Name AMES, Adelbert
Born October 31 1835, Rockland ME
Died April 13 1933, Ormand FL
Pre-War Profession Sailor, graduated West Point 1861.
War Service 1861 Lt. in artillery, First Bull Run (w) - Medal of Honor, Washington defences, Peninsula campaign, August 1862 Col. of 20th Maine, Antietam campaign, Fredericksburg, aide to Meade at Chancellorsville, May 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers commanding 2nd Bde/1 Divn/XI Corps, Gettysburg, with X Corps around Charleston, commanded a 3rd Bde/3rd Divn/XVIII Corps at Cold Harbor, Petersburg, commanded 2nd Divn/XXIV Corps, Fort Fisher.
Post War Career Army service, provisional governor of Mississippi, resigned US Army 1870, US senator, state governor, Spanish-American War.
Notes Post-war political activities marred his good War record.
Further reading
Ames, Blanche Adelbert Ames 1835-1933 ; general, senator, Governor London, Macdonald, 1964
Current, Richard N Three carpetbag Governors Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University, 1967

Name AYRES, Romeyn Beck
Born December 20 1825, Montgomery Cty NY
Died December 4 1888, Fort Hamilton NY
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1847, occupation duty in Mexico, garrison duty.
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 5th US Artillery, First Bull Run, Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/V Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded 1st Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/V Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, commanded 2nd Divn at Petersburg (w), Appotomattox.
Post War Career Army service, garrison duty.
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Name BARLOW, Francis Channing
Born October 19 1834, Brooklyn NY
Died January 11 1896, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Lawyer.
War Service 1861 Pvt. in 12th New York, mustered out after 3 months, Lt Col. in 61st New York, April 1862 Col., Peninsula campaign, Antietam (w), September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded a 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/XI Corps, Chancellorsville, commanded 1st Divn/XI Corps at Gettysburg (w,c), commanded 1st Divn/II Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, sick leave, commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps at Sayler's Creek.
Post War Career Politician, US marshal, state attorney general, lawyer.
Notes Left for dead on the field at Gettysburg, he was comforted by Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon.

Name BARNES, James
Born December 28 1801, Boston MA
Died February 12 1869, Springfield MA
Pre-War Profession Businessman, Graduated West Point 1829, instructor at West Point, resigned US Army 1836, civil engineer on railroads.
War Service July 1861 Col. of 18th Massachusetts, Washington defences, Peninsula campaign, commanded 1st bde/1st Divn/V Corps, Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded the division at Gettysburg (w), garrison and prison duty.
Post War Career US Commission on building the Union Pacific Railroad.
Notes Did not perform particularly well at Gettysburg.

Name BARTLETT, Joseph Jackson
Born November 21 1834, Binghampton NY
Died January 14 1893, Baltimore MD
Pre-War Profession Lawyer.
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 27th New York, Maj., First Bull Run, September 1861 Col., Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps, Antietam, October 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - apointment expired, reappointed March 1863, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/V Corps, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appotomattox.
Post War Career US minister to Sweden, deputy commissioner of pensions.
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Name BAXTER, Henry
Born September 8 1821, Sidney Plains NY
Died December 30 1873, Jonesville MI
Pre-War Profession Miller.
War Service August 1861 Capt. in 7th Michigan, Peninsula campaign (w), Lt. Col., Fredericksburg (w), March 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/I Corps, Gettysburg, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/V Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks.
Post War Career Register of deeds, US minister to Honduras, lumber businessman.
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Name BIRNEY, David Bell
Born May 29 1825, Huntsville AL
Died October 18 1864, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer.
War Service April 1861 Lt. Col. in 23rd Pennsylvania, August 1861 Col., February 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded a brigade in 3rd Divn/III Corps, Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines, Chantilly, commanded 1st Divn/III Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, May 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Gettysburg, commanded 3rd Divn/II Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, commanded X Corps, succumbed to malaria.
Notes Came from a Southern but strongly antislavery family.

Name BUFORD, John
Born March 4 1826, Woodford Cty KY
Died December 16 1863, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1848, frontier duty, Utah expedition.
War Service 1861 Capt. in 2nd US Cavalry, duty on Washington defences, July 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers and commanded reserve cavalry in Army of Virginia, performed well near Thoroughfare Gap, chief of cavalry in Antietam campaign, commanded reserve brigade under Hooker, Stoneman's raid on Richmond, June 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn/Cavalry Corps in Gettysburg campaign, held Heth's advance before Gettysburg, died of typhoid fever.
Notes One of the heroes of Gettysburg.

Name BUTTERFIELD, Daniel
Born October 31 1831, Utica NY
Died July 17 1901, Cold Spring NY
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, businessman.
War Service May 1861 Col. in 12th New York, Shenandoah Valley, September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/V Corps in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days - Medal of Honor, Second Bull Run, Antietam, commanded V Corps at Fredericksburg, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, chief of staff to Hooker in Army of the Potomac, chief of staff to Meade at Gettysburg (w), Chattanooga, commanded 3rd Divn/XX Corps in Atlanta campaign, became ill before Atlanta , no further service.
Post War Career Army service, resigned 1870, businessman, unofficial ambassador.
Notes Was associated with novel use of bugle calls, and the composition of "Taps".
Further reading
Butterfield, Julia Lorrilard A biographical memorial of General Daniel Butterfield, including many addresses and military writings New York, Grafton Press, 1904

Name CALDWELL, John Curtis
Born April 17 1833, Lowell VT
Died August 31 1912, Calais ME
Pre-War Profession Teacher.
War Service November 1861 Col. of 11th Maine, appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers (April 1862) commanding 1st Bde/1st Divn/II Corps, Peninsula campaign, Fredericksburg (w), Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, relieved of duty in Army of the Potomac March 1864.
Post War Career Lawyer, US consul in Valparaiso, US minister to Uruguay, US consul in Costa Rica.
Notes He served in the honor guard in the procession of Lincoln's body from Washington to Springfield.

