List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) explained

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sources

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.

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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 LarcomColonel1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. 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 LivermoreMajor20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 20, 1865Harvard 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 CorayColonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867Resigned December 22, 1864.
Abbott, Joseph CarterColonel7th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865February 14, 1865Phillips Academy, 1846. Brevet for capture of Fort Fisher.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865.
Mustered out July 17, 1865.
Abert, William StretchColonel3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mustered out of volunteers September 18, 1865.
Died of yellow fever as Regular Army major, August 25, 1867.
Acker, George SigourneyColonel9th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 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.Colonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867Mexican–American War veteran. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Adams, Jr., Charles FrancisColonel5th (Colored) Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Harvard 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 PowellLt. ColonelHatch's Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Ohio Medical College, 1851. Mustered out April 26, 1866.
Adams, Charles W.Colonel12th Regiment Kansas Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865March 3, 1865Son-in-law of U.S. Senator James H. Lane.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 20, 1865.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.
Adams, Robert NewtonColonel81st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Miami University. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Adams, William A.Colonel145th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
April 10, 1866
Hanover College.
Award in both January and February, 1866, likely correction.
Mustered out January 21, 1866.
Agnus, FelixMajor165th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869Born in France. College de Jolie Clair, Paris.
Served in French Army.
Resigned July 26, 1865.
Died October 31, 1925, aged 86.
Albright, CharlesColonel202nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865March 10, 1865Dickinson College.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1873 - 1875.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 7, 1865.
Mustered out August 3, 1865.
Alden, AlonzoColonel169th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865March 3, 1865Williams College.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 18, 1865.
Mustered out July 19, 1865.
Alexander, Andrew JonathanLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. 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 StoneMajorCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866USMA, 1842. Major, USA, March 3, 1863. Lt. Colonel, USA, March 7, 1867.
Died as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, December 17, 1878.
Alexander, Edmund BrookeColonel10th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 18, 1865July 25, 1866Born 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 AlexanderColonel5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. 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. Colonel133rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868Mustered out June 6, 1865.
Allcock, ThomasLt. Colonel4th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Born January 27, 1815, Birmingham, England.
Brevet for Overland Campaign,
Siege of Petersburg.
Mustered out December 2, 1865.
Allen, HarrisonColonel151st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867Mustered out July 31, 1863.
Allen, Thomas ScottColonel5th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Oberlin College. Mustered out August 2, 1864.
Ames, John WorthingtonColonel6th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865February 23, 1865Harvard University, 1854.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 18, 1865.
Resigned October 4, 1866.
U.S. Surveyor-General for California.
Ames, WilliamLt. Colonel3rd Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867Mustered out August 27, 1865.
Amory, Thomas Jonathan CoffinColonel17th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 1, 1864February 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 LathamColonel8th Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866USMA, 1859. Mustered out of volunteers, November 10, 1865.
Resigned as U.S. Army captain, 1867.
Anderson, John FromenMajorAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867Son of Governor of Maine Hugh J. Anderson.
Resigned March 27, 1865.
Anderson, Nicholas LongworthColonel6th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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.Colonel60th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866McKendree College.
Resigned December 26, 1864.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1875–1877.
Andrews, Timothy PatrickColonelPaymaster General, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 13, 1847July 14, 1848Born 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 ValentineColonel142nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Mustered out October 26, 1864.
Anthony, De Witt ClintonColonel66th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867University of Louisville, 1850. Resigned March 24, 1864.
Appleton, John FrancisColonel81st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866Bowdoin College, 1860. Resigned June 29, 1864.
Died August 31, 1870, aged 31.
Armstrong, Samuel ChapmanColonel8th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Born 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, FranklinColonel15th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 14, 1865March 12, 1866University of Michigan, 1858. Mustered out November 21, 1865.
Astor, III, John JacobColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866Columbia University, 1839; Harvard Law School.
Also shown as John Jacob Astor, Jr.
Mustered out July 11, 1862.
Atkins, Smith DykinsColonel92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 ThomasColonel6th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 18, 1865March 12, 1866Maine Wesleyan Seminary. Mustered out September 28, 1865.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1871 - 1875.
Avery, Mathew HenryColonel10th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for Battle of Sailor's Creek.
Mustered out July 19, 1865.
Avery, RobertLt. Colonel102nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 BurrColonelDeputy Quartermaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867USMA, 1826.
Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1866.
Babcock, Orville EliasLt. ColonelAide-de-Camp, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Staff 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, WilloughbyLt. Colonel75th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 19, 1864March 24, 1868Brevet for conspicuous gallantry at Battle of Opequon
(Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia), mortally wounded.
Bache, HartmanColonelCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867USMA, 1818. Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1867.
Badeau, AdamLt. Colonel and
Military Secretary
Additional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. 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 MiltonColonel8th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866Brevet for Battle of the Wilderness
and Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Baker, Benjamin FranklinColonel43rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Baker, James HeatonColonel10th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Minnesota Secretary of State
Ohio Secretary of State
Balch, Joseph P.Major1st Rhode Island Detached MilitiaBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 25, 1868Mustered out of volunteers, August 2, 1861.
Bvt. Lt. Col. and Bvt. Col., March 13, 1865.
Baldey, George WashingtonLt. Colonel65th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Mexican–American War veteran
Baldwin, Charles PierceLt. Colonel11th Maine Volunteer Infantry RegimentBvt. Brig. Gen., USV, April 1, 1865July 19, 1867Brevet for Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia
Baldwin, William H.Lt. Colonel83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 22, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for charge at Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama
Ball, William H.Colonel122nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864February 14, 1865Brevet for Richmond (Overland Campaign) and
Valley Campaigns of 1864.
Ballier, John FrederickColonel
Colonel
21st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment
98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 13, 1864February 14, 1865Mexican–American War veteran.
Brevet for Richmond campaign (Overland Campaign).
Balloch, George WilliamsonChief Commissary of SubsistenceXX Corps, Army of the CumberlandBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Bangs, Isaac SparrowColonel81st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
February 21, 1867
Brevet for Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Bankhead, Henry CaryLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865April 9, 1869Brevet 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 MorseCaptain
Lt. Colonel
1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters
197th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Barnes, CharlesColonel6th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Barnes, Joseph HenryColonel29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 19, 1864August 19, 1864Brevet for the Battle of Globe Tavern
Barnett, JamesColonel1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Barney, Albert MiltonColonel142nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 11, 1865March 12, 1866
Barney, Benjamin GriffinLt. Colonel2nd Provisional Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteer Heavy Artillery
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867Brevet for Petersburg campaign.
Barney, Lewis TappanCaptainAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. 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 HarveyColonel62nd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Also confirmed April 26, 1866, likely correction.
Barrett, Wallace W.Colonel44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Barriger, John WalkerLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 17, 1868USMA, 1856. Retired Col. U.S. Army, 1896.
Barry, Henry W.Colonel8th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy ArtilleryBvt. 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 ForresterMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Barstow, WilsonCaptainAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Bartholomew, Orion A.Colonel109th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Bartlett, Charles GratiotColonel119th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Bartlett, William ChambersColonel2nd Mounted Regiment North Carolina Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866USMA, 1862
Barton, William BrainerdColonel48th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867For Fort Wagner,
South Carolina, July 18, 1863.
Bassett, Isaac C.Colonel82nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 12, 1864February 14, 1865Mexican–American War veteran.
Brevet for Overland Campaign.
Batchelder, Richard NapoleonColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. 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, DelavanColonel30th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 30, 1864February 20, 1865Medal of Honor for Cemetery Hill,
Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864.
Bates, Erastus NewtonLt. Colonel80th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Bates, James LawrenceColonel12th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 3, 1869Brevet award confirmed but not issued.
Baxter, De Witt ClintonColonel72nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 3, 1869Brevet for bravery at Battles of
Gettysburg, and the Wilderness.
Beadle, William Henry H.Major3rd Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Beaver, James AddamsColonel148th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 20, 1865Lost right leg at Ream's Station, Virginia, August 25, 1864.
Brevet for Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia.
Beazell, James W.MajorAdditional Paymaster, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 23, 1865March 3, 1869
Beckwith, AmosColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. 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 GriffinColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866USMA, 1842. Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Major, U.S. Army, 1879.
Bedel, JohnColonel3rd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mexican–American War veteran.
Beecher, James ChaplinColonel35th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Brother of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Bell, GeorgeLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865February 14, 1868USMA, 1853. Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1892.
Bell, John HannLt. Colonel12th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 30, 1865March 12, 1866
Bell, Joseph WarrenColonel13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 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, 1865July 26, 1866
Benedict, LewisColonel
Colonel
73rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
162nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Brevet for Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Killed at Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864.
Benjamin, William HenryLt. Colonel8th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Bennett, John E.Colonel75th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865March 12, 1866Arkansas Supreme Court, 1871 - 1874.
South Dakota Supreme Court, 1889 - 1893
Bennett, Thomas WarrenColonel69th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 5, 1865March 10, 1865Governor of Idaho Territory, 1871 - 1875.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1875 - 1876.
Bennett, William TrueColonel33rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 25, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina.
Bentley, Richard CharlesLt. Colonel63rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Bentley, Robert HenryLt. Colonel12th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Benton, Thomas Hart Jr.Colonel29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864February 14, 1865Nephew of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton.
Berdan, HiramColonel1st Regiment U.S. SharpshootersBvt. 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, HenryColonel20th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mexican–American War veteran under name Henry Beeger.
Beveridge, John LourieColonel17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865March 10, 1865U.S. House of Representatives, 1871 - 1873.
Governor of Illinois, 1873 - 1877.
Biddle, JamesColonel6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt 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, HermanColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865March 10, 1865USMA, 1856.
Biggs, JonathanLt. Colonel123rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Biles, Edwin RuthwinColonel99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867Mexican–American War veteran.
Brevet for Battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia.
Bingham, Henry HarrisonMajorJudge-Advocate, USVBvt. 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 DavidColonelAsst. Quartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865July 23, 1866USMA, 1854. Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1895.
Bintliff, JamesColonel38th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for assault on Petersburg.
Bishop, Judson WadeColonel2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 7, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for assault at Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama.
Black, John CharlesColonel37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor for Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7, 1862.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1893 - 1895.
Blackman, Albert MiltonColonel27th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 27, 1864February 14, 1865Brevet for Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia.
Blair, Charles WhiteColonel14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865February 23, 1865
Blair, Lewis JacksonMajor88th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Blair, William H.Colonel179th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Brevet for taking Burnside's Bridge at Battle of Antietam.
Blaisdell, WilliamColonel11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 23, 1864July 2, 1865Mexican–American War veteran.
Killed at Siege of Petersburg, June 23, 1864.
Blake, George Alexander HamiltonColonel1st Regiment U.S. CavalryBvt. 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, ErastusColonel1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1868Brevet for Ashland, Virginia, June 1, 1864.
Blanchard, Justus WardwellColonel162nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Blanden, LeanderColonel95th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for Battle of Mobile, Alabama.
Bloomfield, Ira JacksonLt. Colonel26th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Blunt, Asa PeabodyCaptainAsst. Quartermaster, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866Died as Regular Army major, 1889.
Bodine, Robert LewisLt. Colonel26th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Bolinger, Henry ClayColonel7th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866Brevet for Battle of the Wilderness.
