Name BARNUM, Henry Alanson
Born September 24 1833, Jamesville NY
Died January 29 1892, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Teacher, lawyer, militia officer.
War Service 1861 Capt. in 12th New York, Blackburn's Ford,
First Bull Run, Malvern Hill (w,c), exchanged soon after, September
1862 Col. of 149th New York, Gettysburg (w), Lookout Mountain
(w) - Medal of Honor, Atlanta campaign, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd
Divn/XX Corps in March to the Sea, Savannah, May 1865 appointed
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career New York inspector of prisons.
Notes
Name BIDWELL, Daniel Davidson
Born August 12 1819, Buffalo NY
Died October 19 1864, Cedar Creek VA
Pre-War Profession Police justice.
War Service 1861 Pvt. in 65th New York, October 1861 Col.
of 49th New York, Peninsula campaign, South Mountain, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, commanded
3rd Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg,
August 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Shenandoah Valley
campaign, Cedar Creek (mw).
Notes
Name BRISBIN, James Sanks
Born May 23 1837, Boalsburg PA
Died January 14 1892, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession Teacher.
War Service 1861 Pvt., 2nd Lt. in 1st US Cavalry, First
Bull Run (w), Peninsula campaign, Blue Ridge expedition, Beverly
Ford, Gettysburg campaign, Red River campaign, Sabine Cross Roads
(w), staff duty in Kentucky and Tennessee, May 1865 Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers.
Post War Career Army service in the cavalry, commanded
a battalion in Gibbon's column in the Little Big Horn campaign,
author.
Notes
Name BROOKE, John Rutter
Born July 21 1838, Montgomery Cty PA
Died September 5 1926, Philadelphia PA
Pre-War Profession Student.
War Service April 1861 Capt. in 4th Pennsylvania, Col.
of 53rd Pennsylvania, Peninsula campaign, commanded 3rd Bde/1st
Divn/II Corps at Antietam, Fredericksburg, commanded 4th Bde/1st
Divn/II Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), Wilderness,
Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor (w), May 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, court martial duty.
Post War Career Army service, rising to Maj. Gen., Spanish-American
War, retired 1902.
Notes Second last surviving full rank Union general.
Name BURNHAM, Hiram
Born c 1814, Cherryfield ME
Died September 9 1864, nr Chaffin's Bluff VA
Pre-War Profession Lumberman.
War Service July 1861 Lt. Col. of 6th Maine, December 1861
Col., Peninsula campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, commanded
Light Divn/VI Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness,
Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, April 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/XVIII Corps at Petersburg
(k).
Notes
Name CARROLL, Samuel Sprigg
Born September 21 1832, Takoma Park DC
Died January 28 1893, Montgomery Cty MD
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1856, frontier
duty, quartermaster at West Point.
War Service December 1861 Col. of 8th Ohio, commanded 4th
Bde/Shields' Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Mountain,
wounded on the Rapidan, Fredericksburg, commanded 1st Bde/3rd
Divn/II Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness
(w), Spotsylvania (w), May 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded Dept of West Virginia, commanded a division of the Army
of the Shenandoah.
Post War Career Army service in inspector general's department,
retired through invalidity 1869.
Notes
Name CHAMBERLAIN, Joshua Lawrence
Born September 8 1828, Brewer ME
Died February 24 1914, Portland ME
Pre-War Profession College professor
War Service August 1862 Lt. Col. of 20th Maine, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, May 1863 Col., Gettysburg (w)
- Medal of Honor, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, promoted in the field
to Brig. Gen. of Volunteers by Gen. Grant in June 1864, Petersburg
(w), Five Forks, accepted the formal surrender of the ANV.
Post War Career Governor, college president, businessman,
author.
Notes Led the critical bayonet charge on the Union left
on Little Round Top.
Further reading
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence Through blood & fire at Gettysburg
: General Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Gettysburg
PA, Stan Clark Military Books, 1994
Trulock, Alice Rains In the hands of Providence : Joshua L.