Name CARR, Joseph Bradford
Born August 16 1828, Albany NY
Died February 24 1895, Troy NY
Pre-War Profession Tobacconist, militia officer.
War Service May 1861 Col. of 2nd New York, Big Bethel, Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run, September 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - appointment expired March 1863, reappointed March 1863, commanded a 1st Bde/2nd Divn/III Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, assigned to Army of the James, commanded 3rd Divn/XVIII Corps (a division of Black troops).
Post War Career Manufacturer, secretary of state for New York.
Notes Confirmation of his promotion was held up until May 1864.

Name COUCH, Darius Nash
Born July 23 1822, Putnam Cty NY
Died February 12 1897, Norwalk CT
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1846, Mexican war, Seminole war, naturalist, manufacturer.
War Service June 1861 Col. of 7th Massachusetts, May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn/IV Corps in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, July 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Antietam, commanded II Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, applied for relief of duty, commanded Pennsylvania militia in Gettysburg campaign, commanded 2nd Divn/XXIII Corps at Nashville, Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career Politician.
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Name CRAWFORD, Samuel Wylie
Born November 8 1829, Franklin Cty PA
Died November 3 1892, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession 1851 appointed assistant surgeon in US army, frontier duty.
War Service April 1861 commanded a battery at Fort Sumter, Maj. in 13th US Infantry, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/XII Corps at Antietam (w), commanded Pennsylvania Reserve Corps in Washington defences, they became the 3rd Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks.
Post War Career Army service, retired 1873.
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Name CUSTER, George Armstrong "Autie", "Fanny", "Curly"
Born December 5 1839, Harrison Cty OH
Died June 25 1876, Little Big Horn MT
Pre-War Profession Teacher, graduated West Point 1861
War Service 1861 Lt., carried despatches at First Bull Run, served on staffs of McClellan and Pleasanton, distinguished himself at Aldie, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers in command of 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps, Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern, commanded 3rd Cavalry Divn in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Fisher's Hill, Five Forks, cut off the ANV's last escape route at Appotomattox, April 1865 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career Army service as an Indian fighter, publicist.
Notes
Further reading
Van de Water, Frederic Franklyn Glory-hunter : a life of General Custer New York, Argosy-Antiquarian, 1963
Urwin, Gregory J W Custer Victorious: the Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer Rutherford, Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983

Name CUTLER, Lysander
Born February 16 1807, Worcester Cty MA
Died July 30 1866, Milwaukee WI
Pre-War Profession Surveyor, teacher, businessman, senator, militia colonel.
War Service July 1861 Col. of 6th Wisconsin, Second Bull Run (w), Fredericksburg, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/I Corps (the Iron Brigade) at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, commanded 1st Bde/4th Divn/V Corps at Wilderness, commanded the division after Wadsworth died, relieved at his own request for health reasons, draft duty, resigned June 1865.
Post War Career
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Name DOUBLEDAY, Abner
Born June 26 1819, Ballston Spa NY
Died January 26 1893, Mendham NJ
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1842, Mexican war, Seminole wars.
War Service 1861 Capt. at Fort Sumter, Maj. in 17th US Infantry, February 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/III Corps at Second Bull Run, commanded 1st Divn/I Corps at Antietam, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded I Corps at Gettysburg after Reynolds fell, held no further active command.
Post War Career Army service, author.
Notes Is incorrectly credited with originating the game of baseball.
Further reading
Doubleday, Abner Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Spartanburg, SC, Reprint Co., 1976
Doubleday, Abner Chancellorsville and Gettysburg New York, Da Capo Press, 1994.

Name FARNSWORTH, Elon John
Born July 30 1837, Green Oak MI
Died July 3 1863, Gettysburg PA
Pre-War Profession Forage master in Utah expedition.
War Service 1861 enlisted in 8th Illinois Cavalry, 1st Lt., Capt., staff of Gen. Pleasanton, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps in Gettysburg campaign, Gettysburg (k).
Notes His promotion to general was probably a political favor. He died in a suicidal charge after being goaded by Gen. Kilpatrick.

Name GEARY, John White
Born December 30 1819, Mt Pleasant PA
Died February 8 1873, Harrisburg PA
Pre-War Profession Teacher, store clerk, lawyer, surveyor, Mexican war, organised the postal service in California, mayor, Kansas territorial governor.
War Service June 1861 Col. of 28th Pennsylvania, Harper's Ferry, Bolivar Hts (w), Leesburg, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain, commanded 2nd Divn/XII Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Chattanooga, commanded 2nd Divn/XX Corps in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, military governor of Savannah.
Post War Career Pennsylvania state governor.
Notes
Further reading
Geary, John White A politician goes to war : the Civil War letters of John White Geary University Park PA, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995

