List of American Civil War generals (Union)

Union generals edit

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

The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1] Many commissions were antedated. Dates of rank were assigned for seniority purposes. Because of this, such "ranks" could be dated before the actual appointment, leading to confusion in some sources as to the actual effective date of the commission.[2] This list currently shows the date of rank as the date of the promotion rather than the date of commission.

Officers receiving only brevet general appointments should be on the List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) and not on this list. Brevet appointments went through the same process of appointment, nomination, confirmation and commission as the substantive grade officers.[3] If a full grade brigadier general received a later brevet major general appointment, that appointment also may be placed in the notes on this list.

All but 58 brevet general appointments were made postwar but, just as many regular substantive grade appointments were backdated, many of the brevet grade appointments were backdated, mostly "to rank from" March 13, 1865.[4] President Abraham Lincoln signed only 58 brevet general commissions before his death on April 15, 1865.[4] Eicher notes that the odd order of grade (commission) date and rank date is especially present for brevet appointments which were actually issued mostly in 1866 to as late as 1869.[2] Eicher also notes that most brevet appointments were backdated to March 13, 1865.[3]

In addition to their names and grades, there is a small set of notes after every entry which may list Medal of Honor or Thanks of Congress citations, West Point graduation dates, important political or Army offices held, retirements or deaths during the war (whether in action or other means) and other unique facts pertaining to this article (i.e. youngest general, last surviving general, etc.). For all other information on their lives and accomplishments of these generals, please refer to their individual articles which have links from the list.

Note on abbreviations:

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Image Name Substantive
rank
Brevet
rank
Notes
  Abercrombie, John Joseph Colonel, USA
(February 25, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 31, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1822
Resigned June 24, 1865
  Allen, Robert Colonel, USA
(February 19, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 23, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1836
  Alvord, Benjamin Major, USA
(June 22, 1854)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 15, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(April 9, 1865)
USMA, 1833
  Ames, Adelbert Captain, USA
(June 11, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 20, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(January 15, 1865)
USMA, 1861
MOH, First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
Provisional Governor Mississippi (1868–1869)
U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1870–1874)
Governor of Mississippi (1875)
Last surviving Union General of U.S. Regular Army, d. April 13, 1933
Son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin Butler
  Ammen, Jacob Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
USMA, 1831
Resigned January 14, 1865
  Anderson, Robert Brigadier general, USA
(May 15, 1861)
Major general, USA
(February 3, 1865)
USMA, 1825
Retired October 27, 1863
  Andrews, Christopher Columbus Brigadier general, USV
(January 5, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 9, 1865)
  Andrews, George Leonard Brigadier general, USV
(November 10, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 26, 1865)
USMA, 1851
Resigned, 1855
  Arnold, Lewis Golding Lieutenant colonel, USA
(August 1, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(January 24, 1862)
USMA, 1837
Retired February 8, 1864
  Arnold, Richard Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 22, 1865)
USMA, 1850
  Asboth, Alexander Sandor Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Appointed brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1861) by John Charles Frémont who lacked the authority to make such an appointment
United States Minister to Argentina and Uruguay (1866–1868)
  Augur, Christopher Columbus Lieutenant colonel, USA
(July 1, 1863)
Major general, USV
(August 9, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1843
  Averell, William Woods Captain, USA
(July 17, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 26, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 7, 1864)
USMA, 1855
  Ayres, Romeyn Beck Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
USMA, 1847

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Bailey, Joseph Brigadier general, USV
(November 10, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Received the Thanks of Congress (June 4, 1864)
  Baird, Absalom Major, USA
(November 12, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(September 1, 1864)
USMA, 1849
MOH, Battle of Jonesborough (September 1, 1864)
  Baker, Edward Dickinson Brig. Gen., USV
(May 17, 1861)
KIA, Battle of Ball's Bluff (October 21, 1861)
Declined appointment as brigadier general, USV, nevertheless confirmed
Nominated to major general, USV posthumously but not confirmed.[5]
U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1845–1846, 1849–1851)
U.S. Senator from Oregon (1860–1861)
  Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss Major general, USV
(May 16, 1861)
Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1853–1857, 1865–1873, 1875–1879, 1889–1891)
Speaker of the House (1856–1857)
Governor of Massachusetts (1858–1861)
  Barlow, Francis Channing Major general, USV
(May 25, 1865)
  Barnard, John Gross Colonel, USA
(December 28, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 23, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1864)
USMA, 1833
Superintendent, USMA (1855–1856)
  Barnes, James Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Barnes, Joseph K., M.D. Brigadier general, USA
(August 22, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Surgeon General (1864–1882)
Surgeon at the deathbeds of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and James Abram Garfield
  Barnum, Henry Alanson Brigadier general, USV
(May 31, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Lookout Mountain (November 24, 1863)
  Barry, William Farquhar Colonel, USA
(December 11, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 20, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(September 1, 1864)
USMA, 1838
  Bartlett, Joseph Jackson Brigadier general, USV
(March 30, 1863)
Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (October 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863

U.S. minister to Sweden and Norway (1867–1869)

