 1865 Chief of Cavalry, Staff of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
Winslow, Robert Emmett Lt. Colonel 68th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 Mexican–American War veteran
Winthrop, Frederick Colonel 5th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865
February 20, 1865
April 13, 1867
Brig. gen. brevet for Overland Campaign
Killed at Battle of Five Forks
Wise, George D. Colonel Quartermaster Dept., USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wisewell, Moses N. Colonel 6th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 16, 1869 For Battle of Fredericksburg
Wister, Langhorne Colonel 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 23, 1866 For battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg
Witcher, John Seashoales Lt. Colonel 3rd Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 For Valley Campaigns of 1864 and Siege of Petersburg
U. S. House of Representatives, 1869–1871
Withington, William Herbert Colonel 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 14, 1868 Medal of Honor for Battle of First Bull Run
Brevet for Battle of South Mountain
Wolfe, Edward H. Colonel 52nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 18, 1868 For Battle of Nashville
Wood, Henry Clay Major Assistant Adjutant General Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 3, 1869 Medal of Honor for Battle of Wilson's Creek
Wood, James Jr. Colonel 136th New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 10, 1865
May 18, 1866
Wood, Oliver Colonel 4th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Wood, Robert Crooke Colonel Asst. Surgeon General, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 July 25, 1866 Died as Regular Army colonel, 1869
Wood, William D. Colonel 11th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Woodall, Daniel Colonel 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865 March 12, 1866
Woodford, Stewart Lyndon Colonel 103rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 12, 1865 March 12, 1866 Lt. Gov. of New York, 1867–1869
U. S. House of Representatives, 1873–1874
Woodhull, Maxwell Van Zandt Lt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Woodruff, Israel Carle Lt. Colonel Corps of Engineers, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 March 2, 1867 USMA, 1836. Died as Regular Army colonel, 1878.
Woodward, Orpheus Saeger Colonel 83rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Lost right leg at Battle of the Wilderness
Woolley, John Lt. Colonel 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Wormer, Grover Salman Colonel 30th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 28, 1867
Wright, Ed Lt. Colonel 24th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Iowa Secretary of State, 1867–1873
Wright, Elias Colonel 10th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865 March 3, 1865 Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1876
Wright, John Gibson Lt. Colonel 51st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Wright, Joseph Jefferson Burr Major Surgeon, USA Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865 February 23, 1867
Wright, Thomas Forster Colonel 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 February 6, 1867 Attended USMA. Killed in action fighting in the
Modoc War at Battle of Lava Beds,
Oregon, April 26, 1873

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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Yates, Henry Jr. Colonel 106th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 July 26, 1866 Brother of Governor of Illinois Richard Yates
Yeoman, Stephen B. Colonel 43rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866
Yorke, Louis Eugene Lt. Colonel Asst. Inspector Gen. USV Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Mustered out and resigned from Regular Army, November 21, 1865
Young, Samuel Baldwin Marks Colonel 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865 February 6, 1867 For Appomattox Campaign. Spanish–American War major general.
Retired as Lieutenant General, 1904.
Young, Thomas Lowry Colonel 118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 For Battle of Resaca, Georgia. Lt. Governor of Ohio, 1876–1877.
Governor of Ohio, 1877–1878. U. S. House of Representatives, 1879–1883.

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actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Zahm, Lewis Colonel 3rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 26, 1867
Ziegler, George Milton Colonel 52nd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866
Zinn, George Colonel 57th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865 March 12, 1866
Zulick, Samuel Morton Colonel 29th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 March 12, 1866 Physician and railroad official before the war;
real estate agent after the war.

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Notes

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  1. ^ A few of these officers remained in the army and eventually became substantive grade brigadier generals.
  2. ^ Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 978-1-56013-002-4. p. xiii.
  3. ^ Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). p. 2
  4. ^ Eicher has typo of 1867: must be 1868 because 1867 is before the nomination date.

References

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