Name GIBBON, John
Born April 20 1827, Philadelphia PA
Died February 6 1896, Baltimore MD
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1847, Mexican war, Seminole war, artillery instructor at West Point, author of Artillerist's manual.
War Service 1861 Capt. of 4th US Artillery, chief of artillery to McDowell, May 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Iron Brigade (4th Bde/1st Divn/I Corps) at Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, commanded 2nd Divn/I Corps at Fredericksburg (w), commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps at Gettysburg (w), commanded draft depots, commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, June 1864 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded XXIV Corps in Army of the James, Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service in the West, author, commander-in-chief of MOLLUS.
Notes A hard fighter. He gave the Iron Brigade their black hats.
Further reading
Gibbon, John Personal recollections of the Civil War Dayton OH, Morningside Bookshop, 1978
Lavery, Dennis S Iron Brigade general : John Gibbon, a rebel in blue Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 1993

Name GRAHAM, Charles Kinnaird
Born June 3 1824, New York NY
Died April 15 1889, Lakewood NJ
Pre-War Profession Served in US Navy, Mexican war, resigned 1848, lawyer, civil engineer.
War Service 1861 enlisted in "Excelsior Brigade", Maj. in 74th New York, Lt. Col., May 1861 Col., Seven Pines, Seven Days, recruiting duty, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w,c), exchanged after two months, commanded gunboats in Army of the James, defences of Bermuda Hundred.
Post War Career Civil engineer, port surveyor.
Notes He burned the home of the brother of the Confederate Secretary of War in retaliation for Early burning Montgomery Blair's house.

Name GREENE, George Sears
Born May 6 1801, Apponaug RI
Died January 28 1899, Morristown NJ
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1823, artillery duty, instructor at West Point, garrison duty, resigned 1836, civil engineer.
War Service January 1862 Col. of 60th New York, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain, commanded 2nd Divn/XII Corps at Antietam, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/XII Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, Wauhatchie (w), returned to duty 1865.
Post War Career Civil engineer.
Notes The executive officer of the Monitor in its battle with the Virginia was his son.
Further reading
New York (State) Monuments commission for the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga In memoriam : George Sears Greene, brevet major-general, United States Volunteers, 1801-1899 Albany NY, State Pr., 1909

Name GREGG, David McMurtrie
Born April 10 1833, Huntington PA
Died August 7 1916, Reading PA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1855, frontier duty.
War Service January 1862 Col. of 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Peninsula campaign, Antietam campaign, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded a division in Stoneman's raid, commanded 2nd Cavalry Divn at Gettysburg, Overland campaign, resigned February 1865.
Post War Career Farmer, US consul in Prague, writer.
Notes His resignation was probably a result of being passed over for command of the cavalry by Sheridan, compounded by his wife's unhappiness at his long absences.

Name HANCOCK, Winfield Scott
Born February 14 1824, Montgomery Square PA
Died February 9 1886, Governor's Is. NY
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1844, frontier duty, Mexican war, Kansas war, Utah expedition, quartermaster service.
War Service September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1stBde/2nd Divn/IV Corps in Peninsula, Seven Days, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Antietam, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn/II Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded II Corps at Gettysburg (w), Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, August 1864 Brig. Gen. in Regular Army, commanded Dept of West Virginia.
Post War Career Army service, commanded Dept. of the East, US presidential candidate in 1880.
Notes One of the greatest eastern generals. Jordan, David M Winfield Scott Hancock : a soldier's life Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1988
Tucker, Glenn Hancock the Superb Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1960
Walker, Francis Amasa General Hancock New York, Appleton, 1897

Name HARROW, William
Born November 14 1822, Winchester KY
Died September 27 1872, New Albany IN
Pre-War Profession Lawyer (reported to be a colleague of Lincoln).
War Service April 1861 Capt. in 14th Indiana, served in West Virginia, Maj. Lt. Col., April 1862 Col., Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Gettysburg, Mine Run, commanded 4th Divn/XV Corps in Atlanta campaign, had no assignments after September 1864, resigned April 1865.
Post War Career Lawyer.
Notes

Name HAYS, Alexander
Born July 8 1819, Franklin PA
Died May 5 1864, Wilderness VA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1844, Mexican war, resigned 1848, gold prospector, construction engineer.
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 16th US Infantry, October 1861 Col. of 63rd Pennsylvania, Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines, Seven Days, Second Bull Run(w), September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Washington defences, commanded 3rd Divn/III Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/II Corps at Wilderness (k).
Notes

Name HAYS, William
Born May 9 1819, Richmond VA
Died February 7 1875, Fort Independence MA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1840, artillery duty, Mexican war, garrison duty, Seminole war.
War Service September 1861 Lt. Col., served in Washington defences, commanded a brigade of horse artillery in Peninsula campaign, commanded reserve artillery at Antietam, Fredericksburg, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/II Corps at Chancellorsville (w,c), released within weeks, Gettysburg, provost marshal in New York, commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps at Petersburg, relieved of his position for being asleep on duty days before Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service.
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Name HOWARD, Oliver Otis
Born November 8 1830, Leeds ME
Died October 26 1909, Burlington VT
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1854, teacher of mathematics at West Point.
War Service May 1861 Col. of 3rd Maine, June 1861 resigned Regular commission, commanded 3rd Bde/3rd Divn at First Manassas, September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/II Corps in Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines (w), commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Antietam, commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps at Fredericksburg, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded XI Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, commanded IV Corps in Atlanta campaign, commanded Army of the Tennessee in March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, December 1864 Brig. Gen. in Regular Army.
Post War Career Headed the Freedmen's Bureau, helped establish Howard University, fought Indians, superintendent of West Point, commanded the Division of the East, retired 1894, educator.
Notes A Christian soldier.
Further reading
Carpenter, John Alcott Sword and olive branch / Oliver Otis Howard Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964
Weland, Gerald O.O. Howard, Union general Jefferson NC, McFarland & Co., 1995