  Bartlett, William Francis Brigadier general, USV
(June 20, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Baxter, Henry Brigadier general, USV
(March 12, 1863)
Major general, USV
(April 1, 1865)
U.S. minister to Honduras (1869–1873)
  Bayard, George Dashiell Captain, USA
(August 20, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
USMA, 1856
DOW, Battle of Fredericksburg (w. December 13, 1862, d. December 14, 1862)
  Beal, George Lafayette Brigadier general, USV
(November 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Beatty, John Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1868–1873)
  Beatty, Samuel Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
  Belknap, William Worth Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Secretary of War (1869–1876)
  Benham, Henry Washington Major
(August 6, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 13, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1837
  Benton, William Plummer Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 26, 1865)
  Berry, Hiram Gregory Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
KIA, Battle of Chancellorsville (May 3, 1863)
  Bidwell, Daniel Davidson Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1864)
KIA, Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
  Birge, Henry Warner Brigadier general, USV
(September 19, 1863)
Major general, USV
(February 25, 1865)
  Birney, David Bell Major general, USV
(May 20, 1863)
Died of illness, October 18, 1864
Brother of William Birney
  Birney, William Brigadier general, USV
(May 22, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Brother of David Bell Birney
  Blair, Francis Preston Jr. Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Declined appointment as brigadier general, USV (August 7, 1861)
U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1857–1859, 1861–1862, 1863–1864)
U.S. Senator from Missouri (1871–1873)
Brother of Postmaster General Montgomery Blair
  Blenker, Louis
(b. Blenker, Ludwig)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 9, 1861)
Mustered out March 31, 1863
  Blunt, James Gillpatrick Major general, USV
(March 16, 1863)
  Bohlen, Henry Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
KIA in reconnaissance over the Rappahannock River, Virginia (August 22. 1862)
  Bowen, James Brigadier general, USV
(October 11, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned July 27, 1864
  Boyle, Jeremiah Tilford Brigadier general, USV
(November 9, 1861)
Resigned January 26, 1864
  Bradley, Luther Prentice Brigadier general, USV
(June 30, 1864)
  Bragg, Edward Stuyvesant Brigadier general, USV
(June 25, 1864)
U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1877–1883, 1885–1887)
U.S. minister to Mexico
  Brannan, John Milton Major, USA
(August 1, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(January 23, 1865)
USMA, 1841
  Brayman, Mason Brigadier general, USV
(September 24, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Territorial Governor of Idaho (1876–1880)
  Briggs, Henry Shaw Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
  Brisbin, James Sanks Captain, USA
(August 5, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 1, 1865)
Colonel, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Brooke, John Rutter Brigadier general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
Military Governor of Puerto Rico (1898)
Military Governor of Cuba (1899)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1905–1907)
  Brooks, William Thomas Harbaugh Major, USA
(March 12, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
USMA, 1841
Appointment as major general, USV (June 10, 1863) revoked April 6, 1864
Resigned June 14, 1864
  Brown, Egbert Benson Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Buchanan, Robert Christie Colonel, USA
(February 8, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862) temporary appt. expired
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1830
Temporary volunteer brig. gen. appointment expired March 4, 1863
Nephew of First Lady Louisa Adams (Wife of President John Quincy Adams)
  Buckingham, Catharinus Putnam Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
USMA, 1829
Resigned February 11, 1863
  Buckland, Ralph Pomeroy Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned January 6, 1865
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1865–1869)
  Buell, Don Carlos Colonel, USA
(July 17, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
USMA, 1841
Mustered out of volunteer service May 28, 1864
Resigned June 1, 1864
  Buford, John Captain, USA
(November 12, 1861)
Major general, USV
(July 1, 1863)
USMA, 1848
Died of illness December 16, 1863
Half-brother of Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
  Buford, Napoleon Bonaparte Brigadier general, USV
(April 15, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1827
Appointment as major general, USV (November 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Half-brother of John Buford
  Burbridge, Stephen Gano Brigadier general, USV
(June 9, 1862)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1864)
  Burnham, Hiram Brigadier general, USV
(April 26, 1864)
KIA, Battle of Chaffin's Farm (September 29, 1864)
  Burns, William Wallace Major, USA
(August 3, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1847
Resigned volunteer commission March 20, 1863
  Burnside, Ambrose Everett Major general, USV
(March 18, 1862)
USMA, 1847
Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
Resigned April 15, 1865
Governor of Rhode Island (1866–1869)
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1871–1873)
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (1875–1881)
  Bussey, Cyrus Brigadier general, USV
(January 5, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Busteed, Richard Brigadier general, USV
(August 7, 1862)
Appointment expired March 4, 1863
  Butler, Benjamin Franklin Major general, USV
(May 16, 1863)
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1867–1875, 1877–1879)
Governor of Massachusetts (1883–1884)
Father-in-law of Adelbert Ames
  Butterfield, Daniel Colonel, USA
(July 1, 1863)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862)