Bolles, John AugustusMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 17, 1865April 10, 1866
Bolton, William JordanColonel51st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Bomford, James VotyColonel8th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1868USMA, 1832. Mexican–American war veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1874.
Bond, John RandolphColonel111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Bonham, EdwardLt. Colonel47th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Bonneville, Benjamin L. E.Colonel3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry
Chief Commissary of Musters
Department of Missouri
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866USMA, 1815. Mexican–American War veteran.
Rocky Mountains explorer.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1861.
Bootes, Levi ClarkMajor17th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 3, 1869Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, 1874.
Boughton, HoraceColonel143rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Bouton, EdwardColonel59th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 28, 1865March 9, 1865
Bowen, Thomas MeadColonel13th Regiment Kansas Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865February 23, 1865Appointed by President Lincoln.
Arkansas Supreme Court, 1867 - 1871.
Governor of Idaho Territory, 1871. U.S. Senator, 1883 - 1889.
Bowerman, Richard NevilleColonel4th Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865March 2, 1867Brevet for Battle of Five Forks, Virginia.
Bowers, Theodore S.Lt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865July 23, 1866Staff of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Bowie, George WashingtonColonel5th Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866Mexican–American War veteran.
Bowman, Samuel M.Colonel84th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 2, 1867
March 3, 1869
Bowyer, EliColonel11th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865Record unclear.
Boyd, Joseph FultonLt. ColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Boynton, HenryColonel8th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Boynton, Henry Van NessLt. Colonel35th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Medal of Honor for Battle of Missionary Ridge.
Brevet for Battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge.
Bradshaw, Robert CharlesColonel44th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Brady, Thomas JeffersonColonel
Colonel
117th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
140th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Brailey, Moses RandolphLt. Colonel111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867Brevet For Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky.
Brayton, Charles RayColonel3rd Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Breck, SamuelMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866USMA, 1855. Retired as Regular Army brigadier general,
adjutant general, 1898.
Brewerton, HenryColonelCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867
Brewster, William R.Colonel73rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864February 14, 1865Brevet for Overland Campaign.
Brice, Benjamin WilliamColonelPaymaster General, USABvt. 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, RoeliffColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 20, 1866February 6, 1867
Briscoe, James C.Colonel
Colonel
199th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
188th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865Not nominatedBrevet for Battle of Fort Gregg.
Dismissed for stealing U.S. funds.
Britt, James W.Lt. Colonel57th New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 3, 1869
Brodhead, Thornton F.Colonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 30, 1862March 28, 1867Mexican–American War veteran.
Mortally wounded at Battle of Second Bull Run. Posthumous award.
Bronson, StephenColonel
Colonel
141st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
153rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Brooks, HoraceColonel4th Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. 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 ElwoodMajor63rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Lost left leg at, brevet for Battle of Atlanta.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1885 - 1889.
Brown, HarveyColonel5th Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. 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 LoomisColonel145th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 3, 1864February 20, 1865
Brown, John MarshallLt. Colonel32nd Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 3, 1867
Brown, Lewis GoveColonel117th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Brown, Nathan WilliamsColonelAsst. Paymaster General, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 15, 1867February 14, 1868Retired as Regular Army brigadier general,
paymaster general, 1882.
Brown, OrlandoColonel24th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 6, 1866April 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, 1865April 10, 1866
Brown, Samuel LockwoodColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Brown, Simeon BatcheldorColonel11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 20, 1865
Brown, Theodore FrelinghuysenCaptain51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866Brevet for Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.
Brown, William RufusColonel13th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Browne, Thomas McLellandColonel7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
April 26, 1866
U.S. House of Representatives, 1877–1891.
Browne, William HenryColonel
Colonel
31st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
24th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mexican–American War veteran.
Brownlow, James PattonColonel1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Son of Editor, Governor of Tennessee, and
U.S. Senator "Parson" William G. Brownlow.
Bruce, JohnLt. Colonel19th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866U.S. District Judge.
Brumback, JeffersonLt. Colonel95th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Brush, Daniel HarmonColonel18th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Brevet for Battle of Fort Donelson and Battle of Shiloh.
Buchanan, Robert ChristieColonel
Brig. Gen. USV, November 29, 1862
temporary
1st Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. 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 PearsonColonel58th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 HartnessColonel11th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Burbank, SidneyColonel2nd Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866USMA, 1829. Brevet for Battle of Gettysburg.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1870.
Burke, Joseph WalterColonel10th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Burke, MartinLt. Colonel3rd Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army lieutenant colonel, 1863.
Burling, George ChildsColonel6th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868Brevet for Battle of Gettysburg.
Burnett, Henry LawrenceMajorJudge-Advocate, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Asst. Judge Advocate, Lincoln conspiracy trial.
Burton, Henry StantonColonel5th Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866USMA, 1839. Mexican–American War veteran.
Commander Fort Delaware prisoner of war camp.
Died as Regular Army colonel, 1869.
Busey, Samuel ThompsonColonel76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865July 26, 1866Brevet for Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama.
U.S. House of Representatives, 1891 - 1893
Butler, Thomas HarveyColonel5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Brevet for campaigns of 1863 and 1864.
Byrne, James J.Colonel18th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. 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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Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Cady, AlbemarleColonel8th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Callender, Franklin DyerMajorOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865July 25, 1866
Callis, John BentonLt. Colonel7th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 13, 1867
Cameron, DanielColonel65th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
A commander of Camp Douglas military prisoner of war camp
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Cameron, HughLt. Colonel2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Campbell, Cleaveland JohnColonel23rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Campbell, Edward LivingstonLt. Colonel4th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Campbell, Jacob MillerColonel54th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Campbell, John AllenLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Candy, CharlesColonel66th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Capehart, HenryColonel1st Regiment West Virginia Cavalry VolunteersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, June 17, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 12, 1866
Medal of Honor
Capron, HoraceColonel14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12. 1866
Card, Benjamin CozzensColonelAsst. Quartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866
Carle, JamesColonel191st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Carleton, Charles ArmsMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Carman, Ezra AyersColonel13th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Carnahan, Robert HustonColonel3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Carruth, SumnerColonel35th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Carson, ChristopherColonel1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mexican–American War veteran; For Battle of Valverde
Case, HenryColonel129th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865March 12, 1866
Casement, John StephenColonel103rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 25, 1865February 14, 1865
Cassidy, Ambrose SpencerMajor93rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Catlin, Isaac SwartwordColonel109th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 28, 1867
Medal of Honor
Cavender, John SmithColonel29th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Chamberlain, Samuel EmeryLt. Colonel1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 24, 1865March 3, 1865
Chambers, AlexanderColonel16th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Champion, Thomas EmmetColonel96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 20, 1865March 10, 1865
Chaplin, DanielColonel1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 17, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, August 17, 1864
April 5, 1867
April 5, 1867
Chickering, Thomas EdwardColonel3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Chipman, Henry LaurensColonel102nd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Chipman, Norton ParkerColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Christ, Benjamin C.Colonel50th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 20, 1865
Christensen, Christian ThomsenLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Christian, William HenryColonel26th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Churchill, MendalLt. Colonel27th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Churchill, SylvesterColonelInspector General, U.S. Army (1841–1861)Bvt. Brig. General, USA (September 23, 1847)Retired September 25, 1861
Cilley, Jonathan PrinceLt. Colonel1st Regiment Maine Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 12, 1865March 12, 1866
Cist, Henry MartynMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Clapp, Dexter E.Lt. Colonel38th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Clark, George WashingtonColonel34th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Clark, GideonLt. Colonel119th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Clark, John S.ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Clark, William HydeMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Clarke, Henry FrancisLt. ColonelAsst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
May 4, 1866
March 2, 1867
Clary, Robert EmmetLt. ColonelDeputy Quartermaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Clay, CecilLt. Colonel58th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Medal of Honor
Clendenin, David RamsayLt. Colonel8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 11, 1865March 12, 1866
Clitz, Henry BoyntonLt. Colonel6th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy,1862–1864
Clough, Joseph MesserLt. Colonel18th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Coates, Benjamin FranklinColonel91st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Coates, James HenryColonel11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cobb, AmasaColonel43rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Also confirmed April 10, 1866
Cobham, George Ashworth Jr.Colonel111th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 19, 1864February 6, 1867
Coburn, JohnColonel33rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cockerill, Joseph RandolphColonel70th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867U. S. House of Representatives 1857-1859
Cogswell, MiltonColonel2nd New York Heavy ArtilleryBvt. 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, WilliamColonel2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864February 14, 1865
Coit, James BollesMajor14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Cole, George W.Colonel2nd Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 25, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 3, 1865
May 4, 1866
Colgrove, SilasColonel27th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 7, 1864February 20, 1865
Collier, Frederick H.Colonel139th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Collis, Charles Henry TuckeyColonel114th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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.Colonel1st Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Comly, James Monroe StuartColonel23rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Commager, Henry Steele (Steal, sic)Colonel184th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 27, 1865March 10, 1865
Comstock, Cyrus BallouLt. ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. 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. Colonel12th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 16, 1867
Conklin, James TallmadgeColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Conrad, JosephColonel15th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cooke, Edwin FrancisMajor2nd Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Coon, Datus EnsignColonel2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865March 10, 1865
Corbin, Henry ClarkLt. Colonel14th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Retired as Regular Army Lieutenant General, 1906.
Coughlin, JohnLt. Colonel10th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 28, 1867Medal of Honor
Coulter, RichardColonel11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 23, 1866
Cowen, Benjamin RushMajorAdditional Paymaster, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cox, John CookeLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 4, 1863March 2, 1867
Cox, Robert CourtonColonel207th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Craig, Henry KnoxColonelOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866Chief of Ordnance of the U.S. Army, 1851-1861
Cram, George HenryColonel9th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Cram, Thomas JeffersonColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. 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.Major1st Regiment Alabama Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 8, 1867
Crandal, Frederick MortimerColonel48th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 24, 1865March 12, 1866
Crane, Charles HenryMajorSurgeon, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Later became Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.
Crane, Nirom M.Colonel107th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cranor, JonathanColonel40th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Crawford, Samuel JohnsonColonel83rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Crocker, John SimpsonColonel93rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Crosman, George HamptonColonelAsst. Quartermaster Gen. USABvt. 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, NelsonColonel67th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
July 19, 1867
Cross, OsbornLt. ColonelDeputy Quartermaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 13, 1867
Crowninshield, CasparColonel2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Cumming, Gilbert W.Colonel51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 30, 1867
Cummings, AlexanderColonel19th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 19, 1865March 12, 1866
Cummins, John E.Colonel185th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 4, 1865March 12, 1866
Cunningham, James AdamsLt. Colonel32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865February 11, 1867
Curley, ThomasColonel27th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Curtin, John IrwinColonel45th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 12, 1864February 14, 1865
Curtis, Arthur RussellLt. Colonel20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Curtis, Greely S.Lt. Colonel1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 30, 1867
Curtis, James FreemanColonel4th Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Curtis, William BakerColonel12th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Curtiss, James EdwardLt. Colonel152nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Cutcheon, Byron M.Colonel27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor
Cutting, WilliamMajorAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cutts, Richard DominicusColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Cuyler, John MeckLt. ColonelSurgeon, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865March 2, 1867