Chamberlain and the American Civil War Chapel Hill, University
of North Carolina Press, 1992
Wallace, Willard M Soul of the lion : a biography of General
Joshua L. Chamberlain New York, T. Nelson, 1960
Name CHAPMAN, George Henry
Born November 22 1832, Holland MA
Died June 16 1882, nr Indianapolis IN
Pre-War Profession Midshipman, resigned 1850, newspaper
publisher, lawyer, assistant clerk in US House of Representatives.
War Service October 1861 resigned from Congress, Maj. of
3rd Indiana Cavalry, Lt. Col., Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
March 1863 Col., Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd
Cavalry Divn in the Petersburg campaign, July 1864 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps in the Shenandoah
Valley.
Post War Career Judge, politician.
Notes His regiment at Gettysburg was the first to face
the advancing Confederates on the Cashtown road.
Name CONNOR, Selden
Born January 25 1839, Fairfield ME
Died July 9 1917, Augusta ME
Pre-War Profession Student.
War Service May 1861 Pvt. in 1st Vermont, Big Bethel, Lt.
Col. of 7th Maine, Peninsula campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg
(w), Gettysburg, Col. of 19th Maine, Wilderness (w), incapacitated,
June 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, administrative duties.
Post War Career Internal revenue official, governor, pension
agent.
Notes
Name DENT, Frederick Tracy
Born December 17 1820, nr St Louis MO
Died December 23 1892, Denver CO
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1843, frontier
duty, Mexican war.
War Service 1861 Capt. stationed in San Francisco, March
1863 Maj. in 4th US Infantry, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, civil-military
administration in New York, March 1864 Lt. Col. on Grant's staff,
military governor of Richmond, April 1865 appointed Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers.
Post War Career Military secretary to President Grant,
army service.
Notes Brother-in-law of U. S. Grant.
Name DE TROBRIAND, Philippe Regis Denis de Keredern
Born June 4 1816, nr Tours, France
Died July 15 1897, Bayport NY
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, poet, editor, author.
War Service August 1861 Col. of 55th New York, Peninsula
campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded 3rd Bde/1st
Divn/III Corps at Gettysburg, January 1864 appointed Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/II Corps at Petersburg,
commanded 3rd Divn/II Corps at Appotomattox.
Post War Career Army service, author, military commander
in Louisiana.
Notes
Further reading
Post, Marie Caroline The life and memoirs of Comte Regis de
Trobriand, major-general in the army of the United States
New York, Dutton, 1910.
Name DEVIN, Thomas Casimer
Born December 10 1822, New York NY
Died April 4 1878, New York NY
Pre-War Profession House painter, militia officer.
War Service July 1861 Capt. in 1st New York Cavalry, November
1861 Col. of 6th New York Cavalry, Antietam campaign, commanded
2nd Bde/1st Divn/Cavalry Corps at Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford,
Gettysburg, raid on Richmond, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Front
Royal (w), Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, October 1864
appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn of the
Cavalry Corps in Appomattox campaign.
Post War Career Army service in the cavalry.
Notes
Name EDWARDS, Oliver
Born January 30 1835, Springfield MA
Died April 28 1904, Warsaw IL
Pre-War Profession Businessman.
War Service June 1861 1st Lt. in 10th Massachusetts, aide
to Gen. Couch in Peninsula campaign, September 1862 Col. of 37th
Massachusetts, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness,
commanded 4th Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Spotsylvania, commanded
3rd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Winchester,
Petersburg, Sayler's Creek, May 1865 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career Postmaster, mayor, manufacturer.
Notes
Name EGAN, Thomas Wilberforce
Born June 14 1834, Watervliet NY
Died February 24 1887, New York NY
Pre-War Profession
War Service 1861 enlisted in 40th New York, July 1861 Lt.
Col., Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines, June 1862 Col., commanded
1st Bde/1st Divn/III Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded the
40th at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, commanded 1st Bde/3rd
Divn/II Corps at Cold Harbor, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps
in Petersburg campaign (w), September 1864 appointed Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Provisional Divn in the Army of the
Shenandoah.
Post War Career Customs official.