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Cadwalader, George Major general, USV
(April 25, 1862)
Resigned July 6, 1865
First commander-in-chief of MOLLUS (1865–1879)
  Caldwell, John Curtis Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USV
(August 19, 1865)
U.S. minister to Uruguay and Paraguay (1874–1882)
  Cameron, Robert Alexander Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Campbell, Charles Thomas Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
  Campbell, William Bowen Brigadier general, USV
(June 30, 1862)
Resigned January 26, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Tennessee (1847–1853)
Governor of Tennessee (1851–1853)
  Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg Colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Major general, USV
(May 7, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1839
Brother-in-law of John Parker Hawkins
  Carleton, James Henry Major, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Carlin, William Passmore Major, USA
(February 8, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 19, 1865)
USMA, 1850
  Carr, Eugene Asa Major, USA
(July 17, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 7, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 11, 1865)
USMA, 1850
MOH, Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7, 1862)
  Carr, Joseph Bradford Brigadier general, USV
(March 30, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1862) expired March 4, 1863; second appointment (March 30, 1863) expired March 30, 1864; finally confirmed June 30, 1864
  Carrington, Henry Beebee Colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Carroll, Samuel Sprigg Captain, USA
(November 1, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1856
  Carter, Samuel Powhatan Commander, USN
(June 25, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 1, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Naval Academy, 1846
Only officer ever to hold flag rank in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy (appointed Rear Admiral May 16, 1882)
  Casey, Silas Colonel, USA
(October 9, 1861)
Major general, USV
(May 31, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1826
  Catterson, Robert Francis, M.D. Brigadier general, USV
(May 31, 1865)
  Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence
(b. Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 19, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 29, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863)
Detailed to receive surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (April 12, 1865)
Governor of Maine (1866–1870)
One of only two general officers ever promoted on the field by General Grant
  Chambers, Alexander Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1863)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1853
Volunteer appointment cancelled by the Senate April 6, 1864, ostensibly because Chambers was not a legal resident of Iowa
  Champlin, Stephen Gardner Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned November 8, 1863
DOW, Battle of Seven Pines (w. May 31, 1862, d. January 24, 1864)
  Chapman, George Henry Brigadier general, USV
(July 21, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Chetlain, Augustus Louis Brigadier general, USV
(December 18, 1863)
Major general, USV
(June 18, 1865)
  Chrysler, Morgan Henry Brigadier general, USV
(November 11, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Clark, William Thomas Brigadier general, USV
(May 31, 1865)
Major general, USV
(November 24, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Texas (1869–1872)
  Clay, Cassius Marcellus Major general, USV
(April 11, 1862) Eicher: inactive?[6]
Rejected appointment and resigned, March 11, 1863
U.S. minister to Russia (1863–1869)
  Clayton, Powell Brigadier general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
Confirmed February 1865, ordered returned to Senate February 28, 1865
returned March 2, 1865, no reconfirmation[7]
Governor of Arkansas (1868–1871)
U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1871–1877)
U.S. minister to Mexico (1897–1898); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1898–1905)
  Cluseret, Gustave Paul Brigadier general, USV
(October 14, 1862)
Arrested on unspecified charges, January, 1863
Resigned March 2, 1863
Volunteer appointment never confirmed
  Cochrane, John Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Resigned February 25, 1862
U.S. Congressman from New York (1857–1861)
  Connor, Patrick Edward Brigadier general, USV
(March 30, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Connor, Seldon Brigadier general, USV
(June 11, 1864)
Governor of Maine (1876–1879)
  Cook, John Pope Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Major general, USV
(August 24, 1865)
  Cooke, Philip St. George Brigadier general, USA
(November 12, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1827
Father of General John Rogers Cooke, CSA
Father-in-law of General James Ewell Brown Stuart, CSA
  Cooper, James Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
Died March 28, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1849–1843)
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1849–1855)
  Cooper, Joseph Alexander Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Copeland, Joseph Tarr Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned November 8, 1865
  Corcoran, Michael Brigadier general, USV
(July 21, 1861)
Died in riding accident December 22, 1863
  Corse, John Murray Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1863)
Major general, USV
(October 5, 1864)
USMA (class of 1857), withdrew 1855
  Couch, Darius Nash Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1846
Resigned May 26, 1865
  Cowdin, Robert Brigadier general, USV
(September 26, 1862)
Appointment expired March 4, 1863
Relieved and mustered out March 30, 1863
  Cox, Jacob Dolson Major General
(December 7, 1864)
Original appointment as major general, USV (October 6, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Resigned June 27, 1864
Governor of Ohio (1866–1867)
United States Secretary of the Interior (1869–1870)
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1877–1879)
  Craig, James Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Resigned May 5, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1857–1861)
  Crawford, Samuel Wylie, M.D. Lieutenant colonel, USA
(February 17, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 25, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
  Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Major general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Resigned December 13, 1864
Son of Senator John Jordan Crittenden
Brother of General George Bibb Crittenden, CSA
Cousin of Thomas Turpin Crittenden
  Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Resigned May 5, 1863
Nephew of Senator John Jordan Crittenden
Cousin of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and General George Bibb Crittenden, CSA
  Crocker, Marcellus Monroe Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA (class of 1851), withdrew 1849
Died of illness August 26, 1865
  Crook, George Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Major general, USV
(October 21, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1852
  Croxton, John Thomas Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(April 27, 1865)
U.S. minister to Bolivia (1873–1874)
  Cruft, Charles Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 5, 1865)
  Cullum, George Washington Lieutenant colonel, USA
(March 3, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 1, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1833
Superintendent, USMA (1864–1866)
Created the Cullum number system to identify USMA graduates
Brother-in-law to Schuyler Hamilton (married widow of Henry Wager Halleck)
  Curtis, Newton Martin Brigadier general, USV
(January 15, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
MOH, First Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from New York (1891–1897)
  Curtis, Samuel Ryan Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
USMA, 1831
U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1857–1861)
  Custer, George Armstrong Captain, USA
(June 5, 1862)
Major general, USV
(April 15, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1861
  Cutler, Lysander Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(August 19, 1864)
Resigned June 30, 1865

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Daggett, Aaron Simon Lieutenant colonel, USV
(January 23, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Last surviving brevet general (d. May 14, 1938)
  Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1842
Resigned May 27, 1865
  Davidson, John Wynn Major, USA
(November 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(February 3, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1845
  Davies, Henry Eugene Major general, USV
(May 4, 1865)
Nephew of Thomas Alfred Davies
  Davies, Thomas Alfred Brigadier general, USV
(March 7, 1862)
Major general, USV
(July 11, 1865)
USMA, 1829
Uncle of Henry Eugene Davies
  Davis, Edmund Jackson Brigadier general, USV
(November 10, 1864)
Governor of Texas (1870–1874)
  Davis, Jefferson Columbus Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(December 18, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 8, 1864)
Shot and killed Major General William Nelson in a private altercation (September 29, 1862)
  Dawes, Rufus Robinson Colonel, USV
(July 5, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned August 10, 1864
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1881–1883)
Father of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes
  Deitzler, George Washington Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned August 27, 1863
Major General of Kansas Militia, 1864
  Delafield, Richard Brigadier general, USA
(April 22, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1818
Superintendent, USMA (1838–1845, 1856–1861, 1861)
Chief of Engineers (1864–1866)
  Dennis, Elias Smith Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Dent, Frederick Tracy Lieutenant colonel, USA
(March 20, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 5, 1865)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1843
Brother-in-law of Ulysses S. Grant
  Denver, James W. Brigadier general, USV
(August 14, 1861)
Resigned March 5, 1863
U.S. Congressman from California (1855–1857)
Territorial Governor of Kansas (1857–1858)
Namesake of Denver, Colorado
  De Russy, Gustavus Adolphus Captain, USA
(August 17, 1857)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 23, 1863)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA (class of 1839), resigned in 1838
Son of René Edward De Russy
Brother-in-law of Henry Jackson Hunt and Lewis Cass Hunt
  De Russy, René Edward Colonel, USA
(March 3, 1863)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1812
Superintendent, USMA (1833–1838)
Father of Gustavus Adolphus De Russy
Father-in-law of Henry Jackson Hunt and Lewis Cass Hunt
  De Trobriand, Philippe Régis Dénis de Keredern Brigadier general, USV
(January 5, 1864)
Major general, USV
(April 9, 1865)
  Devens, Charles Jr. Brigadier general, USV
(April 15, 1862)
Major general, USV
(April 3, 1865)
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1873–1875)
Attorney General of the United States (1877–1881)
  Devin, Thomas Casimer Brigadier general, USV
(October 19, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Deweese, John Thomas Lieutenant colonel, USV Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (1868–1870)
  Dewey, Joel Allen Brigadier general, USV
(November 20, 1865)
Last Civil War general appointed
  Diven, Alexander Samuel Colonel, USV
(October 21, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 30, 1864)
Resigned May 11, 1863
U.S. Congressman from New York (1861–1863)
  Dix, John Adams Major general, USV
(May 16, 1861)
Resigned November 30, 1865
U.S. Senator from New York (1845–1849)
Secretary of the Treasury (1861)
U.S. minister to France (1866–1869)
Governor of New York (1873–1874)
Highest-ranking volunteer officer
  Dodge, Charles Cleveland Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned June 12, 1863
  Dodge, Grenville Mellen Major general, USV
(June 7, 1864)
U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1867–1869)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1907–1909)
  Doolittle, Charles Camp Brigadier general, USV
(January 27, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Doubleday, Abner Lieutenant colonel, USA
(September 20, 1863)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1842
Aimed first cannon to return fire from Fort Sumter
  Dow, Neal Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Resigned November 30, 1864
  Drake, Francis Marion Lieutenant colonel, USV
(October 4, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(February 22, 1865)
Governor of Iowa (1896–1898)
  Draper, William Francis Lieutenant colonel, USV
(August 9, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1893–1897)
U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1897–1900)
  Duffié, Alfred Napoleon Alexander
(aka. Duffie, Alfred Nattie)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 23, 1863)
  Dumont, Ebenezer Brigadier general, USV
(September 3, 1861)
Resigned February 28, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1863–1867)
  Dunn, William McKee Lieutenant colonel, USA
(June 22, 1864)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1859–1863)
  Duryée, Abram Brigadier general, USV
(August 31, 1861)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned January 5, 1863
  Dutton, Arthur Henry Captain, USA
(October 2, 1863)
Colonel, USV
(September 5, 1862)
Colonel, USA
(May 26, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 16, 1864)
USMA, 1861
DOW, Battle of Proctor's Creek (w. May 16, 1864, d. June 5, 1864)
  Duval, Isaac Hardin Brigadier general, USV
(September 24, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from West Virginia (1869–1871)
  Dwight, William Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA (class of 1853), discharged January 31, 1853
  Dyer, Alexander Brydie Brigadier general, USA
(September 12, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1837
Chief of Ordnance (1864–1874)