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

D

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Daggett, Aaron SimonLt. Colonel5th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Last Brevet General to die
Daggett, RufusColonel117th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865March 3, 1865
Dana, Edmund LovellColonel143rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Dana, James JacksonColonelQuartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866
Dandy, George BrownColonel100th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Darr, FrancisCaptainCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Davis, Edwin PageColonel153rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864February 14, 1865
Davis, HasbrouckColonel12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1865
Davis, Henry GreeneLt. Colonel101st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1865
Davis, Nelson HenryMajorAsst. Inspector Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1868
Davis, William Watts HartColonel104th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Dawes, Rufus R.Lt. Colonel6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Dawson, Andrew Rea ZinaColonel187th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 21, 1865March 12, 1866
Dawson, Samuel KennedyLt. Colonel15th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Day, HannibalColonel6th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Day, Henry MartynColonel91st Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Day, Nicholas WykoffColonel131st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 13, 1867
Dayton, Oscar VeniahColonel19th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1865
Deems, James MonroeLt. Colonel1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
De Groat, Charles HenryColonel32nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
De Hart, Richard P.Colonel128th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
De Lacy, WilliamColonel164th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
De Land, Charles VictorColonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters
A commander of Camp Douglas military prisoner of war camp
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 13, 1867
De Russy, René EdwardColonelCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866Died November 23, 1865, nominated July 17, 1866
posthumous award
Denison, Andrew WoodsColonel8th Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 19, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865
February 20, 1865
July 23, 1866
Dennis, John BenjaminMajorAdditional Paymaster, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Devereux, Arthur ForresterColonel19th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Devol, Hiram F.Colonel36th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
De Witt, David PorterColonel10th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Dick, George FrederickColonel86th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Dickerson, Christopher J.Lt. Colonel10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Dickey, William HenryColonel84th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Dickinson, JosephMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 7, 1867
Dilworth, Caleb JamesColonel85th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Dimick, JustinColonel1st Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Dimon, Charles Augustus RopesColonel1st Regiment U.S. Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Diven, Alexander S.MajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 30, 1864February 20, 1865
Diven, Charles WorthColonel200th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 25, 1865March 12, 1866
Dixon, William DunlapLt. Colonel6th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1867
Doan, Azariah WallLt. Colonel79th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 18, 1866
Dodd, Levi AxtellLt. Colonel211th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Dodge, George S.ColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865February 14, 1865
Donaldson, James LowryColonelQuartermaster, USABvt. 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 ThomasColonel10th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Dornblaser, BenjaminColonel46th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 20, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 10, 1865
April 26, 1866
Doster, William EmileLt. Colonel4th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Doubleday, UlyssesColonel45th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Dox, Hamilton BogartLt. Colonel12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 29, 1866July 27, 1866
Drake, Francis MarionLt. Colonel36th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 22, 1865March 3, 1865
Drake, George BernardLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 19, 1866
Draper, Alonzo GranvilleColonel36th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864February 14, 1865
Draper, William FranklinLt. Colonel36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Drew, Charles WilsonColonel76th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Drum, Richard CoulterLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Duane, James ChathamMajorCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866Retired as Regular Army Brigadier General, 1888.
Ducat, Arthur CharlesLt. Colonel12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Dudley, Nathan Augustus MonroeMajor15th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 19, 1865February 14, 1865
Dudley, William WadeLt. Colonel19th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 24, 1868Further nomination rejected July 17, 1868
Renomination confirmed February 16, 1869
Duer, John O.Colonel45th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 12, 1865March 12, 1866
Duff, William L.Lt. Colonel2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Duncan, Samuel AugustusColonel4th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
April 26, 1866
Duncan, ThomasMajor3rd Regiment U.S. CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Dunham, Thomas HarrisonMajor11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 5, 1867
Dunlap, Henry C.Colonel3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Dunlap, JamesCaptainQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Dunn, William McKeeLt. ColonelAsst. Judge Advocate, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Duryea, HiramColonel5th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Duryee, Jacob EugeneLt. Colonel2nd Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Dustin, DanielColonel105th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865March 12, 1867
Dutton, Arthur HenryColonel21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 26, 1864March 2, 1867Posthumous award
Dutton, Everell FletcherLt. Colonel105th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865March 2, 1867Posthumous award
Dye, William McEntireColonel20th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Dyer, IsaacColonel15th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

E

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Eastman, SethLt. Colonel1st Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, August 9, 1866February 23, 1867
Easton, Langdon ChevesColonelQuartermaster, USABvt. 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.Colonel72nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Eaton, John Jr.Colonel63rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Eaton, Joseph HoraceMajorPaymaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867
Eckert, Thomas ThompsonMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Edgerton, Alonzo JayColonel67th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Edmands, Joseph CushingColonel32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Edwards, Clark SwettColonel5th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Eggleston, Beroth B.Colonel1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1865
Ekin, James AdamsColonelAsst. Quartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 8, 1865May 4, 1866
Eldridge, Hamilton N.Colonel127th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Elliott, Isaac HughesLt. Colonel33rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Elliott, Samuel MackenzieLt. Colonel79th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 7, 1867
Ellis, Augustus van HorneColonel124th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863February 16, 1869Killed at Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863;
Posthumous award
Ellis, Theodore GrenvilleColonel14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Elstner, George RuterLt. Colonel50th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 8, 1864July 19, 1867Killed before Atlanta August 8, 1864;
Posthumous award
Elwell, John JohnsonCaptainQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Ely, JohnColonel26th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 15, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 15, 1865
March 12, 1867
February 14, 1868[4]
Ely, RalphColonel8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1867
Ely, William GrosvenorColonel18th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Engelmann, AdolphColonel43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Enochs, William HenryColonel1st Veteran Regiment West Virginia Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866U. S. House of Representatives 1891-1893
Ent, Wellington HarryColonel6th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Enyart, David A.Colonel1st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Erskine, AlbertColonel13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Estes, Lewellyn GarrishMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Medal of Honor
Evans, George SpaffordColonel2nd Regiment California Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866Brig. Gen. of California Militia, July, 1864
Everett, CharlesColonel2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

F

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Fairchild, CassiusColonel16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Fairchild, Harrison StilesColonel89th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Fallows, SamuelColonel49th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 24, 1865March 12, 1866
Fardella, EnricoColonel85th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Farnsworth, AddisonColonelVeteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 27, 1865March 12, 1866
Farnum, John EgbertColonel11th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 3, 1866April 10, 1866
Farrar, Bernard GainsColonel6th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 9, 1865March 10, 1865
Fearing, Benjamin DanaColonel92nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864February 14, 1865
Finley, Clement AlexanderColonelSurgeon General (ret.)Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Fisher, Benjamin FranklinColonelChief Signal Officer, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Fisher, Joseph WashingtonColonel195th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 4, 1865March 12, 1866
Fisk, Henry C.Lt. Colonel65th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865March 12, 1867
Fiske, Francis SkinnerLt. Colonel2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Fiske, William OscarColonel1st Regiment Louisiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Fitz Simmons, CharlesLt. Colonel21st Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Fitzhugh, Charles LaneColonel6th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1867
Flanigan, MarkLt. Colonel24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Fleming, Rufus EdwardLt. Colonel6th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Fletcher, Thomas ClementColonel47th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Flood, MartinLt. Colonel15th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 13, 1867
Flynn, John H.Colonel28th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Fonda, John G.Colonel118th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Ford, James HobartColonel2nd Regiment Colorado Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 10, 1864February 14, 1865
Forsyth, George AlexanderMajor8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1865
Foster, George PerkinsColonel4th Regiment Vermont Infantry VolunteersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 14, 1865
Foster, John A.Lt. Colonel175th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Foust, Benezet ForstLt. Colonel10th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Fowler, Edward BrushColonel84th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
March 12, 1866
Franchot, RichardColonel121st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Francine, Louis R.Colonel7th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863March 26, 1867Mortally wounded at Battle of Gettysburg
July 2, 1863: Posthumous award
Frank, PaulColonel52nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Frankle, JonesColonel2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 3, 1865March 12, 1866
Fraser, JohnColonel140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Frazar, DouglasColonel104th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Frederick, Calvin HarloweLt. Colonel5th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
French, Winsor BrownLt. Colonel77th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Frink, Henry AlexanderColonel186th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 4, 1865March 12, 1866
Frisbie, Henry NewtonColonel92nd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Fritz, Peter Jr.Lt. Colonel99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Frizell, Joseph WashingtonColonel94th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Frohock, William ThompsonColonel66th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Fry, Cary HarrisonLt. ColonelDeputy Paymaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, October 15, 1867February 14, 1868
Fuller, Henry WilliamColonel75th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Fullerton, Joseph ScottLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Funke, OttoLt. Colonel11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Fyffe, Edward PierceColonel7th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

G

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Gage, Joseph S.Colonel29th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865March 12, 1866
Gallagher, Thomas FosterColonel11th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Gallup, George W.Colonel14th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Gansevoort, Henry SanfordColonel13th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 24, 1865nominated, not confirmed
Gardiner, AlexanderColonel14th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 19, 1864April 16, 1867
Gardner, John LaneColonel2nd Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Garland, JohnColonel8th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, August 20, 1847
(for Mexican War service).
Garrard, IsraelColonel7th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865March 12, 1866
Garrard, JepthaColonel1st Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1867
Gates, Theodore BurrColonel80th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1867
Gates, WilliamColonel3rd Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Geddes, James LoraineColonel8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 5, 1865March 12, 1866
Gerhardt, JosephColonel46th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Gibson, Horatio GatesColonel2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Gibson, William HarveyColonel49th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Giesy, Henry H.Major46th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 28, 1864April 16, 1867Killed at Dallas, Georgia, May 28, 1864
Posthumous award
Gilbert, Samuel AugustusColonel8th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Gilchrist, Charles AllenColonel50th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Gile, George W.Colonel9th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 6, 1865March 12, 1866
Ginty, George ClayColonel47th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Given, JosiahColonel74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Given, WilliamColonel102nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Glasgow, Samuel LyleColonel23rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 19, 1864February 14, 1865
Gleason, John HassetLt. Colonel63rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 6, 1867
March 18, 1867
Gleason, NewellColonel87th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Glenny, WilliamLt. Colonel64th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Gobin, John Peter ShindelColonel47th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Goddard, WilliamMajor1st Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Godman, James HarperColonel4th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Goff, Nathan Jr.Colonel37th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Goodell, Arthur AugustusLt. Colonel36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Gooding, Oliver PaulColonel31st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
July 23, 1866
Goodyear, Ellsworth D. S.Lt. Colonel10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Gowen, George WashingtonColonel48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865February 16, 1869
Graham, HarveyColonel22nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 25, 1865February 6, 1867
Graham, SamuelColonel5th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Graham, William MontroseCaptain1st Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Major General in the Spanish–American War
Granger, George FrederickColonel9th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 12, 1865March 12, 1866
Greeley, Edwin SenecaColonel10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Green, William N. Jr.Lt. Colonel173rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1864July 19, 1867Mortally wounded at the Battle of Pleasant Hill,
Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Posthumous award
Greene, James DurrellColonel6th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Greene, Oliver DuffMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868Medal of Honor
Gregg, John IrvinColonel16th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. 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.Colonel179th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Gregory, Edgar M.Colonel91st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, August 9, 1866
February 14, 1865
February 6, 1867
Grier, David PerkinsColonel77th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 10, 1865
Grier, William NicholsonLt. Colonel1st Regiment U.S. CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1867
Griffin, Daniel F.Lt. Colonel38th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Grindlay, James GlassColonel146th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867Medal of Honor
Grosvenor, Charles HenryLt. Colonel18th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 23, 1866U. S. House of Representatives 1893-1907
Grosvenor, Thomas W.Lt. Colonel12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Grover, Ira GlantonColonel7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Grubb, Edward BurdColonel37th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Guiney, Patrick RobertColonel9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Guppey, Joshua JamesColonel23rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Gurney, WilliamColonel127th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 19, 1865March 12, 1866
Guss, Henry RuhlColonel97th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 19, 1867
July 19, 1867
Gwyn, JamesColonel118th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865
February 14, 1865
February 16, 1869