Notes
Name EUSTIS, Henry Lawrence
Born February 1 1819, Boston MA
Died January 11 1885, Cambridge MA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1842 (1st in class),
engineer duty, assistant professor at West Point, resigned 1849,
professor of engineering at Harvard.
War Service August 1861 Col. of 10th Massachusetts, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg,
commanded 4th Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness, commanded 3rd
Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, September
1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, resigned June 1864.
Post War Career Professor of engineering at Harvard
Notes Probably resigned because of ill health.
Name FAIRCHILD, Lucius
Born December 27 1831, Portage Cty OH
Died May 23 1896, Madison WI
Pre-War Profession Court clerk.
War Service April 1861 Pvt. in 1st Wisconsin, Capt., Falling
Waters, Lt. Col. of 2nd Wisconsin, Second Bull Run, September
1862 Col., South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg (w,c), October 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
resigned November 1863.
Post War Career Governor of Wisconsin, consular and diplomatic
posts.
Notes
Further reading
Ross, Sam The empty sleeve : a biography of Lucius Fairchild
Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin
Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964
Name GAMBLE, William
Born January 1 1818, Duross, Cty Tyrone, Ireland
Died December 20 1866, Virgin bay, Nicaragua
Pre-War Profession Civil engineer, 1838 emigrated to US,
enlisted in US Army, honorably discharged 1843, civil engineer.
War Service September 1861 Lt. Col. of 8th Illinois Cavalry,
December 1862 Col., Peninsula campaign, Malvern Hill (w), Fredericksburg,
commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/Cavalry Corps at Gettysburg, commanded
cavalry in Dept. of Washington, September 1865 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career Army service in the cavalry, died of cholera
en route to California.
Notes
Name GARRARD, Kenner
Born September 30 1827, Bourbon Cty KY
Died May 15 1879, Cincinnati OH
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1851, cavalry duty.
War Service April 1861 captured in Texas, exchanged August
1862, Col. of 146th New York, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, July 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded
3rd Bde/2nd Divn/V Corps, commanded Cavalry Bureau in Washington,
commanded 2nd Cavalry Divn in Army of the Cumberland in Atlanta
campaign, commanded 2nd Divn/XVI Corps at Nashville, Mobile.
Post War Career Real estate businessman.
Notes
Name GRANT, Lewis Addison
Born January 17 1828, Winhall VT
Died March 20 1918, Minneapolis MN
Pre-War Profession Teacher, lawyer.
War Service August 1861 Maj. of 5th Vermont, Lt. Col.,
Seven Days, September 1862 Col., Fredericksburg (w), commanded
the "Old Vermont Brigade" (2nd Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps)
at Chancellorsville - Medal of Honor, Gettysburg, Wilderness,
Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek,
April 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Petersburg (w).
Post War Career Assistant US Secretary of War.
Notes
Name HAMBLIN, Joseph Eldridge
Born January 13 1828, Yarmouth (?) MA
Died July 3 1870, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Insurance broker.
War Service May 1861 1st Lt. in 5th New York, Big Bethel,
Capt., Maj. in 65th New York, Peninsula campaign, Lt. Col., Maryland
campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, May 1863 Col., Gettysburg,
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, commanded 2nd
Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Third Winchester,
Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek (w), commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/VI
Corps at Hatcher's Run, Sayler's Creek, May 1865 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career Insurance broker, served in NY National
Guard.
Notes
Name HARDIN, Martin Davis
Born June 26 1837, Jacksonville IL
Died December 12 1923, St Augustine FL
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1859, artillery
duty in Oregon.
War Service May 1861 1st Lt. and aide to Henry Hunt in
Peninsula campaign, Groveton, Second Bull Run(w), September 1862
Col. of 12th Pennsylvania Reserves, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station,
Mine Run, December 1863 wounded while on picket duty, wounded
at North Anna River, July 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded Washington defences during Early's raid.
Post War Career Army service, retired 1870, lawyer, active
in veterans' affairs, writer.
Notes
Name HAYES, Joseph
Born September 14 1835, South Berwick ME
Died August 19 1912, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Banker, civil engineer, real estate
broker.