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Eaton, Amos Beebe Brigadier general, USA
(June 29, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1826
Commissary General of Subsistence (1864–1874)
  Edgerton, Alonzo Jay Colonel, USV
(February 15, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1881)
  Edwards, John Brigadier General
(September 24, 1864)
U.S. Congressman from Arkansas (1871 – February 8, 1872)
Removed from seat when election was successfully contested
  Edwards, Oliver Brigadier general, USV
(May 19, 1865)
Major general, USV
(April 5, 1865)
  Egan, Thomas Washington Brigadier general, USV
(September 3, 1864)
Major general, USV
(October 27, 1864)
  Ekin, James A. Lieutenant colonel, USA
(July 29, 1865)
Colonel, USV
(August 2, 1864)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 8, 1865)
Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
  Ellet, Alfred Washington Brigadier general, USV
(November 1, 1862)
Resigned, December 31, 1864
Brother of Charles Ellet, Jr.
Uncle of Charles Rivers Ellet
  Elliott, Washington Lafayette Major, USA
(November 5, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 11, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA (class of 1845), left in 1844
  Emory, William Helmsley Colonel, USA
(October 27, 1863)
Major general, USV
(September 25, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1831
Namesake of Emory Peak
  Estey, George Peabody
(aka. George Peabody Este)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 26, 1865)
  Eustis, Henry Lawrence Brigadier General
(September 12, 1863)
USMA, 1842
Resigned, June 27, 1864
  Ewing, Charles Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 8, 1865)
Colonel, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Son of Thomas Ewing
Brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Brother of Hugh Boyle Ewing
Brother-in-law of William Tecumseh Sherman
  Ewing, Hugh Boyle Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, class of 1848, never graduated
U.S. minister to the Netherlands (1866–1870)
Son of Thomas Ewing
Brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Brother of Charles Ewing
Brother-in-law of William Tecumseh Sherman
  Ewing, Thomas Jr. Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned February 23, 1865
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1877–1881)
Son of Thomas Ewing
Brother of Charles Ewing
Brother of Hugh Boyle Ewing
Brother-in-law of William Tecumseh Sherman