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

H

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Hagner, Peter ValentineLt. ColonelOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866USMA, 1836; Mexican–American War veteran;
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1881
Haines, Thomas JeffersonMajorCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866USMA, 1849; Died as Regular Army major, 1883
Hall, Caldwell KeppelleLt. Colonel5th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866For Battle of Monocacy
Hall, CyrusColonel14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mexican–American War veteran
Hall, Henry SeymourLt. Colonel43rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866Brevet for Battle of the Crater; Medal of Honor for
Battle of Gaines Mill and Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
Hall, Jairus WilliamColonel4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (reorganized)Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Hall, James AbramLt. Colonel1st Battalion Maine Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865March 10, 1865
Hall, James FrederickLt. Colonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer EngineersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 24, 1865March 3, 1865
Hall, Robert M.Colonel38th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Died as Regular Army first lieutenant, 1874
Hallowell, Edward NeedlesColonel54th Regiment Massachusetts (Colored) Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 27, 1865March 12, 1866Wounded at Second Battle of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863
Halpine, Charles Graham ("Miles O'Reilly")MajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Hambright, Henry AugustusColonel79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 7, 1865March 12, 1866
Hamilton, William DouglasColonel9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Hamlin, CharlesMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hammell, John SweeneyColonel66th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hammond, JohnColonel5th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Hammond, John HenryMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 31, 1864February 20, 1865
Hanna, WilliamLt. Colonel50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 17, 1868
Hardenbergh, Jacob BrodheadColonel80th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hardie, James AllenColonelADC; Staff Officer; Inspector GeneralBvt. 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.Colonel43rd Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 27, 1865March 12, 1866
Harlan, Emory B.CaptainAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Harnden, HenryLt. Colonel1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Harriman, SamuelColonel37th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Harriman, WalterColonel11th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Governor of New Hampshire 1867–1869
Harris, Andrew LintnerColonel75th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Governor of Ohio 1906–1909
Harris, Benjamin FosterMajor4th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Harris, Charles L.Colonel11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Harrison, BenjaminColonel70th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 23, 1865February 14, 1865Served as a U.S. Senator (R, Ind.) 1881–87Served as President of the United States 1889–93
Harrison, Marcus LaRueColonel1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Harrison, Thomas JeffersonColonel8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 31, 1865February 20, 1865
Hart, James H.Lt. Colonel71st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 12, 1866
Hart, Orson H.Lt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hartshorne, William RossColonel190th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hartsuff, WilliamLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 24, 1865March 10, 1865
Hartwell, Alfred StedmanColonel55th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 30, 1864February 14, 1865
Hartwell, Charles A.Colonel10th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Haskell, Llewellyn FrostColonel41st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 28, 1865March 9, 1865Also nominated to rank from March 13, 1865
Confirmed March 12, 1866
Hastings, RussellLt. Colonel23rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Haughton, NathanielLt. Colonel25th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Hawkes, George PerkinsLt. Colonel21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 30, 1867
Hawkins, Isaac RobertsLt. Colonel7th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 3, 1869
Hawkins, Rush ChristopherColonel9th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Hawley, WilliamColonel3rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865March 12, 1866
Hayden, JuliusMajor10th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Hayes, Edwin L.Colonel100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865February 14, 1865
Hayes, Philip CorneliusLt. Colonel103rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Hayman, Samuel BrinkléMajor10th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 30, 1867
Hazard, John GardnerMajor1st Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 3, 1865March 12, 1866
Healy, Robert WallaceMajor58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Heath, Francis EdwardColonel19th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Heath, Herman H.Major7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Heath, Thomas TinsleyColonel5th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864March 10, 1865
Hedrick, John MorrowLt. Colonel15th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Heine, WilhelmColonel103rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Heinrichs, GustavLt. Colonel41st Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Henderson, Robert MillerLt. Colonel7th Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Henderson, Thomas JeffersonColonel112th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 30, 1864February 20, 1865
Hendrickson, JohnColonel13th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hennessy, John A.Lt. Colonel52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Henry, Guy VernorColonel40th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864February 14, 1865Medal of Honor
Became a Regular Army Brigadier General.
Major General during the Spanish–American War.
Henry, William WirtColonel10th Regiment Vermont Infantry VolunteersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865March 9, 1865Medal of Honor
Herrick, Walter F.Lt. Colonel43rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Herring, Charles PaineLt. Colonel118th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hickenlooper, AndrewLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hill, Bennett HoskinLt. Colonel5th Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, January 31, 1865February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 1, 1865
Hill, Charles W.Colonel128th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 19, 1867
July 19, 1867
Hill, Jonathan AugustusColonel11th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Hill, Sylvester GardnerColonel35th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864February 14, 1865Killed at Battle of Nashville, December 15, 1864
Posthumous award
Hillis, David BurkeColonel17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Hillyer, William SillimanColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Hitchcock, George HowardLt. Colonel132nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Hobart, Harrison CarrollColonel21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865February 14, 1865
Hobson, WilliamLt. Colonel17th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865February 21, 1867
Hoffman, Henry C.Colonel23rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Hoffman, WilliamColonel3rd 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 WilliamColonel56th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 20, 1865
Hoge, George BlaikieColonel113th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hoge, George WashingtonColonel183rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Holabird, Samuel BeckleyColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 28, 1866Retired as Regular Army brigadier general, 1890
Holbrook, Mellen TaftLt. Colonel173rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Holloway, Ephraim SamuelMajor41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Holman, John H.Colonel1st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Holt, ThomasLt. Colonel70th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 29, 1867
Holter, Marcellus John WesleyLt. Colonel195th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Hooker, Ambrose EugeneLt. Colonel6th Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Horn, John WattsColonel6th Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864February 14, 1865
Hotchkiss, Charles TrumanColonel89th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hough, JohnMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Houghtaling, CharlesColonel1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Houghton, Moses BarrettColonel3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (reorganized)Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Howard, Charles HenryColonel128th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 15, 1865March 12, 1866
Howe, John HomerLt. Colonel124th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Howland, Horace NewtonLt. Colonel3rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Howland, JosephColonel16th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hoyt, Charles HenryColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hoyt, George HenryLt. Colonel15th Regiment Kansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Hoyt, Henry MartynColonel52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1866
Hubbard, JamesColonel2nd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865March 12, 1866
Hubbard, Lucius FrederickColonel5th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 16, 1864February 14, 1865
Hubbard, Thomas HamlinColonel30th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 13, 1865March 12, 1866Served as brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Hudnutt, Joseph O.Lt. Colonel38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 13, 1867
Hudson, John G.Colonel60th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Huey, PennockColonel8th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hugunin, James R.Major12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Humphrey, Thomas W.Colonel95th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 10, 1864February 20, 1865Killed at Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 1864
Posthumous award
Humphrey, WilliamColonel2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 20, 1865
Hunt, Lewis CassCaptain67th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Not to be confused with Brig. Gen. Lewis Cass Hunt (1824-1886).
Hunter, Morton CraigColonel82nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hurd, John RickerColonel173rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 17, 1868Award not issued
Hurst, Samuel H.Colonel73rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Hutchins, Rue PughLt. Colonel94th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Hutchinson, Frederick SharpeColonel15th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 24, 1865April 10, 1866
Hyde, Thomas WorcesterColonel1st Regiment Maine Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 3, 1869
Medal of Honor

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

I

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Ihrie, George PeterColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. 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, TimothyColonel38th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 2, 1865March 12, 1867
Innes, William PowerColonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer EngineersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 8, 1867
Irvine, WilliamLt. Colonel10th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Irwin, William HowardColonel49th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Ives, BraytonColonel1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

J

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Jackson, Joseph CookeLt. Colonel26th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Jackson, Samuel McCartneyColonel11th Regiment Reserves
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866For Battles of Wilderness, Spotsylvania
and Bethesda Church
Jacobs, Ferris Jr.Lt. Colonel3rd Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
James, William LevisColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 1, 1866April 10, 1866
Jardine, EdwardCaptainVeteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Jarvis, Dwight Jr.Colonel13th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Jeffries, Noah LemuelColonel20th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 30, 1865March 12, 1866
Jenkins, Horatio Jr.Lt. Colonel4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Jennison, Samuel PearceLt. Colonel10th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Johns, Thomas DentonColonel7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Johnson, Charles AdamsColonel25th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Johnson, Gilbert Marquis La FayetteColonel13th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Johnson, James M.Colonel1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Johnson, LewisColonel44th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Johnson, RobertColonel1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Son of Tennessee military governor and eventual U.S President Andrew Johnson
Jones, Edward FrancColonel26th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Jones, Fielder A.Colonel8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Jones, John SillsColonel174th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 27, 1865March 12, 1866
Jones, Joseph BlackburnColonel68th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Jones, Samuel B.Colonel78th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865April 10, 1866
Jones, TheodoreColonel30th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Jones, Wells S.Colonel53rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Jones, William PriceMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Jordan, Thomas JeffersonColonel9th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 25, 1865March 9, 1865
Jourdan, JamesColonel158th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864:
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
July 27, 1866
Judson, Roscius WinslowColonel142nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Judson, William R.Colonel6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