Name HOWE, Albion Parris
Born March 13 1818, Standish ME
Died January 25 1897, Cambridge MA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1841, instructor at West Point, Mexican war, frontier and garrison duty, present at Harper's Ferry when John Brown arrived.
War Service 1861 Capt. in artillery, served under McClellan in Western Virginia, Peninsula campaign, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/IV Corps in Seven Days, June 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/IV Corps at Second Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, commanded 2nd Divn/VI Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded the Artillery depot in Washington.
Post War Career Army service, served in honor guard over Lincoln's corpse, member of the commission which tried the conspirators, retired 1882.
Notes

Name HUMPHREYS, Andrew Atkinson
Born November 2 1810, Philadelphia PA
Died December 27 1883, District of Columbia
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1831, Seminole war, left the army for 2 years to be an engineer, rejoined as an engineer.
War Service August 1861 Maj. and aide to McClellan, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, topographical engineer in Peninsula campaign, commanded 3rd Divn/V Corps at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded 2nd Divn/III Corps at Gettysburg, July 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, chief of staff to Meade, commanded II Corps after Hancock left field service at Petersburg, Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service as commander of the Corps of Engineers, author, retired 1879.
Notes A quietly competent soldier.
Further reading
Humphreys, Henry Hollingsworth Andrew Atkinson Humphreys; a biography Philadelphia, The John C. Winston company, 1924

Name HUNT, Henry Jackson
Born September 4 1819, Detroit Barracks MI
Died February 11 1889, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1839, artillery service.
War Service May 1861 Maj. in 5th US Artillery , First Manassas, chief of artillery in Washington defences, commanded artillery reserve in Peninsula campaign, Malvern Hill, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, chief of artillery in Army of the Potomac, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, commanded siege operations at Petersburg.
Post War Career Army service in the artillery, retired 1883, governor of soldiers' home.
Notes A fine artillerist, who fought to have his guns operate independently from infantry commanders.
Further reading
Longacre, Edward G The man behind the guns : a biography of General Henry Jackson Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac South Brunswick NJ, A. S. Barnes, 1977

Name KANE, Thomas Leiper
Born January 27 1822, Philadelphia PA
Died December 26 1883, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, US commissioner, served with the Underground Railroad, associated with the Mormons.
War Service 1861 organised the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (the "Bucktails", also known as the 42nd Pennsylvania) - Lt. Col., Dranesville (w), Shenandoah Valley campaign, Harrisonburg (w,c), September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/XII Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, resigned due to ill health November 1863.
Post War Career Businessman, author.
Notes
Further reading
Zobell, Albert L Sentinel in the East : a biography of Thomas L. Kane Salt Lake City, N.G. Morgan, c1965

Name KILPATRICK, Hugh Judson "Kill Cavalry"
Born January 14 1836, Deckertown NJ
Died December 4 1881, Santiago, Chile
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1861.
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 5th New York, Big Bethel (w), Lt. Col. of 2nd New York Cavalry, various raids and skirmishes, December 1862 Col., Stoneman's raid, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/Cavalry Corps at Aldie Middleburg and Upperville, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps at Gettysburg, Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond, commanded cavalry in Atlanta campaign, Dalton (w), March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, June 1865 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career US minister to Chile.
Notes Goaded Elon Farnsworth to make his unnecessary charge at Gettysburg.
Further reading
Martin, Samuel J Kill-Cavalry : Sherman's merchant of terror : the life of Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Madison NJ, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996

Name LOCKWOOD, Henry Hayes
Born August 17 1814, Kent Cty DE
Died December 7 1899, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1836, Seminole war, resigned US army 1837, farmer, professor of mathematics in US Navy, professor at US Naval Academy.
War Service May 1861 Col. of 1st Delaware, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded the prison at Point Lookout, commanded 2nd Bde/1stDivn/XII Corps at Gettysburg, garrison duty near Harper's Ferry, commanded Middle Dept. at Baltimore, commanded 2nd Divn/V Corps at Cold Harbor, departmental duties in Maryland, led troops against Early's Washington raid, departmental duties.
Post War Career Instructor at Annapolis, served at Naval Observatory, retired 1876.
Notes

Name MEADE, George Gordon
Born December 31 1815, Cadiz, Spain
Died November 6 1872, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1835, Seminole war, ordnance duty, resigned US Army 1836, railroad engineering work, surveyor, rejoined army 1842, survey duty, Mexican war, engineering duty.
War Service August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Washington defences, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/V Corps in Seven Days, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Glendale (w), commanded 1st Bde/Pennsylvania Reserves/III Corps at Second Bull Run, commanded 3rd Divn/III Corps at Antietam, Falmouth, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded V Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded Army of the Potomac from Gettysburg onwards, July 1863 Brig. Gen. in RegularArmy, August 1864 Maj. gen. in regular Army, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, served under Grant as commander of the Army of the Potomac from the Wilderness until Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service, commanded Military Division of the Atlantic and Department of the East, Reconstruction administration.
Notes
Further reading
Bache, Richard Meade Life of General George Gordon Meade : commander of the Army of the Potomac Philadelphia, H. T. Coates, 1897
Cleaves, Freeman Meade of Gettysburg Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1960
Sauers, Richard Allen A Caspian Sea of ink : the Meade-Sickles controversy Baltimore, Butternut and Blue, 1989