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Fairchild, Lucius Captain, USA
(August, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(October 13, 1863)
Resigned November, 1863
Governor of Wisconsin (1866–1872)
U.S. minister to Spain (1880–1881)
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1886–1887)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1893–1895)
  Farnsworth, Elon John Captain, USV (December 25, 1861) Nominated brigadier general, USV, June 29, 1863, but not confirmed by U.S. Senate; Assigned to command 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, June 28, 1863, KIA, Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863)
  Ferrero, Edward Brigadier general, USV
(May 6, 1863)
Major general, USV
(December, 1864)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 10, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
  Ferry, Orris S. Brigadier general, USV
(March 17, 1862)
Major general, USV
(May 23, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Connecticut (1859–1861)
U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1867–1875)
  Fessenden, Francis Captain, USA
Major general, USV
(November 9, 1865)
Son of Secretary of the Treasury William Pitt Fessenden
Brother of James Deering Fessenden
  Fessenden, James Deering Brigadier general, USV
(August 8, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Son of Secretary of the Treasury William Pitt Fessenden
Brother of Francis Fessenden
  Fisk, Clinton Bowen Brigadier general, USV
(November 24, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Force, Manning Ferguson Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1863)
Major general, USV MOH, Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Brother-in-law of John Pope
  Forsyth, James W. Captain, USA
(October 24, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 19, 1865)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1856
  Foster, John Gray Captain, USA
Major general, USV
(July 18, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1846
  Foster, Robert Sanford Brigadier general, USV
(June 12, 1863)
Major general, USV Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
  Franklin, William Buel Colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1843
  Frémont, John Charles Major general, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Resigned June 4, 1864
U.S. Senator from California (1850–1851)
Territorial Governor of Arizona (1878–1887)
Son-in-law of Senator Thomas Hart Benton
  French, William H. Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1837
Mustered out of volunteer service May 6, 1864
  Fry, James Barnet Brigadier general, USA
(April 21, 1864)
Major general, USA USMA, 1847
Provost Marshal General (1863–1866)
  Fry, Speed Smith Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
  Fuller, John Wallace Brigadier general, USV
(January 5, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Gamble, William Brigadier general, USV
(September 25, 1865)
  Garfield, James Abram Major general, USV
(September 19, 1863)
Resigned December 5, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1863–1881)
20th President of the United States (1881)
Second President to die by assassination
  Garrard, Kenner First Lieutenant, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(July 23, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1863)
Major general, USV
(December 16, 1864)
USMA, 1851
First cousin (once removed) of Theophilus Toulmin Garrard
  Garrard, Theophilus Toulmin Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Mustered out April 4, 1864
First cousin (once removed) of Kenner Garrard
  Geary, John White Brigadier general, USV
(April 25, 1862)
Major general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
Territorial Governor of Kansas (1856–1857)
Governor of Pennsylvania (1867–1873)
  Getty, George Washington Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(September 25, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August, 1864)
USMA, 1840
  Gibbon, John Captain, USA
Major general, USV
(June 7, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1847
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1895–1896)
  Gibbs, Alfred Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(October 19, 1864)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1846
  Gilbert, Charles Champion Major, USA
(July, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 4, 1862)
Colonel, USA USMA, 1846
Appointment expired, March 4, 1863
Assigned to duty as "acting" Major General (August, 1862) by Horatio Gouverneur Wright
  Gilbert, James Isham Brigadier general, USV
(February 9, 1865)
Major general, USV
  Gillem, Alvan Cullem Captain, USA
(July 12, 1861)
Major general, USV
(November 3, 1865)
Major general, USA
(April 12, 1865)
USMA, 1851
  Gillmore, Quincy Adams Major, USA
(June 1, 1863)
Major general, USV
(July 10, 1863)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1851
  Gordon, George Henry Brigadier general, USV
(June 9, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1846
  Gorman, Willis A. Brigadier general, USV
(September 7, 1861)
Mustered out May 4, 1864
Territorial Governor of Minnesota (1853–1857)
  Graham, Charles Kinnaird Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Graham, Lawrence Pike Colonel, USA
(1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(August, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
  Granger, Gordon Major general, USV
(September 17, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1845
  Granger, Robert Seaman Major, USA
(September, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(October, 1862)
Major general, USA USMA, 1838
  Grant, Lewis Addison Brigadier general, USV
(April 27, 1864)
MOH, Battle of Salem Church (May 3, 1863)
  Grant, Ulysses S.
(b. Grant, Hiram Ulysses)
Lieutenant General, USA
(March 4, 1864)
USMA, 1843
Received the Thanks of Congress (December 17, 1863)
Received the Congressional Gold Medal (December 17, 1863)
First full-grade Lieutenant General since George Washington
First General since George Washington (July 25, 1866)
General-in-Chief (1864–1869)
18th President of the United States (1869–1877)
  Greene, George Sears Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
USMA, 1823
  Gregg, David McMurtrie Captain, USA
(1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1855
Resigned February 3, 1865
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1903–1905)
Cousin of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin
  Gresham, Walter Quintin Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1883)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned due to wounds, 1863
Postmaster General (1883–1884)
Secretary of the Treasury (1884)
Secretary of State (1893–1895)
  Grierson, Benjamin Henry Major general, USV
(May 27, 1865)
  Griffin, Charles Captain, USA
Major general, USV
(April 2, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1847
Brother-in-law of Samuel Sprigg Carroll
  Griffin, Simon Goodell Brigadier general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USV
(April 2, 1865)
  Grose, William Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(August 13, 1865)
  Grover, Cuvier Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(April 14, 1862)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1850