K

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Kargé, JosephColonel2nd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Keifer, Joseph WarrenColonel110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry RegimentBvt. 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.Colonel2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Kellogg, John AzorColonel6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Kelly, John HenryColonel114th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Kelton, John CunninghamMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866Retired as regular army brigadier general and adjutant general, 1892.
Kennedy, Robert PattersonMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Kennett, Henry GassawayColonel79th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Kent, LorenColonel29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 22, 1865March 12, 1866
Ketner, JamesMajor16th Regiment Kansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Kidd, James HarveyColonel6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Kiddoo, Joseph BarrColonel22nd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. 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 LawrenceColonelAsst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Kilgour, William MatherLt. Colonel75th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865March 12, 1866
Kimball, John WhiteColonel53rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Kimball, William KingColonel12th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Kimberly, Robert LewisColonel191st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
King, Adam EckfeldtMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
King, John FieldsLt. Colonel114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
King, William SterlingColonel4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Kingsbury, Charles PeobleMajorOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867
Kingsbury, Henry DenisonColonel189th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 10, 1865March 10, 1865
Kinney, Thomas JeffersonColonel119th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Kinsey, William BakerLt. Colonel161st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 24, 1868
Kinsman, Josiah BurnhamLt. ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 24, 1868
July 18, 1868
Kirby, ByronLt. Colonel3rd Regiment Maryland Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 6, 1865March 12, 1868Not issued.
Kirby, Dennis ThomasLt. Colonel27th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor
Kirby, Isaac MinorColonel101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865March 10, 1865
Kirkham, Ralph WilsonMajorQuartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Kise, Reuben C.Colonel120th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Kitchell, EdwardLt. Colonel98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Kitching, John HowardColonel6th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 14, 1865Posthumous brevet for Cedar Creek.
Knefler, FrederickColonel79th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Knowles, Oliver BlachlyColonel21st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Kozlay, Eugene A.Colonel54th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Krez, ConradColonel27th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Krzyżanowski, WłodzimierzColonel58th New York Volunteer Infantry RegimentBvt, Brig. Gen. USV, March 2, 1865March 9, 1865Temporary Brig. Gen. (November 29, 1862 - March 4, 1863)
Kueffner, William CharlesColonel149th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 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
La Grange, Oscar HughColonel1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
La Motte, Charles EugeneColonel6th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Laflin, ByronColonel34th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Lagow, Clark B.ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Landram, William JenningsColonel19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Lane, John QuincyColonel97th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Langdon, Elisha BassettLt. Colonel1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866For Battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge
Lansing, Henry SeymourColonel17th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Lasselle, William PolkeLt. Colonel9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Latham, George R.Colonel6th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Laughlin, Rankin G.Lt. Colonel94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Lawrence, Albert GallatinCaptain2nd Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 25, 1865February 6, 1867
Lawrence, William HenryMajorAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Lawrence, William HudsonColonel34th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Le Duc, William GatesLt. ColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Le Favour, HeberColonel22nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Le Gendre, Charles W.Colonel51st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Leake, Joseph BloomfieldLt. Colonel20th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Lee, Edward M.Lt. Colonel5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Lee, Horace ClarkColonel27th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Lee, John C.Colonel164th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Lee, William RaymondColonel20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Leech, William AlbertLt. Colonel90th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Leiper, Charles LewisLt. Colonel6th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Leonard, HiramLt. ColonelDeputy Paymaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Leslie, Thomas JeffersonMajorPaymaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Lewis, Charles W.Colonel7th Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Lewis, John RandolphColonelVeteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Lewis, William Delaware Jr.Colonel110th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Lieb, HermanColonel5th Regiment U.S. Colored ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Lincoln, William SeverColonel34th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 23, 1865March 12, 1866
Lindley, John M.Lt. Colonel19th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867Error in name corrected December 3, 1867
Lippincott, Charles ElletColonel33rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 17, 1865February 23, 1865
Lippitt, Francis JamesLt. Colonel2nd Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Lister, Frederick WilliamLt. Colonel31st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Litchfield, Allyne C.Colonel7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Littell, John SmithColonel76th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865February 23, 1865
Littlefield, Milton SmithColonel21st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 26, 1864February 14, 1865
Littlejohn, DeWitt ClintonColonel110th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Livingston, Robert RamsayColonel1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 21, 1865March 12, 1866
Locke, Frederick ThomasLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865March 12, 1866
Lockman, John ThomasColonel119th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Loomis, Cyrus O.Colonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865March 12, 1866
Loomis, Gustavus A.Colonel5th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Lord, Therndon ElleryCaptain3rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Loring, Charles GreeleyLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, July 17, 1865
February 20, 1865
March 12, 1866
Love, George MaltbyColonel116th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865March 10, 1865Medal of Honor
Lovell, Charles SwainColonel18th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Lovell, Frederick SolonColonel46th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 11, 1865March 12, 1866
Lowe, William WarrenColonel5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Ludington, Marshall IndependenceColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 186619th Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army,
Major General in the Spanish–American War
Ludlow, Benjamin ChambersMajor4th Regiment Missouri Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864March 28, 1867
Ludlow, William HandyMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 28, 1867
March 28, 1867
Lyle, PeterColonel90th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Lyman, LukeLt. Colonel27th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Lynch, James CanningColonel183rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Lynch, William FrancisColonel58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 31, 1865February 20, 1865
Lyon, William PennColonel13th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 26, 1865March 12, 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
McAlester, Miles DanielCaptainCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865March 2, 1867
McAllister, RobertColonel11th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 27, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
McArthur, William MiltimoreColonel8th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866Revised citation July 23, 1868
Macauley, DanielColonel11th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Also spelled McCauley, spelling corrected January 4, 1867
Brevet for Battle of Cedar Creek
McBride, James DouglassLt. Colonel8th Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
McCall, William H. H.Lt. Colonel200th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
McCallum, Daniel CraigColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 24, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 15, 1865
February 6, 1867
McCalmont, Alfred BrunsonColonel208th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McCleery, JamesCaptain41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
McClennan, Matthew RobertColonel138th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
McClurg, Alexander CaldwellLt. Colonel Asst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 18, 1865April 10, 1866
McConihe, JohnColonel169th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 1, 1864February 14, 1868Killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
McConihe, SamuelMajor93rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 5, 1867
McConnell, Henry KumlerColonel71st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McConnell, JohnColonel5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Also shown confirmed March 12, 1866
McCook, Anson GeorgeColonel2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McCook, Edwin StantonColonel31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
April 16, 1867
McCormick, Charles ComlyColonel7th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McCoy, DanielLt. Colonel175th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McCoy, Robert AbbottLt. Colonel11th Regiment Reserves
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
McCoy, Thomas FranklinColonel107th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865April 10, 1866
McCreary, David BerkleyLt. Colonel145th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
McCrillis, LafayetteColonel3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 4, 1864February 14, 1868Award not issued
McDougall, CharlesMajorSurgeon, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867
MacDougall, Clinton DugaldColonel111th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 25, 1865March 3, 1865
McEwen, MatthewMajor (Surgeon)2nd Regiment West Virginia Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
McFerran, John CourtsColonelQuartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
McGarry, EdwardColonel2nd Regiment California Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
McGowan, John EncillLt. Colonel1st Regiment U.S. Colored Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
MacGregor, John DunnColonel4th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
McGroarty, Stephen JosephColonel82nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 1, 1865March 12, 1866
McIvor, James PatrickColonel170th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 17, 1868
Mackay, Andrew JacksonLt. ColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McKeever, ChaunceyMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
McKenney, Thomas IrvingMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McKibbin, David BellColonel158th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McKibbin, Gilbert HuntCaptainAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864February 14, 1865
McLaren, Robert NeillColonel2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 14, 1865April 10, 1866
McLaughlen, Napoleon BonaparteColonel57th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
July 23, 1865
McMahon, JohnColonel188th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 30, 1865April 10, 1866
McMahon, Martin ThomasLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
April 10, 1866
Medal of Honor
McMillen, William LinnColonel95th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 16, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 2, 1867
McNary, William H.Lt. Colonel158th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McNaught, Thomas AlexanderColonel59th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 4, 1865March 12, 1866
McNett, Andrew JamesLt. Colonel141st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 28, 1866February 6, 1867
McNulta, JohnColonel94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
McQuade, JamesColonel14th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 21, 1867
March 2, 1867
McQueen, Alexander G.Lt. Colonel1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
McQuiston, John CravenColonel123rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
McThomson, JamesLt. Colonel107th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866For Battle of Gettysburg where wounded
Macy, George NelsonColonel20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 14, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
February 20, 1865
March 12, 1866
Madill, Henry JohnColonel141st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Magee, David WoodColonel86th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Malloy, Adam GaleColonel17th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Manderson, Charles FrederickColonel19th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Mank, William G.Lt. Colonel8th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1865April 10, 1866
Mann, Orrin LorentnaLt. Colonel39th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Manning, Stephen HartCaptainQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Mansfield, JohnColonel12th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1867
Markoe, JohnLt. Colonel71st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1867
Marple, William WarrenColonel34th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Marshall, Elisha GaylordColonel14th Regiment New York Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. 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 RaineyColonel7th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Martin, James StewartColonel111th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 28, 1865March 9, 1865
Martin, John AlexanderColonel8th Regiment Kansas Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Martin, William HenryLt. Colonel93rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 8, 1865May 18, 1866
Mason, Edwin CooleyColonel176th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 3, 1865March 12, 1866
Mather, Thomas S.Colonel2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 28, 1865March 12, 1866
Mathews, Joseph ArdColonel205th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Mathews, Salmon S.Lt. Colonel5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Mattocks, Charles PorterColonel17th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867Medal of Honor for Battle of Sailor's Creek
Served as brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Maxwell, Norman JayColonel100th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 18, 1865February 14, 1868
Maxwell, Obediah CraigLt. Colonel2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
May, DwightColonel12th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 24, 1865March 12, 1866
Maynadier, Henry EvelethMajor12th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
July 23, 1866
July 23, 1866
Maynadier, WilliamColonelOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Mehringer, JohnColonel91st Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Merchant, Charles SpencerColonel4th Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Merrill, LewisColonel2nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Resigned as Regular Army Lt. Colonel, 1886
Also Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, 1890
Mersy, AugustColonel9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Messer, JohnLt. Colonel101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Meyer, Edward SeraphimMajor5th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1865
Michie, Peter SmithLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 1, 1865March 10, 1865
Michler, NathanielMajorCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 2, 1865July 28, 1866
Miller, Abram O.Colonel72nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Miller, MadisonColonel18th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Miller, Morris SmithMajorQuartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866
Mills, James K.Colonel24th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Mills, MadisonColonelMedical Inspector Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Mindil, George WashingtonColonel33rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 GeorgeColonel4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866
Mintzer, William M.Colonel53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Mitchell, Grenville McNeelColonel54th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 22, 1865March 12, 1866
Mitchell, William GalbraithMajorAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Mix, ElishaColonel8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Mizner, Henry RutgerasColonel14th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Mizner, John KempColonel3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Moffitt, StephenLt. Colonel96th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 19, 1866
Molineux, Edward LeslieColonel159th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 19, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 28, 1867
Monroe, George WoodColonel7th Regiment Kentucky Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Montgomery, MiltonColonel25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Moody, GranvilleColonel74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1867
Moon, John CarterColonel118th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 21, 1865March 12, 1866
Moonlight, ThomasColonel11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865February 23, 1867Appointed by President Lincoln.
Moor, AugustColonel28th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1867
Moore, DavidColonel21st Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 21, 1865March 3, 1865
Moore, Frederick WilliamColonel83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865April 12, 1866
Moore, Jesse HaleColonel115th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 15, 1865April 12, 1866
Moore, Jonathan BakerColonel33rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Moore, Marshall F.Colonel69th Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1867
July 19, 1867
Moore, Timothy CummingsLt. Colonel34th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 11, 1865April 12, 1866
Moore, Seymour TredwellCaptainAsst. Quartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 18, 1868
Morehead, Turner GustavusColonel106th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Morgan, George NelsonColonel2nd Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Morgan, Michael RyanLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865March 18, 1867USMA, 1854.
Retired as Regular Army Brigadier General, 1897.
Morgan, Thomas JeffersonColonel14th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Morgan, William HenryColonel3rd Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Morgan, William HenryMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 20, 1865March 12, 1866
Morrill, JohnColonel64th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Morris, William WaltonColonel2nd Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. 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, DavidColonel79th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 17, 1868
Morrison, Joseph JohnsonCaptain3rd Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Morrison, PitcairnColonel8th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Morrow, Henry AndrewColonel24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
May 18, 1866
Morse, Henry BaggLt. Colonel114th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Mott, Samuel RollaLt. Colonel57th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Mudgett, William S.Colonel80th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Mulcahy, ThomasLt. Colonel139th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Mulford, John ElmerMajor3rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 4, 1864March 10, 1865
Mulholland, St Clair AugustinColonel116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
May 18, 1866
February 16, 1869
Medal of Honor
Mulligan, James AdelbertColonel23rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 23, 1864February 20, 1865Killed at the Second Battle of Kernstown, Virginia
(Winchester, Virginia), July 24, 1864.
Posthumous brevet for Second Battle of Kernstown
Mundee, CharlesMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Murphy, John KiddCaptainVeteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Murray, Benjamin BixbyLt. Colonel15th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 19, 1866Also confirmed July 23, 1866
Murray, EdwardLt. Colonel5th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Murray, Eli HoustonColonel3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 25, 1865March 12, 1866
Murray, John B.Colonel148th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Mussey, Reuben DelavanColonel100th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865No recordNo record of nomination and confirmation
Myer, Albert JamesMajorChief Signal Officer, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 14, 1867Appointed Brig. Gen. USA, June 16, 1880
Myers, FrederickMajorQuartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Myers, George RanneyColonel18th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Myers, WilliamColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866