Name MEREDITH, Solomon
Born May 29 1810, Guildford Cty NC
Died October 2 1875, Cambridge City IN
Pre-War Profession Laborer, sheriff, politician, US marshal.
War Service July 1861 Col. of 19th Indiana, Groveton (w), October 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded the Iron Brigade (4th Bde/1st Divn/I Corps) at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), commanded posts in Illinois and Kentucky.
Post War Career Government surveyor.
Notes

Name MERRITT, Wesley
Born June 16 1834, New York NY
Died December 3 1910, Natural Bridge VA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1860, cavalry duty.
War Service February 1862 capt. in 2nd US Cavalry, aide to Gen. Cooke and later Stoneman, commanded reserve brigade in Stoneman's raid at the time of Chancellorsville, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Reserve Bde/1st Divn/Cavalry Corps in Gettysburg campaign, served in the Army of the Potomac for the remainder of the war, April 1865 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, second in command to Sheridan in Appomattox campaign, served as a commissioner of the surrender at Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service, Indian fighter, superintendent of West Point, commanded first Philippine Expedition of 1898, retired 1900.
Notes A modest but successful cavalry leader.
Further reading
Alberts, Don E Brandy station to Manila Bay : a biography of General Wesley Merritt Austin TX, Presidial Press, 1980

Name MORRIS, William Hopkins
Born April 22 1827, New York NY
Died August 26 1900, Long Branch NJ
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1851, garrison and recruiting duty, resigned 1854, worked on his father's publication Home Journal, inventor.
War Service August 1861 Capt. and asst Adjutant General, served on staff of Gen J. Peck, September 1862 Col. of 135th New York - became 6th New York Heavy Artillery, Washington defences, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Bristoe Station, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w), saw no more field service.
Post War Career Politician, writer.
Notes

Name NEILL, Thomas Hewson
Born April 9 1826, Philadelphia PA
Died March 12 1885, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1847, frontier duty, instructor at West Point, Utah expedition.
War Service 1861 Capt. in 4th US Infantry, February 1862 Col. of 23rd Pennsylvania, Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, commanded 2nd Divn/VI Corps at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, acting inspector general to Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley campaign.
Post War Career Army service in infantry and cavalry, commandant at West Point, retired 1883.
Notes

Name NEWTON, John
Born August 25 1822, Norfolk VA
Died May 1 1895, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1842, engineering duty, instructor at West Point, Utah expedition.
War Service August 1861 Maj., September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, defences of Washington, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps in Seven Days, South Mountain, Antietam, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps at Fredericksburg, March 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, appointment revoked April 1864, reappointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Divn/IV Corps in Atlanta campaign, commanded Dist. of West Florida.
Post War Career Army service, chief of engineers, retired 1886, commissioner of public works, railroad president.
Notes He was one of those officers who criticised Burnside over his performance at Fredericksburg.

Name PATRICK, Marsena Rudolph
Born March 11 1811, nr Watertown NY
Died July 27 1888, Dayton OH
Pre-War Profession Teacher, Graduated West Point 1835, resigned US Army 1850, college president.
War Service May 1861 inspector general of the state of New York, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/I Corps in defences of Washington, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/III Corps at Second Bull Run, Chantilly, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/I Corps at South Mountain, Antietam, provost marshal of the Army of the Potomac and later all armies operating against Richmond, commanded Dist. of Henrico.
Post War Career Governor of soldiers' home.
Notes
Further reading
Patrick, Marsena Rudolph Inside Lincoln's army : the diary of Marsena Rudolph Patrick, provost marshal general, Army of the Potomac New York, Thomas Yoseloff, c1964

Name PAUL, Gabriel Rene
Born March 22 1813, St Louis MO
Died May 5 1886, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1834, Seminole war, Mexican War, frontier duty.
War Service April 1861 promoted to Maj. in 8th US Infantry, December 1861 Col. of 4th New Mexico, assisted to repel Sibley's invasion, Lt. Col. of 8th US Infantry, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - not confirmed, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/I Corps at Fredericksburg, April 1863 reappointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/I Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/I Corps at Gettysburg where he was blinded, performed some administrative duties, retired February 1865.
Post War Career
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Name PLEASANTON, Alfred
Born July 7 1824, District of Columbia
Died February 17 1897, District of Columbia
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1844, Mexican War, frontier duty.
War Service August 1861 Capt. in 2nd US Cavalry, Maj., defences of Washington, Peninsula campaign, July 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/Cavalry Divn of Army of the Potomac, commanded Cavalry Corps at South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, commanded 1st Divn/Cavalry Corps at Chancellorsville, June 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Cavalry Corps at Brandy Station and in Gettysburg campaign, commanded Dist of Central Missouri and Dist of St Louis during Price's raid.
Post War Career Army service, resigned 1868.
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Name PRINCE, Henry
Born June 19 1811, Eastport ME
Died August 19 1892, London, England
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1835, Seminole war, frontier duty, Mexican War, staff duty.
War Service April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain (c), released December 1862, commanded 5th Divn/XVIII Corps at New Berne and Kingston, commanded 2nd Divn/III Corps in the pursuit of the ANV after Gettysburg, judged to have performed unsatisfactorily in the Mine Run campaign, commanded garrisons in Illinois, North Carolina and Georgia.
Post War Career Army service in paymaster's department, retired 1879.
Notes Committed suicide because he was worried about his health following wounds incurred in the Mexican War.