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Hackleman, Pleasant Adams Brigadier general, USV
(April 20, 1862)
KIA, Battle of Corinth (October 3, 1862)
  Halleck, Henry Wager Major general, USA
(August 19, 1861)
USMA, 1839
General-in-Chief, U.S. Army (July 23, 1862 – March 12, 1864)
Chief of staff, U.S. Army (March 12, 1864-May, 1865)
  Hamblin, Joseph Eldridge Brigadier general, USV
(May 19, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Hamilton, Andrew J. Brigadier general, USV
(September 18, 1863)
First appointment as brigadier general (November 14, 1862) never confirmed
Reconstruction Governor of Texas (June, 1865-August, 1866)
  Hamilton, Charles Smith Major general, USV
(September 19, 1862)
USMA, 1843
Resigned, April 13, 1863
  Hamilton, Schuyler Colonel, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(November 12, 1861)
USMA, 1841
Grandson of Alexander Hamilton
Brother-in-law of Henry W. Halleck; later brother-in-law to George Washington Cullum
Nominated major general, USV (September 17, 1862), never confirmed due to illness
Resigned February 27, 1863
  Hamlin, Cyrus Colonel, USA
(February 12, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(December 13, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
Brother of Charles Hamlin
  Hammond, William Alexander Brigadier general, USA
(April 25, 1862)
Surgeon General (1862–1864)
Dismissed from service, August 18, 1864
  Hancock, Winfield Scott Brigadier general, USA
(August 12, 1864)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1844
Received the Thanks of Congress (April 21, 1866)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS
(1879–1886)
  Hardin, Martin Davis Major, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(July 2, 1864)
Brigadier general, USA USMA, 1859
  Harding, Abner Clark Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
Resigned June, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1865–1869)
  Harker, Charles Garrison Brigadier general, USV
(April 10, 1864)
USMA, 1858
KIA, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (June 26, 1864)
  Harland, Edward Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Harney, William Selby Brigadier general, USA
(June 14, 1858)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
  Harris, Thomas Maley Brigadier general, USV
(March 29, 1865)
Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
  Harrison, Benjamin Colonel, USV Brigadier general, USV
(January 23, 1865)
U.S. Senator from Indiana (1881–1887)
23rd President of the United States (1889–1893)
  Harrow, William Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Relieved, September 1864
Resigned, April 7, 1865
  Hartranft, John F. Brigadier general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 28, 1865)
MOH, First Battle of Bull Run
Provost Marshal, Lincoln Assassination trial
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1875–1877)
Governor of Pennsylvania (1873–1879)
  Hartsuff, George Lucas Lieutenant colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(November 19, 1862)
Major general, USA USMA, 1852
  Hascall, Milo Smith Brigadier general, USV
(April 25, 1862)
USMA, 1852
Recommended for promotion to major general, USV, September 12, 1864; no action taken
Resigned, October 27, 1864
  Haskin, Joseph Abel Lieutenant colonel, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(August 5, 1864)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1839
  Hatch, Edward Brigadier general, USV
(April 27, 1864)
Major general, USV
  Hatch, John Porter Major, USA
(1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1845
MOH, Battle of South Mountain
  Haupt, Herman Colonel, USA
(April 27, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 5, 1862)
USMA, 1835
Refused commission as brigadier general, resigned September 14, 1863
  Hawkins, John Parker Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(April 13, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1852
Brother-in-law of E.R.S. Canby
  Hawley, Joseph Roswell Brigadier general, USV
(September 13, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Governor of Connecticut (1866–1867)
U.S. Congressman from Connecticut (1872–1875, 1879–1881)
U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1881–1905)
  Hayes, Joseph Brigadier general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Brigadier general, USV
(October 19, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned commission, June, 1865
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1865–1867)
Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877)
19th President of the United States (1877–1881)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1886, 1888–1893)
  Haynie, Isham N. Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Commission never confirmed by Senate, expired March 4, 1863
Resigned, March 6, 1863
Warner lists as brig. gen., Eicher does not
  Hays, Alexander Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(September 29, 1862)
Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(May 5, 1864)
USMA, 1844
KIA, Battle of the Wilderness (May 5, 1864)
  Hays, William Major, USA
(1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(December 27, 1862)
USMA, 1840
Relieved of duty, April 6, 1865
  Hazen, William Babcock Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(December 13, 1864)
Major general, USA USMA, 1856
  Heckman, Charles Adam Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Relieved, March 23, 1865
Resigned, May 25, 1865
  Heintzelman, Samuel P. Colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Major general, USV
(May 5, 1862)
USMA, 1826
  Herron, Francis Jay Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Youngest Major General
MOH, Battle of Pea Ridge
  Hinks, Edward Winslow
(b. Hincks, Edward Winslow; aka Hinks, Edward Ward)
Second Lieutenant, USA
(April 26, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 2, 1867)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned regular Army commission June 4, 1861, returned to regular service after the war
  Hitchcock, Ethan Allen Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(February 10, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(1848)
USMA, 1817
Grandson of Ethan Allen
  Hobson, Edward H. Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Holt, Joseph Brigadier general, USA
(June 22, 1864)
Postmaster General (1859–1860)
Secretary of War (1861–1862)
Judge Advocate General
Presiding judge on the Lincoln assassination trial
  Hooker, Joseph Brigadier general, USA
(September 20, 1862)
Major general, USV
(May 5, 1862)
USMA, 1837
Received Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
  Hovey, Alvin P. Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USV
(June 4, 1864)
U.S. minister to Peru (1866–1870)
U.S. Congressman (1887–1889)
Governor of Indiana (1889–1891)
  Hovey, Charles Edward Brigadier general, USV
(September 5, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Commission never confirmed, expired March 4, 1863
Resigned due to wounds, May, 1863
  Howard, Oliver Otis Brigadier general, USA
(December 21, 1864)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1854
MOH, Battle of Fair Oaks
Received Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau (1865–1871)
Superintendent, USMA (1881–1882)
  Howe, Albion Parris Captain, USA
(1855)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 22, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1841
Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Howell, Joshua B. Brigadier general, USV
(September 12, 1864)
Posthumous promotion
Died in riding accident, September 12, 1864
  Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(July 8, 1863)
Major general, USA USMA, 1831
  Hunt, Henry Jackson Lieutenant colonel, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(September 15, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(1863)
USMA, 1839
Brother of Lewis Cass Hunt
Son-in-law of René Edward De Russy
Brother-in-law of John Parker Hawkins and Gustavus Adolphus De Russy
  Hunt, Lewis Cass Major, USA
(1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(1865)
USMA, 1847
Brother of Henry Jackson Hunt
Son-in-law of René Edward De Russy
Brother-in-law of John Parker Hawkins and Gustavus Adolphus De Russy
  Hunter, David Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(August 13, 1861)
Major general, USA USMA, 1822
Presiding Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
  Hurlbut, Stephen A. Major general, USV
(September 17, 1862)
Mustered out of service for alleged corruption, June 20, 1865
First commander-in-chief, GAR (1866–1868)
U.S. minister to Colombia (1869–1872)
U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1873–1877)
U.S. minister to Peru (1881–1882)

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Ingalls, Rufus Major, USA
(1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 23, 1863)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1843
16th Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army 1882-1883


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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Jackson, Conrad Feger Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
KIA, Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
  Jackson, James Streshly Brigadier general, USV
(July 19, 1862)
U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1861)
KIA, Battle of Perryville (October 8, 1862)
  Jackson, Nathaniel James Brigadier general, USV
(September 24, 1862)
Major general, USV
  Jackson, Richard Henry Captain, USA
(1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 19, 1865)
Brigadier general, USA
Major general, USV
Postwar appointment but listed by Eicher and Warner
  Jameson, Charles Davis Brigadier general, USV
(September 3, 1861)
d. November 6, 1862 of illness
  Johnson, Andrew Brigadier general, USV
(March 4, 1862)
U.S. Congressman from Tennessee (1843–1853)
Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1875)
U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1857–1862)
Military Governor of Tennessee (1862–1864)
16th Vice President of the United States (1865)
17th President of the United States (1865–1869)
  Johnson, Richard W. Brigadier general, USV
(October 11, 1861)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1849
  Jones, Patrick Henry Brigadier general, USV
(December 6, 1864)
  Judah, Henry Moses Major, USA
(June 30, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
USMA, 1843