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N

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Nase, AdamMajor15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Lost right foot at Battle of Shiloh
Neafie, AllfredLt. Colonel156th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 24, 1868For gallantry at the Third Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864
Neff, Andrew JacksonLt. Colonel84th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Neff, George WashingtonColonel88th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Attended Woodward College
Neide, HoraceLt. Colonel13th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866For Battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Glendale
Retired as Regular Army captain, 1893
Nettleton, Alvred BayardLt. Colonel2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866Oberlin College graduate; Asst. Sec. of Treasury, 1890 - 1893
Newberry, Walter CassColonel24th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865March 12, 1866
Newport, Reece MarshallColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Nichols, George F.Colonel118th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Nichols, George SylvesterColonel9th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Nichols, William AugustusColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. 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, NathanielColonel130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Noble, John WillockColonel3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Noble, William H.Colonel17th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Northcott, Robert SandersLt. Colonel12th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Norton, Charles BenjaminLt. ColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869
Noyes, Edward FollansbeeColonel39th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Left leg amputated
Governor of Ohio (1872-1874)
Nugent, RobertColonel69th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Nye, George HenryMajor29th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 29, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 23, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

O

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
O'Beirne, James RowanMajorVeteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 26, 1865February 16, 1869Medal of Honor
O'Brien, George MorganMajor7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
O'Dowd, JohnColonel181st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Oakes, JamesLt. Colonel4th Regiment U.S. CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866USMA graduate, 1846; Mexican–American War
veteran; brevet for recruitment of armies
retired Regular Army colonel, 1879
Oley, John H.Colonel7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Oliphant, Samuel DuncanColonel14th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 27, 1865March 12, 1866
Oliver, Paul AmbroseCaptain5th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865March 10, 1865Medal of Honor
Olmsted, William AdamsColonel59th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1865
Ordway, AlbertMajor24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Osband, Embury D.Colonel3rd Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 5, 1864February 14, 1865
Osborn, Francis AugustusColonel24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 17, 1868
Otis, Calvin NicholasLt. Colonel100th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 16, 1867
Otis, Elwell StephenLt. Colonel140th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1902
Later also Maj. Gen. of Volunteers and of Regulars (ret.)
Otis, John LordColonel10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

P

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Packard, JasperColonel128th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Painter, WilliamMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Palfrey, Francis WinthropColonel20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Palfrey, John CarverLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 26, 1865February 23, 1867
Palmer, Oliver HazardColonel108th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Palmer, William JacksonColonel15th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 6, 1864March 10, 1865Medal of Honor
Pardee, Ario Jr.Colonel147th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 12, 1865February 14, 1865
Pardee, Don AlbertLt. Colonel42nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Park, Sidney WesleyColonel2nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Parker, Ely SamuelLt. ColonelMilitary Secretary to Lt. Gen. U. S. GrantBvt. 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 GibsonColonel9th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 22, 1865March 12, 1868
Parrish, Charles ShermanColonel130th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Parrott, James CornerLt. Colonel7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Parry, Augustus CommodoreColonel47th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Partridge, Benjamin FranklinColonel16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 31, 1865March 12, 1866
Partridge, Frederick WilliamLt. Colonel13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Pattee, JohnLt. Colonel7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Pattee, Joseph B.Lt. Colonel190th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Patten, Henry LymanMajor20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Patterson, Joab NelsonLt. Colonel2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Patterson, Robert EmmetColonel115th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 16, 1867
Patterson, Robert FranklinLt. Colonel29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865April 10, 1866
Payne, Eugene BeauharnaisLt. Colonel37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Payne, Oliver HazardColonel124th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Pearce, John StonemanLt. Colonel98th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Pearsall, Uri BalcomLt. Colonel99th U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Pearson, Alfred LawrenceColonel155th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 30, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, May 1, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Pearson, Robert NewtonLt. Colonel31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Pease, PhineasColonel49th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 17, 1868
Pease, William RussellColonel117th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 20, 1867
Peck, Frank HenryLt. Colonel12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 19, 1864March 24, 1868Mortally wounded at Third Battle of Winchester
Peck, Lewis MeadColonel173rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
July 19, 1867
Peirson, Charles LawrenceColonel39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Pelouze, Louis HenryMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Pennington, Alexander Cummings McWhorterColonel3rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 15, 1865March 12, 1866Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1899
PerLee, Samuel R.Colonel114th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Perkins, Henry WellesLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Perry, Alexander JamesColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866
Phelps, Charles EdwardColonel7th Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866Medal of Honor
Phelps, John ElishaColonel2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Phelps, Walter Jr.Colonel22nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Phillips, Jesse J.Lt. Colonel9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Pickett, JosiahColonel25th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 3, 1864March 24, 1868
Pierce, Francis EdwinLt. Colonel108th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Pierson, John FrederickColonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Pierson, William SewardLt. Colonel128th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Pinckney, Joseph ConselyeaCaptainCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Pinto, Francis EffinghamColonel32nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Plaisted, Harris MerrillColonel11th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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.Colonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer Veteran CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Pleasants, Henry ClayLt. Colonel48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Pollock, Samuel McLeanColonel6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Pomutz, GeorgeLt. Colonel15th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Pope, Edmund MannColonel8th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 13, 1866
Porter, HoraceLt. ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Medal of Honor
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1873
Porter, Samuel AlfredColonel123rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Post, Philip SidneyColonel59th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 16, 1864March 11, 1865Medal of Honor
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 11, 1865
Potter, Carroll HagedornMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Potter, Joseph AdamsColonelQuartermaster, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Powell, EugeneLt. Colonel66th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Powers, Charles JamesColonel108th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 28, 1867
Pratt, Benjamin FranklinLt. Colonel36th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Prescott, George LincolnColonel32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 18, 1864July 19, 1867Posthumous. Mortally wounded at
Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864
Preston, Simon ManleyColonel58th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 30, 1865April 10, 1866
Prevost, Charles MalletColonel16th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 13, 1867
Price, FrancisColonel7th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Price, Richard ButlerColonel2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1867
Price, Samuel WoodsonColonel21st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Price, William RedwoodMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Retired as Regular Army Lt. Colonel, 1874
Prime, Frederick EdwardMajorCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867Commission not issued.
Pritchard, Benjamin DudleyLt. Colonel4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 10, 1865March 12, 1866
Proudfit, James KerrColonel12th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Pugh, Isaac CampbellColonel41st Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 10, 1865March 11, 1865
Pulford, JohnColonel5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

Q

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

R

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Ramsey, JohnLt. Colonel8th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
February 14, 1865
March 12, 1866
Randall, George W.Major30th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 24, 1868
Randol, Alanson MerwinColonel2nd Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 24, 1865March 12, 1866USMA 1860
Died as Regular Army Major, 1887
Ratliff, Robert WilsonColonel12th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Raynolds, William FranklinMajorCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867USMA 1843
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1884
Raynor, William HenryColonel56th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Read, Samuel TylerMajor3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 13, 1867Commission not issued
Read, TheodoreMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 29, 1864March 10, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln March 9, 1865
Reese, Chauncey B.CaptainCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Reeve, Isaac Van DuzerColonel13th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1868USMA 1835
Remick, DavidLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Reno, Marcus AlbertColonel12th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866USMA 1857
Revere, Paul JosephColonel20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863July 23, 1868Posthumous; mortally wounded at Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Grandson of Paul Revere
Revere, William H. Jr.Colonel107th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 17, 1865March 12, 1866Commission not issued
Reynolds, Joseph SmithLt. Colonel64th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 11, 1865Not listed by Eicher
Richardson, HollonLt. Colonel7th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Richardson, William PittColonel25th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 7, 1864February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Richmond, LewisLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Riggin, John Jr.ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Rinaker, John IrvingColonel122nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Ripley, Edward HastingsColonel9th Regiment Vermont Infantry VolunteersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln January 31, 1865
Ripley, Theodore AlexanderCaptain14th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 27, 1867
Risdon, Orlando CharlesColonel53rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Ritchie, JohnColonel2nd Regiment Kansas Indian Home GuardBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 21, 1865March 3, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln February 22, 1865; not issued
Robbins, Walter RaleighMajor1st Regiment New Jersey Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 30, 1867
Roberts, Charles WentworthColonel2nd Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Roberts, JosephColonel3rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
Roberts, Samuel HenryColonel139th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 28, 1864February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 7, 1865
Robertson, James MadisonCaptain2nd Regiment U.S. ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866Retired as Regular Army Major, 1879
Robeson, William P. Jr.Lt. Colonel3rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Robinson, George DorgueColonel97th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Robinson, Henry LeeCaptainQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Robinson, Milton StappColonel75th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 19, 1866
Robinson, William AndrewCaptain77th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Robison, John K.Lt. Colonel16th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 8, 1867
Rockwell, Alfred PerkinsColonel6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1868
Rodenbough, Theophilus FrancisCaptain18th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. 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.MajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Rodman, Thomas JacksonMajorOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866Died as Regular Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1871.
Rogers, GeorgeLt. Colonel4th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Rogers, George ClarkeColonel15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Rogers, Horatio Jr.Colonel2nd Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Rogers, James ClarenceColonel123rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Rogers, William FindlayColonel21st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Roome, CharlesColonel37th Regiment New York State MilitiaBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Root, Adrian RoweColonel94th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 EllwoodColonel77th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 22, 1865March 12, 1866
Ross, SamuelColonel20th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865March 12, 1866Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1875.
Ross, William Edward WyattLt. Colonel31st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Rowett, RichardColonel7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Rowley, William ReubenLt. ColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Ruff, Charles FrederickLt. Colonel3rd Regiment U.S. CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Ruggles, George DavidColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865
March 12, 1866USMA 1855
Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1897.
Ruggles, James McLainLt. Colonel3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Runkle, Benjamin PiattLt. Colonel26th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 9, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, November 9, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 19, 1867
Rusk, Jeremiah McLainLt. Colonel25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Rusling, James FowlerColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 16, 1866April 10, 1868
Russell, Charles SawyerLt. Colonel28th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 30, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Russell, Henry SturgisColonel5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Rust, Henry Jr.Colonel13th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Rust, John D.Colonel8th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Rutherford, AllanLt. Colonel22nd Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 2, 1867March 3, 1869
Rutherford, George ValentineColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Rutherford, Reuben CliffordCaptainQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