Name REYNOLDS, John Fulton
Born September 21 1820, Lancaster PA
Died July 1 1863, Gettysburg PA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1841, garrison duty, Mexican war, commandant of cadets and instructor of tactics at West Point.
War Service May 1861 Lt. Col. of 14th US Infantry, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/McCall's Div/V Corps on the Peninsula, captured by rebel pickets, exchanged August 1862, commanded 3rd Div Pennsylvania Reserves/III Corps at Second Bull Run, commanded militia in Maryland campaign, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded I Corps at Fredericksburg, commanded I Corps at Gettysburg, killed by rebel marksman on Cashtown Road while bringing up the 2nd Wisconsin (lead regiment).
Notes One of the greatest Union generals.
Further reading
Nichols, Edward Jay Toward Gettysburg; a biography of General John F. Reynolds Pennsylvania State University Press, 1958.

Name ROBINSON, John Cleveland
Born April 10 1817, Binghampton NY
Died February 18 1897, Binghampton NY
Pre-War Profession Entered West Point 1835, dismissed for disciplinary reasons 1838, appointed US Army 1839, Mexican war, Seminole war, Utah expedition.
War Service April 1861 commander of Fort McHenry, recruited volunteers in Ohio and Michigan, September 1861 Col. of 1st Michigan, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/III Corps in Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/III Corps at Fredericksburg, commanded 2nd Divn/I Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded 2nd Divn/V Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w) - Medal of Honor, commanded military districts in New York.
Post War Career Army service, ran Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina, Departmental command, retired through disability 1869, lieutenant governor of New York.
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Name ROWLEY, Thomas Algeo
Born October 5 1808, Pittsburgh PA
Died May 14 1892, Pittsburgh PA
Pre-War Profession Justice of the peace, Mexican war, politician, court clerk.
War Service April 1861 Col. of 13th Pennsylvania (later designated 102nd Pennsylvania), garrison duty on Potomac line, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines (w), Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Fredericksburg, directed 1st Bde/3rd Divn/I Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, draft duties in Portland, court-martialed at Culpepper VA, restored to duty in command of District of Monongahela, resigned December 1864.
Post War Career Lawyer, US marshal.
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Name RUGER, Thomas Howard
Born April 2 1833, Lima NY
Died June 3 1907, Stamford CT
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1854, engineer duty, resigned US Army 1855, lawyer.
War Service June 1861 Lt. Col. of 3rd Wisconsin, September 1861 Col., Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Mountain, Maryland campaign, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/XII Corps at Antietam (w), November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Chancellorsville, commanded 2nd Divn/XII Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/XX Corps in Atlanta campaign, commanded 2nd Divn/XIII Corps at Franklin, Carolinas campaign, commanded 1st Divn/Provisional Corps in closing scenes of the war.
Post War Career Army service, Reconstruction duty, Indian fighter, superintendent of West Point, retired 1897.
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Name RUSSELL, David Allen
Born December 10 1820, Salem NY
Died September 19 1864, Winchester VA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1845, Mexican war, frontier duty.
War Service 1861 Capt. in Washington defenses, January 1862 Col. of 7th Massachusetts, Peninsula campaign, Maryland campaign, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded3rd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, temporary division command at Rappahannock Station, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps from the Wilderness to Petersburg, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Winchester (mw).
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Name SCHIMMELFENNING, Alexander
Born July 20 1824, Lithauen, Prussia
Died September 5 1865, nr Wernersville PA
Pre-War Profession Officer in Prussian army, emigrated to US 1853, writer, engineer, draftsman.
War Service September 1861 Col. of 74th Pennsylvania, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/I Corps at Second Bull Run, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/IX Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), served in South Carolina, Charleston.
Notes Contracted tuberculosis around the end of the War.

Name SCHURZ, Carl
Born March 2 1829, Liblar, Prussia
Died May 14 1906, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Journalist, soldier and revolutionary in Germany, emigrated to US 1852, politician, minister to Spain.
War Service April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded a division under Fremont in the Shenandoah, commanded 3rd Divn/I Corps at Second Bull Run, March 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Divn/XI Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, commanded a depot at Nashville, was Slocum's chief of staff in Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career US senator, secretary of the interior, journalist.
Notes
Further reading
Donner, Barbara Carl Schurz and the Civil War Chicago, 1933
Trefousse, Hans L Carl Schurz, a biography Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 1982

Name SEDGWICK, John
Born September 13 1813, Cornwall Hollow CT
Died May 9 1864, Spotsylvania VA
Pre-War Profession Teacher, graduated West Point 1837, Mexican war, cavalry duty, frontier duty.
War Service 1861 Col. of 1st US Cavalry, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, defences of Washington, commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps in Peninsula campaign, Glendale (w), July 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Antietam (w), commanded II Corps, commanded IX Corps, commanded VI Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Bridge, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania (k).
Notes A fine general, much loved by his men. His last words are widely misreported.
Further reading
Winslow, Richard Elliott General John Sedgwick, the story of a Union corps commander Novato CA, Presidio Press, 1982