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Kane, Thomas Leiper Brigadier general, USV
(September 7, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned November, 1863
  Kautz, August Valentin Captain, USA
(May, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 7, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1852
Commissioner, Lincoln assassination trial
  Kearny, Philip Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
KIA, Battle of Chantilly (September 1, 1862)
posthumous appt. Maj. Gen. USV confirmed March 9, 1863
  Keim, William High Brigadier general, USV
(September 20, 1861)
Died of illness, May 18, 1862
  Kelley, Benjamin Franklin Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
Major general, USV
(August 5, 1864)
  Kenly, John Reese Brigadier general, USV
(August 22, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Ketcham, John Henry Brigadier general, USV
(October 23, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from New York
(1865–1873, 1877–1893, 1897–1906)
  Ketchum, William Scott Colonel, USA
(1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(February 3, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1834
  Keyes, Erasmus Darwin Colonel, USA
(1861)
Major general, USV
(May 5, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA USMA, 1832
Resigned, May 6, 1864
  Kiernan, James Lawlor Brigadier general, USV
(August 1, 1863)
Resigned February 3, 1864; Warner lists;
Eicher shows as not confirmed
  Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson Major general, USV
(June 18, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1861
U.S. minister to Chile (1866–1870, 1881)
  Kimball, Nathan Brigadier general, USV
(April 16, 1862)
Major general, USV
(February 1, 1865)
  King, John Haskell Colonel, USA
(1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(May 31, 1865)
  King, Rufus Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
USMA, 1833
Resigned October 1863
U.S. minister to the Papal States (1863–1867)
Appointed minister in 1861,
took a leave of absence to join the Army
  Kirby, Edmund First Lieutenant, USA
(1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 28, 1863)
USMA, 1861
DOW, Second Battle of Fredericksburg (w. May 3, 1863, d. May 28, 1863)
  Kirk, Edward Needles Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
DOW, Battle of Stones River (w. December 31, 1862, d. July 21, 1863)
  Knipe, Joseph Farmer Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Krzyzanowski, Wladimir Colonel, USV
(1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 2, 1865)
First cousin of Frédéric Chopin
Appointment as brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
not confirmed expired March 4, 1863,
served at that grade until the Atlanta campaign
Warner lists

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Lander, Frederick West Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
Died of illness, March 2, 1862
  Lane, James H. Brigadier general, USV
(December 18, 1861)
U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1853–1855)
U.S. Senator from Kansas (1861–1866)
Commission cancelled March 21, 1862
Reinstated April 11, 1862
  Lauman, Jacob G. Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Relieved of duty, July 15, 1863
  Lawler, Michael Kelly Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Lawrence, Albert Gallatin Captain, USV Brigadier general, USV
(March 25, 1865)
U.S. minister to Costa Rica (1867–1868)
Son-in-law of Brigadier General Joseph Pannell Taylor and President Zachary Taylor
Brother-in-law of John McLean Taylor
  Ledlie, James H. Brigadier general, USV
(October 27, 1863)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (December 24, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Relieved of command, July, 1864
Resigned January 23, 1865
  Lee, Albert Lindley Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned May 4, 1865
  Leggett, Mortimer Dormer Major general, USV
(August 21, 1865)
  Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson Brigadier general, USV
(March 16, 1863)
  Lockwood, Henry Hayes Brigadier general, USV
(August 8, 1861)
USMA, 1836
  Logan, John Alexander Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1868–1871)
U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1859–1861, 1867–1871)
U.S. Senator from Illinois (1871–1877, 1879–1886)
  Long, Eli Captain, USA
(May 24, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 18, 1864)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
  Lowell, Charles Russell Brigadier general, USV
(October 19, 1864)
KIA, Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
  Lucas, Thomas John Brigadier general, USV
(November 10, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 26, 1865)
  Lyon, Nathaniel Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
USMA, 1841
KIA, Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861)
First Union general killed during the war
Received the Thanks of Congress (December 24, 1861)
  Lytle, William Haines Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
KIA, Battle of Chickamauga (September 20, 1863)