S

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Sacket, Delos BennettColonelInspector Gen. USABvt. 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.Colonel9th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866Mortally wounded at Battle of Trevilian Station
Virginia, June 11, 1864
Salm-Salm, Prince FelixColonel68th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Salomon, Charles EberhardColonel9th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Salomon, Edward SeligLt. Colonel82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Sanborn, WilliamLt. Colonel22nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Sanders, Addison HiattLt. Colonel16th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Sanders, Horace T.Colonel19th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 19, 1865March 12, 1866
Sanderson, Thomas WakefieldLt. Colonel10th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sanford, Edward SewallColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Sargent, Horace BinneyColonel1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 21, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Satterlee, Richard S.MajorMedical Purveyor, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, September 2, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Retired as Regular Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1869.
Sawtelle, Charles GreeneColonelQuartermaster, USA,Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 14, 1867
Sawyer, FranklinLt. Colonel8th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Scates, Walter BennettMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Schmitt, William AndrewLt. Colonel27th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Schneider, Edward F.Lt. Colonel8th Regiment Kansas Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 25, 1866
Schofield, George WheelerLt. Colonel2nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 26, 1865February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 23, 1865
Scofield, HiramColonel47th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Schriver, EdmundColonelInspector Gen. USABvt. 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 KlingerLt. Colonel50th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 24, 1865March 12, 1866
Scott, George WashingtonColonel61st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Scott, RufusLt. Colonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer DragoonsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Scribner, Benjamin FranklinColonel38th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 8, 1864February 20, 1866
Seaver, Joel J.Colonel16th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Seawell, Thomas D.Colonel57th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Seawell, WashingtonColonel6th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Selfridge, James LerconColonel46th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 16, 1865March 12, 1866
Serrell, Edward WellmanColonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer EngineersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sewall, Frederick DummerColonel3rd Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 21, 1865March 12, 1866
Sewell, William JoyceColonel38th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 ThomasLt. Colonel28th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Shaffer, John WilsonColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Shafter, William RufusColonel17th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866Medal of Honor
Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1901.
Maj. Gen. of Volunteers during the Spanish–American War.
Shanks, John Peter CleaverColonel7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. 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 HenryColonel120th New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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, JacobColonel156th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Shaurman, NelsonColonel90th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Shaw, James Jr.Colonel7th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Shedd, WarrenColonel30th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Sheets, Benjamin FranklinLt. Colonel92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Sheetz, Josiah A.Colonel8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Sheldon, Charles S.Colonel18th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Sheldon, Lionel AllenColonel42nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Shepherd, Oliver LathropColonel15th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867USMA 1840
Shepherd, Russell BenjaminColonel1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sherwin, Thomas Jr.Lt. Colonel22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Sherwood, Isaac RuthLt. Colonel111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 27, 1865March 10, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 27, 1865
Shiras, Alexander EakinColonelAsst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USABvt. 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 NewtonLt. Colonel114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 19, 1866
Shunk, DavidColonel8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 9, 1865February 9, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 9, 1865
Shurtleff, Giles WaldoColonel5th U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sibley, Caleb ChaseColonel16th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Sickel, Horatio GatesColonel198th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 FranklinColonel147th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sidell, William HenryLt. Colonel10th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Sigfried, Joshua K.Colonel48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Simonson, John SmithColonel3rd Regiment U.S. CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Simpson, James HerveyLt. ColonelCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 14, 1866USMA 1832
Retired as Regular Army Colonel, 1880.
Simpson, Marcus de LafayetteLt. ColonelAsst. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 14, 1866
April 10, 1867
Simpson, Samuel P.Lt. Colonel31st Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Slevin, Patrick SumervilleColonel100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Slocum, WilliamLt. Colonel120th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Small, Michael PeterLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865February 14, 1868
Smith, Alfred BakerColonel150th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Arthur ArnoldColonel83rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Benjamin FranklinColonel126th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Charles EdwardLt. Colonel11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Smith, Charles HenryColonel1st Regiment Maine Volunteer CavalryBvt. 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 WorthingtonLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Franklin C.Colonel102nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, George WashingtonLt. Colonel88th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Israel CantonLt. Colonel10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Smith, JamesColonel128th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 24, 1868
Smith, John CorsonLt. Colonel96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Joseph RoweMajor7th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, April 9, 1865February 23, 1867
Smith, Joseph SewallLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 11, 1865April 26, 1866
Smith, OrlandColonel73rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Smith, OrlowMajor65th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Smith, Robert FrederickColonel16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Smith, Robert WilsonColonel16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Smith, William JayColonel6th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 16, 1865March 12, 1866
Sniper, GustavusColonel185th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sowers, Carl EdgarLt. Colonel118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1867
Spalding, GeorgeColonel12th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 21, 1865March 12, 1866
Spaulding, IraLt. Colonel50th Regiment New York Volunteer EngineersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Spaulding, Oliver LymanColonel23rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 25, 1865March 12, 1866
Spear, EllisLt. Colonel20th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865April 10, 1866
Spear, Samuel PerkinsColonel11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Spencer, George EliphazColonel1st Regiment Alabama Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866U.S. Senator from Alabama (1868–1879)
Spicely, William ThomasColonel24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Spofford, John PembrokeColonel97th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1866February 6, 1867
Spooner, Benjamin J.Colonel83rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
April 10, 1866
April 10, 1866
Sprague, Augustus Brown ReedLt. Colonel2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Sprague, Ezra T.Colonel42nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 20, 1865March 12, 1866
Spurling, Andrew B.Lt. Colonel2nd Regiment Maine Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865April 10, 1866Error as to name Spaulding corrected December 3, 1867
Stafford, Joab ArwinColonel178th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Stager, AnsonColonelMilitary Telegraph CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stagg, PeterColonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stanley, Timothy RobbinsColonel18th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Stanton, David LeroyColonel1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865July 23, 1866
Starbird, Isaac WarrenColonel19th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 7, 1865March 12, 1866
Starring, Frederick AugustusColonel72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Stedman, Griffin Alexander Jr.Colonel11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 5, 1864February 20, 1865Mortally wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, August 5, 1864.
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864.
Commission not issued
Stedman, WilliamColonel6th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Steere, William H. P.Colonel4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 19, 1867
Steiner, John AlexanderLt. Colonel13th Regiment Maryland Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 8, 1867
Stephenson, Luther Jr.Lt. Colonel32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 8, 1867
Stevens, Aaron FletcherColonel13th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1864March 12, 1866
Stevens, Ambrose A.Colonel5th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 7, 1865March 10, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 7, 1865
Stevens, HazardMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor
Stevenson, Robert HooperLt. Colonel24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Stewart, James Jr.Colonel9th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stewart, William ScottLt. Colonel65th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stewart, William WarrenLt. Colonel1st Regiment Reserves Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Stibbs, John HowardLt. Colonel12th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Stiles, Israel NewtonColonel63rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 31, 1865February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, January 31, 1865
Stockton, JosephLt. Colonel72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stokes, William BricklyColonel5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Stone, George AugustusColonel25th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stone, RoyColonel149th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 7, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Stone, William MiloColonel22nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Governor of Iowa
General Land Office Commissioner
Stough, WilliamLt. Colonel9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Stoughton, Charles BradleyColonel4th Regiment Vermont Infantry VolunteersBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Stoughton, William LewisColonel11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 2, 1867
Stout, Alexander MillerColonel17th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Stratton, Franklin AsaLt. Colonel11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Streight, Abel DelosColonel51st Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Strickland, Silas A.Colonel50th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 27, 1865March 12, 1866
Strong, James ClarkColonel15th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Strong, Thomas J.Lt. Colonel16th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Strong, William EmertsonLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 21, 1865March 12, 1866
Strother, David HunterColonel3rd Regiment West Virginia Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 23, 1865March 12, 1866
Sullivan, Peter JohnColonel48th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Sumner, Edwin Vose Jr.Colonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer Mounted RiflesBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 28, 1865March 12, 1866Retired as Regular Army Brig. Gen., 1899.
Sweet, Benjamin JeffreyColonel8th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps
Camp Douglas
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 20, 1864February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 14, 1864
Sweitzer, Jacob BowmanColonel62nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Sweitzer, Nelson BowmanColonel16th Regiment New York Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
July 17, 1868
Swift, Frederick WilliamColonel17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Switzler, Theodore A.Lt. Colonel6th Regiment Missouri Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Swords, ThomasColonelAsst. Quartermaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
July 27, 1866
April 16, 1867
Sypher, J. HaleColonel11th Regiment U.S. Colored ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

T

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Talbot, Thomas HammondLt. Colonel1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Talley, William CooperColonel1st Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Tarbell, JonathanColonel91st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Taylor, EzraColonel1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Taylor, Jacob E.Colonel188th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Taylor, John P.Colonel1st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 4, 1865March 12, 1866
Taylor, Thomas ThompsonMajor47th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Tevis, Washington CarrollColonel3rd Regiment Maryland Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 8, 1867Served under the name C. Carroll Tevis.
Tew, George WashingtonLt. Colonel5th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Thayer, SylvanusColonelCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, May 31, 1863April 27, 1864Also July 26, 1866. Nominated by
Pres. Lincoln, April 21, 1864
USMA, 1808.
Thom, GeorgeMajorCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Thomas, CharlesColonelAsst. Quartermaster Gen. USABvt. 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 ClintonColonel93rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Thomas, Minor T.Colonel8th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 10, 1865February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 10, 1865
Thomas, SamuelColonel64th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Thompson, Charles RobinsonColonel12th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Thompson, Henry ElmerLt. Colonel6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Thompson, John LeverettColonel1st Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Thompson, RobertLt. Colonel115th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Thompson, WilliamColonel1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Thomson, DavidLt. Colonel82nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Thornton, William AndersonColonelOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Thorp, Thomas JonesColonel1st Regiment New York DragoonsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Throop, William A.Lt. Colonel1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Thruston, Gates PhillipsLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Thurston, William HenryLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Tidball, John CaldwellColonel4th Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. 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 WilliamColonel16th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Tilghman, Benjamin ChewColonel3rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Tillson, JohnColonel10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 10, 1865March 11, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 11, 1865.
Tilton, William StowellColonel22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 9, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Titus, Herbert BradwellColonel9th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Tompkins, Charles H.Colonel1st Regiment Vermont Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 14, 1865Medal of Honor
Commissioner, Lincoln assassination trial
Tompkins, Charles HenryColonel1st Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864For 1864 campaigns before Richmond and in Shenandoah Valley
Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Totten, JamesMajorAsst. Inspector Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866USMA, 1841.
Tourtelotte, John EatonColonel4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Townsend, Edward DavisColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. 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, FrederickLt. Colonel9th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 18663-time Adjutant-General of New York
Tracy, Benjamin FranklinColonel127th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867Medal of Honor
Trauernicht, TheodoreLt. Colonel13th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Tremain, Henry EdwinMajorAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 30, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor
Tripler, Charles StuartMajorSurgeon, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867Posthumously promoted to Brigadier General, 1867.
Trotter, Frederick EugeneLt. Colonel1st Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Trowbridge, Luther StephenColonel10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 28, 1867
True, James MiltonColonel62nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 6, 1865March 10, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 6, 1865
Truex, William SnyderColonel14th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865February 5, 1866Error corrected December 3, 1867
Trumbull, Matthew MarkColonel9th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Turley, John AlexanderColonel91st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Turner, CharlesColonel108th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