Name SHALER, Alexander
Born March 19 1827, Haddam CT
Died December 28 1911, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Militia officer, writer.
War Service June 1861 Lt. Col. of 65th New York, Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Col., Antietam, Fredericksburg, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Chancellorsville - Medal of Honor, May 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Gettysburg, commanded Johnson's Is prison, commanded 4th bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness (c), served in the Dept of the Gulf and the Dept of Arkansas.
Post War Career Fire commissioner, Maj. Gen. in New York National Guard, president of NRA.
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Name SICKLES, Daniel Edgar
Born October 20 1819, New York NY
Died May 3 1914, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician, acquitted of the murder of his wife's lover.
War Service 1861 raised the New York Excelsior Brigade, September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - not confirmed by Senate, renominated and confirmed as of September 1861, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/III Corps in the Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, commanded 2nd Divn/III Corps at Antietam, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded III Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), performed special missions for Pres. Lincoln, military governor of South Carolina.
Post War Career Army service, US minister to Spain, US congressman.
Notes An able general, but no stranger to controversy.
Further reading
Sauers, Richard Allen A Caspian Sea of ink : the Meade-Sickles controversy Baltimore, Butternut and Blue, 1989
Swanberg, W A Sickles the incredible New York, Scribner, 1956

Name SLOCUM, Henry Warner
Born September 24 1827, Delphi NY
Died April 14 1894, Brooklyn NY
Pre-War Profession Teacher, graduated West Point 1852, Seminole war, resigned 1856, lawyer, county treasurer, politician, militia officer.
War Service May 1861 Col. of 27th New York, First Bull Run (w), August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/I Corps in Peninsula campaign, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps in Seven Days, July 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, commanded XII Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, attempted to resign when ordered to serve under Hooker in Tennessee, commanded the post at Vicksburg, commanded XX Corps in March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Post War Career Lawyer, US congressman.
Notes
Further reading
Slocum, Charles Elihu The life and services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum Toledo OH, Slocum Publishing Company, 1913

Name SPINOLA, Francis Barretto
Born March 19 1821, Stony Brook NY
Died 1891, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician.
War Service Raised the (New York) Empire Brigade, October 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Suffolk, served in North Carolina, took part in pursuit of ANV after Gettysburg (w), relieved of field duty, recruiting duty, court martialled for corruption with bounty agents, resigned June 1865.
Post War Career Banker, insurance businessman, US congressman.
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Name STANNARD, George Jerrison
Born October 20 1820, Georgia VT
Died June 1 1886, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Farm worker, teacher, partner in a foundry, militia officer.
War Service June 1861 Lt. Col. of 2nd Vermont, First Bull Run, Peninsula campaign, Col. of 9th Vermont, Second Bull Run, Maryland campaign, Harper's Ferry (s), March 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/3rd Divn/I Corps at Gettysburg (w), served in Virginia and North Carolina, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/XVIII Corps at Cold Harbor (w), commanded 1st Divn/XVIII Corps at Petersburg (w), Ft Harrison (w), served in Vermont.
Post War Career Army service with the Freedmen's Bureau, resigned 1867, collector of customs, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
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Name SYKES, George "Tardy George"
Born October 9 1822, Dover DE
Died February 8 1880, Fort Brown TX
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1842, Seminole war, frontier duty, Mexican war.
War Service May 1861 Maj. of 14th US Infantry, First Bull Run, September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Regular Reserve Divn in Peninsula campaign, commanded 2nd Divn/V Corps in Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Chancellorsville, commanded V Corps at Gettysburg, Mine Run, relieved by Meade, commanded Dist of South Kansas.
Post War Career Army service.
Notes
Further reading
Reese, Timothy J Sykes' regular infantry division, 1861-1864 : a history of regular United States infantry operations in the Civil War's Eastern theater Jefferson NC, McFarland, 1990

Name TORBERT, Alfred Thomas Archimedes
Born July 1 1833, Georgetown DE
Died August 29 1880, off Cape Canaveral FL
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1855, frontier duty, Seminole war, Utah expedition.
War Service February 1861 1st Lt. in 5th US Infantry, September 1861 Col. of 1st New Jersey, Peninsula campaign, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Second Bull Run, South Mountain (w), Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 1st Divn/Cavalry Corps in Overland campaign, commanded Cavalry Corps in Middle Military Divn, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek.
Post War Career Resigned US Army 1866, minor diplomat, businessman.
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Name TYLER, Robert Ogden
Born December 22 1831, Hunter NY
Died December 1 1874, Boston MA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1853, artillery service.
War Service May 1861 Capt. and asst quartermaster, August 1861 Col. of 1st Connecticut Artillery, Yorktown, Seven Days, commanded Hookers' artillery at Fredericksburg, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded artillery reserve at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded 4th Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor (w), extensive sick leave.
Post War Career Army service in the quartermaster's department.
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Name VON STEINWEHR, Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich
Born September 25 1822, Brunswick, Germany
Died February 25 1877, Buffalo NY
Pre-War Profession Prussian officer, Mexican war, worked on the US/Mexico border survey, farmer.
War Service June 1861 Col. of 29th New York, October 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/Blenker's Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded 2nd Divn/I Corps at Second Bull Run, commanded 2nd Divn/XI Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Wauhatchie.
Post War Career Cartographer, geographer, teacher, writer.
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Name WADSWORTH, James Samuel
Born October 30 1807, Geneseo, NY
Died May 8 1864, Wilderness VA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician.
War Service 1861 volunteer aide to McDowell at First Bull Run, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, military governor of District of Columbia, commanded 1st Divn/I Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded 4th Divn/V Corps at Wilderness (k).
Notes
Further reading
Pearson, Henry Greenleaf James S. Wadsworth of Geneseo, brevet major-general of United States volunteers New York, C.Scribner's, 1913