War Service August 1861 Maj. in 18th Massachusetts, Peninsula
campaign, Lt. Col., Antietam, Fredericksburg, March 1863 Col.,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness (w), May 1864 appointed
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Petersburg, captured in a raid on the
Weldon Railroad, exchanged February 1865, commanded 1st Bde/2nd
Divn/V Corps in Appomattox campaign.
Post War Career Mining businessman, broker.
Notes
Name KETCHAM, John Henry
Born December 21 1832, Dutchess Cty NY
Died November 4 1906, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Farmer, politician.
War Service October 1862 Col. of 150th New York, Gettysburg,
guarded railroads in Tennessee, Atlanta campaign, Atlanta (w),
Savannah (w), resigned March 1865, April 1865 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career US congressman, commissioner of the District
of Columbia.
Notes
Name KRYZANOWSKI, Wladimir
Born July 8 1824, Raznova, Poland
Died January 31 1887, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Emigrated to US 1846, civil engineer.
War Service 1861 raised a Polish regiment - part of 58th
New York - October 1861 Col., served under Fremont and Schurz,
Shenandoah Valley campaign, Second Bull Run, November 1862 appointed
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - not confirmed by Senate, regimental
command at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, joined Hooker's expedition
to Chattanooga.
Post War Career Civil servant in Treasury, charge with
theft of public monies - charges dropped, customs inspector in
Central America, customs agent.
Notes
Name MCINTOSH, John Baillie
Born June 6 1829, Fort Brooke FL
Died June 29 1888, New Brunswick NJ
Pre-War Profession Naval midshipman, businessman.
War Service 1861 2nd Lt. in 2nd US Cavalry, Peninsula campaign,
Maryland campaign, November 1862 Col. of 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry,
commanded a brigade of cavalry at Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville,
commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn at Gettysburg, July 1864 Brig. gen.
of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps at Third
Winchester (w).
Post War Career Army service, governor of Soldiers' Home
in Washington DC, superintendent of Indian affairs, retired 1870.
Notes
Name MACKENZIE, Ranald Slidell
Born July 27 1840, Westchester Cty NY
Died January 19 1889, Staten Island NY
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1862
War Service 1862 Lt of engineers, Second Bull Run, engineer
duty in Maryland campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Overland campaign, Col. of 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Petersburg
(w), served in the defences of Washington during Early's raid,
commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign,
Cedar Creek (w), October 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded a division of cavalry at Petersburg, Five Forks, Appomattox.
Post War Career Army service in infantry and cavalry, fought
Indians and bandits, retired through disability 1885.
Notes
Name MORGAN, Charles Hale
Born November 6 1834, Manlius NY
Died December 20 1875, Alcatraz Is CA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1857, artillery
duty, Utah expedition.
War Service April 1861 1st lt. in 4th US Artillery, served
in Washington defences, served in the artillery reserve in Seven
Days, commanded artillery in II Corps, Lt. Col. and chief of staff
to Hancock, May 1865 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career Army service in artillery garrisons.
Notes
Name PENROSE, William Henry
Born March 10 1832, Madison Barracks NY
Died August 29 1903, Salt Lake City UT
Pre-War Profession Civil engineer.
War ServiceApril 1861 commissioned 2nd Lt. in 3rd US Infantry,
1st Lt., Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg,
April 1863 Col. of 15th New Jersey, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps
at Cold Harbor and in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek,
Petersburg, Appomattox campaign, June 1865 appointed Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers.
Post War Career Army service in the infantry, retired 1896.
Notes
Name PIERCE, Byron Root
Born September 20 1829, East Bloomfield NY
Died July 10 1924, Grand Rapids MI
Pre-War Profession Woollen miller, dentist.
War Service June 1861 Capt. in 3rd Michigan, First Bull
Run, Maj., Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Lt. Col., Groveton,
Chantilly, Jan. 1863 Col., Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), Wilderness,
Spotsylvania, June 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded
1st Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Petersburg, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd
Divn/II Corps in Appomattox campaign, Sayler's Creek.