V

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Vail, Jacob GaretsonColonel17th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Vail, Nicholas J.Major14th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865No record in Eicher
Van Antwerp, VerplanckMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865February 23, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 13, 1865
Van Buren, Daniel TompkinsColonelAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Van Buren, James LymanMajorAdditional Aide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Van Buren, Thomas BrodheadColonel102nd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 12, 1866
Van Petten, John BullockLt. Colonel160th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Varney, GeorgeColonel2nd Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Vaughan, Samuel K.Lt. Colonel19th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 9, 1865April 10, 1866
Viall, NelsonLt. Colonel11th Regiment U.S. Colored ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Vickers, DavidColonel4th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 31, 1865March 12, 1866
Vifquain, VictorLt. Colonel97th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Medal of Honor for Battle of Fort Blakely
Colonel U.S.V. during the Spanish–American War
Vincent, Thomas McCurdyMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866
Vinton, David HammondColonelQuartermaster Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
April 16, 1867
Von Blessingh, LouisLt. Colonel37th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
von Egloffstein, Baron Frederick W.Colonel103rd Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Von Schack, GeorgeColonel7th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Von Schrader, AlexanderMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867For Battle of Stone's River, Battle of Chickamauga,
Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Jonesboro.
Died as Regular Army major, 1867
Von Vegesack, Baron ErnestColonel20th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Medal of Honor for Battle of Gaines Mill
Voris, Alvin CoeColonel67th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 8, 1864
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, November 15, 1865
March 10, 1865
March 12, 1866
Vreeland, Michael JamesLt. Colonel4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

W

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Wade, James F.Colonel6th Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865February 23, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 13, 1865
Wagner, LouisColonel88th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 18669th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1880-1881
Wainwright, Charles ShielsColonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer Light ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 1, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Wainwright, William P.Colonel76th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Waite, Carlos AdolphusColonel1st Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866Commission not issued
Waite, CharlesColonel27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Waite, John M.Major8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Walcott, Charles FolsomColonel61st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Walker, Duncan StephenLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Walker, Francis AmasaLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Walker, Moses B.Colonel31st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 27, 1865March 12, 1866
Walker, SamuelLt. Colonel16th Regiment Kansas Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Walker, Thomas McCormickColonel111th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 5, 1865March 12, 1866
Wallace, Martin Reuben MerrittColonel4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
Wallen, Henry DaviesMajor7th Regiment U.S. InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Wangelin, HugoColonel12th Regiment Missouri Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Ward, George HullColonel15th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 2, 1863Died July 3, 1863, of wounds received at
Gettysburg July 2, 1863
Ward, Henry ClarkColonel31st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, November 29, 1865
Ward, Jesse DurbinColonel17th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 18, 1865March 12, 1866
Ward, Lyman MunsonColonel14th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Warner, Adoniram JudsonColonel17th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866U. S. House of Representatives 1879–1881, 1883-1887
Warner, Darius B.Colonel113th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
Warner, Edward RaynsfordLt. Colonel1st Regiment New York Volunteer ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Warner, WillardColonel180th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
March 2, 1867
Warren, Lucius HenryLt. Colonel38th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Washburn, FrancisColonel4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865March 12, 1866
Washburn, Henry DanaColonel18th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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 AbielLt. Colonel20th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Wass, Ansell DyerColonel60th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Waters, Louis HenryColonel84th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 18, 1865March 12, 1866
Weaver, James BairdColonel2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Webber, Alonzo WatsonColonel51st Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 26, 1865March 12, 1866
Webber, Jules C.CaptainAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Also July 27, 1866
Weld, Stephen Minot Jr.Colonel56th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Welles, George E.Colonel68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Wells, George DuncanColonel34th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 12, 1864February 14, 1865Mortally wounded at Hupp's Hill
near Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 13, 1864;
posthumous nomination by Pres. Lincoln,
December 12, 1864
Wells, Henry HoratioColonel26th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 3, 1865March 12, 1866
Wells, MiltonColonel15th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Welsh, WilliamLt. Colonel19th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Wentworth, Mark FernaldColonel32nd Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
West, Edward WalterLt. Colonel33rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
(appointed but not mustered in)
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867Commission not issued
West, Francis H.Colonel31st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
West, George WarrenColonel17th Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 2, 1864February 14, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 14, 1864
West, Henry RienzaLt. Colonel62nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, July 13, 1865March 12, 1866Error corrected December 3, 1867
West, Robert MayhewColonel5th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 1, 1865March 12, 1866
Wever, Clark RussellColonel17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 9, 1865February 14, 1865
Wheelock, CharlesMajor97th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 9, 1864February 20, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, December 12, 1864
Wherry, William MackyMajorAide-de-Camp, USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor
Whistler, Joseph Nelson GarlandColonel2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy ArtilleryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Whitaker, Edward WashburnColonel1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Medal of Honor
Whitbeck, Horatio NelsonLt. Colonel65th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
White, Carr BaileyColonel12th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
White, DanielColonel31st Regiment Maine Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865May 18, 1866
White, David B.Lt. Colonel81st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
White, FrankMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USV,Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
White, Frank J.Lt. Colonel2nd Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 26, 1866
White, HarryMajor67th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 2, 1865March 10, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 2, 1865
Whiteley, Robert Henry KirkwoodLt. ColonelOrdnance Dept., USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866
Whittelsey, Charles HenryCaptainAsst. Adjutant Gen. USV,Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Whittelsey, Henry MartynCaptainQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Whittier, Charles AlbertLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Whittier, Francis HenryLt. Colonel30th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Whittlesey, EliphaletColonel46th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Wilcox, James AndrewColonel113th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, October 18, 1865March 12, 1866
Wilcox, John ShulerColonel52nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867
Wilder, John ThomasColonel17th Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, August 7, 1864February 20, 1865
Wildes, Thomas FrancisColonel186th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 11, 1865March 11, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, March 11, 1865
Wildrick, Abram CalvinColonel39th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866
Wiles, Greenbury F.Colonel78th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Wiley, AquilaColonel41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866
Wiley, Daniel DayCaptainCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868
Williams, Adolphus WesleyColonel20th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 21, 1867
Williams, James MonroeColonel79th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, February 13, 1865March 3, 1865Nominated by Pres. Lincoln, February 3, 1865
Resigned March 29, 1873.
Appointed captain U.S. Army, January 7, 1891.
Retired January 12, 1891
Williams, JohnCaptain6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 27, 1866
Williams, ReubenColonel12th Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Williams, RobertMajorAsst. Adjutant Gen. USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865May 4, 1866
Williams, Thomas J.Lt. Colonel55th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, September 22, 1865March 12, 1866
Willian, JohnLt. Colonel8th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865March 12, 1866
Willson, Lester SebestianLt. Colonel60th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Wilson, JamesColonel13th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Wilson, James GrantColonel4th Regiment U.S. Colored CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867
Wilson, ThomasLt. ColonelCommissary Gen. of Subsistence Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865
March 12, 1866
Wilson, WilliamColonel6th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866
Wilson, William TecumsehColonel123rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Winkler, Frederick CarlLt. Colonel26th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865March 12, 1866
Winslow, BradleyColonel186th Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 2, 1865March 12, 1866For assault at Siege of Petersburg, April 2, 1865
Winslow, Edward FrancisColonel4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 12, 1864February 14, 1865Chief of Cavalry, Staff of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
Winslow, Robert EmmettLt. Colonel68th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866Mexican–American War veteran
Winthrop, FrederickColonel5th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. 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.ColonelQuartermaster Dept., USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Wisewell, Moses N.Colonel6th Regiment Veteran Reserve CorpsBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 16, 1869For Battle of Fredericksburg
Wister, LanghorneColonel150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 23, 1866For battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg
Witcher, John SeashoalesLt. Colonel3rd Regiment West Virginia Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867For Valley Campaigns of 1864 and Siege of Petersburg
U. S. House of Representatives, 1869 - 1871
Withington, William HerbertColonel17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 14, 1868Medal of Honor for Battle of First Bull Run
Brevet for Battle of South Mountain
Wolfe, Edward H.Colonel52nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 18, 1868For Battle of Nashville
Wood, Henry ClayMajorAssistant Adjutant GeneralBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 3, 1869Medal of Honor for Battle of Wilson's Creek
Wood, James Jr.Colonel136th New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 8, 1865
Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865
March 10, 1865
May 18, 1866
Wood, OliverColonel4th Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Wood, Robert CrookeColonelAsst. Surgeon General, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865July 25, 1866Died as Regular Army colonel, 1869
Wood, William D.Colonel11th Regiment Missouri Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Woodall, DanielColonel1st Regiment Delaware Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, June 15, 1865March 12, 1866
Woodford, Stewart LyndonColonel103rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, May 12, 1865March 12, 1866Lt. Gov. of New York, 1867 - 1869
U. S. House of Representatives, 1873 - 1874
Woodhull, Maxwell Van ZandtLt. ColonelAsst. Adjutant Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Woodruff, Israel CarleLt. ColonelCorps of Engineers, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865March 2, 1867USMA, 1836. Died as Regular Army colonel, 1878.
Woodward, Orpheus SaegerColonel83rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Lost right leg at Battle of the Wilderness
Woolley, JohnLt. Colonel5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Wormer, Grover SalmanColonel30th Regiment Michigan Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 28, 1867
Wright, EdLt. Colonel24th Regiment Iowa Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866Iowa Secretary of State, 1867 - 1873
Wright, EliasColonel10th Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, January 15, 1865March 3, 1865Mexican–American War veteran.
Retired as Regular Army colonel, 1876
Wright, John GibsonLt. Colonel51st Regiment New York Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Wright, Joseph Jefferson BurrMajorSurgeon, USABvt. Brig. Gen. USA, March 13, 1865February 23, 1867
Wright, Thomas ForsterColonel2nd Regiment California Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865February 6, 1867Attended USMA. Killed in action fighting in the
Modoc War at Battle of Lava Beds,
Oregon, April 26, 1873

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

Y

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Yates, Henry Jr.Colonel106th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865July 26, 1866Brother of Governor of Illinois Richard Yates
Yeoman, Stephen B.Colonel43rd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866
Yorke, Louis EugeneLt. ColonelAsst. Inspector Gen. USVBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Mustered out and resigned from Regular Army, November 21, 1865
Young, Samuel Baldwin MarksColonel4th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 9, 1865February 6, 1867For Appomattox Campaign. Spanish–American War major general.
Retired as Lieutenant General, 1904.
Young, Thomas LowryColonel118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866For Battle of Resaca, Georgia. Lt. Governor of Ohio, 1876 - 1877.
Governor of Ohio, 1877 - 1878. U. S. House of Representatives, 1879 - 1883.

Union brevet generals; lower actual, substantive grade

Z

Name Highest
actual grade
Unit Brevet grade, rank date Date confirmed Notes, other dates
Zahm, LewisColonel3rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer CavalryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 26, 1867
Ziegler, George MiltonColonel52nd Regiment U.S. Colored InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865April 10, 1866
Zinn, GeorgeColonel57th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, April 6, 1865March 12, 1866
Zulick, Samuel MortonColonel29th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer InfantryBvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865March 12, 1866Physician and railroad official before the war;
real estate agent after the war.

See also

References

Notes and References

  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. . p. xiii.
  3. Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. (pbk.). p. 2
  4. Eicher has typo of 1867: must be 1868 because 1867 is before the nomination date.