Name WARD, John Henry Hobart
Born June 17 1823, New York NY
Died July 24 1903, Monroe NY
Pre-War Profession Enlisted US Army 1842, Mexican war, active in state militia.
War Service June 1861 Col. of 38th New York, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn at First Bull Run, led his regiment in Peninsula campaign, Groveton, Chantilly, October 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/II Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w), relieved of command May 1864 and mustered out in July 1864.
Post War Career Clerk in superior and Supreme courts of New York
Notes Accused of misbehavior at the Wilderness.

Name WARREN, Gouverneur Kemble
Born January 8 1830, Cold Spring NY
Died August 8 1882, Newport RI
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1850, engineering duty (especially surveying), instructor at West point.
War Service May 1861 Lt. Col. of 5th New York, Big Bethel, August 1861 Col., Yorktown, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/V Corps at Gaines's Mill (w), Second Bull Run, Antietam, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, May 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg (w) where his timely deployment of Vincent and Weed's brigades saved the day, commanded II Corps in Mine Run campaign, commanded V Corps in Overland campaign, relieved by Sheridan at Five Forks.
Post War Career Army service in the engineers, writer, railroad bridge builder.
Notes Exonerated by a court of inquiry which criticized Sheridan's action in relieving him.

Name WEBB, Alexander Stewart
Born February 15 1835, New York NY
Died February 12 1911, Riverdale NY
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1855, Seminole war, instructor at West Point.
War Service April 1861 1st Lt. in 2nd US Artillery, defense of Fort Pickens Capt. in 11th US Infantry, First Bull Run, September 1861 Maj. in 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, assistant to the chief of Artillery in Army of the Potomac, acting inspector general during Peninsula campaign, chief of staff in V Corps, inspector of artillery in Washington, assistant inspector general of V Corps, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Gettysburg (w) - Medal of Honor, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps in Wilderness, Spotyslvania (w), chief of staff to Meade at Petersburg.
Post War Career Army service in the infantry, instructor at West Point, discharged in 1870 at his own request, President of College of the City of New York.
Notes Son of James Watson Webb, famous diplomat and newspaper owner.
Further reading
Webb, Alexander S The Peninsula : McClellan's Campaign of 1862 New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1963

Name WEED, Stephen Hinsdale
Born November 17 1831, Potsdam NY
Died July 2 1863, Gettysburg PA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1854, frontier duty, Seminole War, served in Kansas, Utah expedition.
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 5th Artillery, Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run as chief of artillery, Antietam, commanded V Corps artillery at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg (mw).
Notes Died in the defence of Little Round Top.

Name WHEATON, Frank
Born May 8 1833, Providence RI
Died June 18 1903, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Worked the Mexican-American Boundary Commission, frontier duty, Utah expedition.
War Service July 1861 Lt. Col. of 2nd Rhode Island, First Bull Run, July 1861 Col., Peninsula campaign, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded 3rd Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded 3rd Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, helped repel Jubal Early's raid on Washington, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps in Shenandoah Valley, Petersburg.
Post War Career Army service, commanded expedition against Modocs in California, retired 1897.
Notes Father-in-law was Gen. Samuel Cooper, C.S.A.

Name WILLIAMS, Alpheus Starkey
Born September 29 1810, Saybrook CT
Died December 21 1878, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, probate judge, newspaper owner, Mexican war, Detroit postmaster, president of the state military board and Brig. Gen. of state volunteers.
War Service May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn/V Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded 1st Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain, commanded 1st Divn/XII Corps at South Mountain, commanded XII Corps at Antietam, commanded 1st Divn/XII Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded XII Corps at Gettsyburg, commanded 1st Divn/XII Corps at Chickamauga, commanded 1st Divn/XX Corps in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career US minister to the Republic of Salvador, US congressman.
Further reading
Williams, Alpheus S From the cannon's mouth : the Civil War letters of General Alpheus S. Williams Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1995

Name WRIGHT, Horatio Gouverneur
Born March 6 1820, Clinton CT
Died July 2 1899, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1841, supervised harbor improvements.
War Service 1861 captured then released in the abortive attempt to destroy Norfolk Navy Yard dry docks, chief engineer Heintzelman's division at First Bull Run and Port Royal expedition, September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, led expedition against Florida coast, June 1862 commanded 1st Divn at Secessionville SC, commanded Department of the Ohio, July 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers - revoked March 1863, reappointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers March 1863, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg, Rappahannock Bridge, Mine Run, Wilderness campaign, commanded VI Corps at Spotsylvania after Sedgwick's death, opposed Jubal Early's Washington raid, Shenandoah campaign, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service in the engineers, Chief Engineer of the Army, helped to complete the Washington Monument, retired for age in 1884.
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Name ZOOK, Samuel Kosciusko
Born March 27 1821, Chester Cty PA
Died July 3 1863, Gettysburg PA
Pre-War Profession Militia officer, superintendent of telegraph company.
War Service July 1861 Lt. Col. of 6th New York, October 1861 Col. of 57th New York, Peninsula campaign, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Fredericksburg (w), November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (mw).
Notes Fell while supporting the III Corps salient.