Post War Career Postal worker, commandant of a soldiers
home, hotelier.
Notes
Name RICE, James Clay
Born December 27 1829, Worthington MA
Died May 10 1864, Spotsylvania VA
Pre-War Profession Teacher, lawyer.
War Service May 1861 1st Lt. in 39th New York, Capt., September
1861 Col., Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville,
commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg, August 1863
appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers for defence of Little Round
Top, commanded 2nd Bde/4th Divn/I Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania
(mw).
Notes When dying, he is reported to have said "Turn
my face to the enemy".
Name ROBINSON, James Sidney
Born October 14 1827, nr Mansfield OH
Died January 14 1892, Kenton OH
Pre-War Profession Printer, newspaper editor and publisher.
War Service April 1861 enlisted in 4th Ohio, elected 1st
Lt., Capt., Rich Mountain, Major in 82nd Ohio, Lt. Col., August
1862 Col., Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), commanded 3rd Bde/1st
Divn/XX Corps in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, January 1865
appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career Commissioner for railroads and telegraphs,
US congressman, secretary of state for Ohio.
Notes
Name SMYTH, Thomas Alfred
Born December 25 1832, Ballyhooley, Ireland
Died April 9 1865, nr Farmville VA
Pre-War Profession Emigrated to US 1854, filibusterer in
Nicaragua, coach maker.
War Service 1861 served in 24th Pennsylvania, Maj. in 1st
Delaware, Suffolk, Lt. Col., Antietam, Col., Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/II Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 2nd
Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, commanded 3rd
Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Cold Harbor, October 1864 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers, Petersburg campaign, commanded a division
in Appomattox campaign, Farmville (mw).
Notes Last Union general to die in the War.
Name UNDERWOOD, Adin Ballou
Born May 19 1828, Milford MA
Died January 24 1888, Boston MA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer.
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 2nd Massachusetts, Lt. Col.,
Fredericksburg, April 1863 Col., Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Lookout Mountain (w), November 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
saw no further service.
Post War Career Port surveyor.
Notes
Name UPTON, Emory
Born August 27 1839, nr Batavia NY
Died March 15 1881, San Francisco CA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1861
War Service May 1861 2nd Lt. in 4th US Artillery, 1st Lt.,
adc to Gen. Tyler at Blackburn's Ford, First Bull Run (w), Peninsula
campaign, Seven Days, commanded Artillery Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps
at South Mountain, Antietam, October 1862 Col. of 121st New York,
Fredericksburg, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg,
Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w), Cold Harbor, May 1864
appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps
in Shenandoah campaign, Opequon (w), commanded 4th Cavalry Divn
under Wilson in Alabama and Georgia.
Post War Career Army service in the infantry, commandant
of cadets at West Point, author.
Notes Performed superbly in the three branches of the army,
especially at the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania. Died by his own
hand, possibly as a result of severe migraines.
Further reading
Ambrose, Stephen E Upton and the army Baton Rouge,
Louisiana State University Press, 1993
Michie, Peter Smith The life and letters of Emory Upton
New York, Arno Press, 1979
Name VINCENT, Strong
Born June 17 1837, Waterford PA
Died July 7 1863, Gettysburg PA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer.
War Service April 1861 1st Lt and adjutant of Erie Regt.
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Lt. Col. of 83rd Pennsylvania, Yorktown,
June 1862 Col., Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded 3rd
Bde/1st Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg (mw), July 1863 appointed Brig.
Gen. of Volunteers.
Notes Rushed the forces to Little Round Top to save the
Union left.
Name WELLS, William
Born December 14 1837, Waterbury VT
Died April 29 1892, New York NY
Pre-War Profession Merchant
War Service September 1861 Pvt. in 1st Vermont Cavalry,
1st Lt., Capt., Shenandoah Valley campaign, Second Bull Run, Maj.,
Gettysburg, Kilpatrick's Richmond raid, June 1864 Col., commanded
2nd Bde/3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign,
Winchester, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Appomattox, May 1865 appointed
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War Career Adjutant General of Vermont, internal revenue
collector, politician.
Notes