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  McArthur, John Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Major general, USV
  McCall, George Archibald Brigadier general, USV
(May 15, 1861)
USMA, 1822
Resigned March 31, 1863
McCleery, James Major, USV
(1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (1871)
  McClellan, George Brinton Major general, USA
(May 14, 1861)
USMA, 1846
General-in-Chief (November 1, 1861 – July 22, 1862)
Relieved of duty November 7, 1862
Resigned November 8, 1864
Governor of New Jersey (1878–1881)
  McClernand, John Alexander Major general, USV
(May 21, 1862)
Resigned November 30, 1864
U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1843–1851, 1859–1861)
  McCook, Alexander McDowell Major general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Highest-ranking of the fourteen "Fighting McCooks"
Brother of Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook
Cousin of Anson George McCook and Edward Moody McCook
  McCook, Daniel, Jr. Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1864)
DOW, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (w. June 27, 1864, d. July 17, 1864)
Brother of Alexander McDowell McCook, Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook
Cousin of Anson George McCook and Edward Moody McCook
  McCook, Edward Moody First Lieutenant, USA
(May 8, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 27, 1864)
Brigadier general, USA
Major general, USV
U.S. minister to Hawai'i (1866–1868)
Territorial Governor of Colorado (1869–1873, 1874–1875)
Brother of Anson George McCook
Cousin of Alexander McDowell McCook, Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook
  McCook, Robert Latimer Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
DOW sustained near Huntsville, Alabama (w. August 5, 1862, d. August 6, 1862)
Brother of Alexander McDowell McCook, Daniel McCook, Jr., and Edwin Stanton McCook
Cousin of Anson George McCook and Edward Moody McCook
  McDowell, Irvin Brigadier general, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Major general, USV
(March 14, 1862)
USMA, 1838
  McGinnis, George Francis Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  McIntosh, John Baillie Second Lieutenant, USA
(1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 21, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Brother of General James McQueen McIntosh, CSA
  McKean, Thomas Jefferson Brigadier general, USV
(November 21, 1861)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1831
  Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(1864)
Brigadier general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1862
Nephew of Confederate diplomat John Slidell
  McKinstry, Justus Brigadier general, USV
(September 2, 1861)
USMA, 1838
Dismissed from service for corruption, January 28, 1863
  McLean, Nathaniel Collins Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned April 20, 1865
  McMillan, James Winning Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 5, 1865)
Resigned May 15, 1865
  McNeil, John Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(April 12, 1865)
Resigned April 12, 1865
  McPherson, James Birdseye Brigadier general, USA
(August 1, 1863)
Major general, USV
(October 8, 1862)
USMA, 1853
KIA, Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Only Union Army commander to be KIA
  Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn Brigadier general, USV
(August 4, 1863)
  Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno Brigadier general, USA
(May 6, 1861)
Major general, USV
(July 18, 1862)
USMA, 1822
DOW, Battle of Antietam (w. September 17, 1862, d. September 18, 1862)
  Manson, Mahlon Dickerson Brigadier general, USV
(March 24, 1862)
Resigned due to wounds, December 21, 1864
U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1871–1873)
  Marcy, Randolph Barnes Colonel, USA
(August 9, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1832
Inspector General, U.S. Army (1861–1881)
Volunteer appointment expired March 4, 1863
Father-in-law of George Brinton McClellan
Marsh, Charles Carroll Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Appointment withdrawn
Resigned April 22, 1863
  Marston, Gilman Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned April 20, 1865
U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire (1859–1863, 1865–1867)
U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (1889)
  Martindale, John Henry Brigadier general, USV
(August 9, 1861)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1835
Resigned September 13, 1864
Mason, John Sanford Major, USA
(1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(1865)
USMA, 1847
  Matthies, Charles Leopold
(b. Matthies, Karl Leopold)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
First officer to muster a company of volunteers for U.S. service (January 9, 1861)
Resigned May 16, 1864
  Meade, George Gordon Major general, USA
(August 18, 1864)
USMA, 1835
Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
Namesake of Fort Meade, Maryland
  Meagher, Thomas Francis Brigadier general, USV
(February 3, 1862)
Resigned May 14, 1863, resignation rejected
Resigned May 15, 1865
  Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham Brigadier general, USA
(May 15, 1861)
Major general, USA
(July 5, 1864)
USMA, 1836
Quartermaster General (1861–1882)
  Meredith, Solomon Brigadier general, USV
(October 6, 1862)
Major general, USV
(August 14, 1865)
  Meredith, Sullivan Amory Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Merritt, Wesley Captain, USA
(1862)
Major general, USV
(April 1, 1865)
Major general, USA
(1865)
USMA, 1860
Superintendent, USMA (1882–1887)
Military Governor of the Philippines (1898)
  Miles, Nelson Appleton Major general, USV
(October 21, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Chancellorsville (May 2–3, 1863)
Last General-in-Chief (1895–1902); position replaced with Chief of Staff upon his retirement
Military Governor of Puerto Rico (1898)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1919–1925)
Last surviving Major General (d. May 15, 1925)
  Miller, John Franklin Brigadier general, USV
(January 5, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
U.S. Senator from California (1881–1886)
  Miller, Stephen Brigadier general, USV
(October 26, 1863)
Resigned January 18, 1864
Governor of Minnesota (1864–1865)
  Milroy, Robert Huston Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight Major general, USV
(April 11, 1862)
USMA, 1829
Died of yellow fever, October 30, 1862
  Mitchell, John Grant Brigadier general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned July 3, 1865
  Mitchell, Robert Byington Brigadier general, USV
(April 8, 1862)
Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1866–1869)
Montgomery, William Reading Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
USMA, 1825
Resigned April 4, 1864
  Morell, George Webb Brigadier general, USV
(August 9, 1861)
USMA, 1835
Appointment as major general, USV (July 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Mustered out December 15, 1864
  Morgan, Charles Hale Captain, USA
(August 5, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 21, 1865)
USMA, 1857
  Morgan, Edwin Denison Major general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
Resigned January 1, 1863
First (and longest-sitting) Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1856–1864, 1872–1876)
Governor of New York (1859–1862)
U.S. Senator from New York (1863–1869)
  Morgan, George Washington Brigadier general, USV
(November 21, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
(1848)
USMA (class of 1845), resigned 1843
Resigned volunteer commission June 8, 1863
U.S. minister to Portugal (1858–1861)
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1869-1869, 1871–1873)
  Morgan, James Dada Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 19, 1865)
  Morris, William Hopkins Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1851
  Morton, James St. Clair Major, USA
(July 3, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1851
Resigned volunteer commission November 7, 1863
KIA, Siege of Petersburg (July 17, 1864)
  Mott, Gershom Major general, USV
(May 26, 1865)
  Mower, Joseph Anthony Major general, USV
(August 12, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Nagle, James Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 10, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 due to lack of Senate confirmation
Resigned, May 9, 1863
Recommissioned as Colonel (July 4, 1863 – August 2, 1863)
Recommissioned again as Colonel (1864)
Resigned, November 5, 1864
  Naglee, Henry Morris Brigadier general, USV
(February 12, 1862)
USMA, 1835
Relieved, September 23, 1863
Mustered out, April 4, 1864
  Negley, James S. Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Relieved, September, 1864
Resigned, January 19, 1865
U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1869–1887)
  Neill, Thomas Hewson Major, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1863)
Brigadier general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1847
Superintendent, USMA (1876–1879)
  Nelson, William Major general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Only naval officer in either army to reach major general
Shot and killed in a private altercation by Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis (September 29, 1862)
  Newton, John Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(March 30, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1842
son of Congressman Thomas Newton, Jr.
Volunteer rank revoked April 18, 1864
  Nickerson, Franklin Stillman Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Relieved, July 22, 1864
Resigned May 13, 1865

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Oglesby, Richard James "Uncle Dick" Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned, May 26, 1864
Governor of Illinois (1865–1869, 1873, 1885–1889)
U.S. Senator from Illinois (1873–1879)
Present at the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln
  Oliver, John Morrison Brigadier general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
Major general, USV
  Opdycke, Emerson
(b. Opdycke, Samuel Emerson)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 26, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Postwar appointment, resigned January 1, 1866
before Senate confirmation February 23, 1866
Warner, Eicher list
  Ord, Edward Otho Cresap Colonel, USA
Major general, USV
(May 3, 1862)
USMA, 1839
  Orme, William Ward Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned, April 20, 1864
  Osborn, Thomas Ogden Brigadier general, USV
(May 1, 1865)
Major general, USV U.S. minister to Argentina (1874–1885)
  Osterhaus, Peter Joseph Major general, USV
(July 23, 1864)
  Owen, Joshua Thomas Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Commission never confirmed by Senate, expired March 4, 1863
Relieved of duty, June, 1864
Mustered out, July, 1864

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Paine, Charles Jackson Brigadier general, USV
(July 4, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Paine, Eleazar Arthur Brigadier general, USV
(September 3, 1861)
USMA, 1839
Resigned April 5, 1865
Cousin of Halbert Eleazer Paine
  Paine, Halbert Eleazer Brigadier general, USV
(April 9, 1863)
Resigned May 15, 1865
U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1865–1871)
Cousin of Eleazer Arthur Paine
  Palmer, Innis Newton Lieutenant colonel, USA
(1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 23, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1846
  Palmer, John McCauley Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Governor of Illinois (1869–1873)
U.S. Senator from Illinois (1891–1897)
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1891–1892)
  Parke, John Grubb Major general, USV
(July 18, 1862)
Major general, USA USMA, 1849
Superintendent, USMA (1887–1889)
  Parsons, Lewis Baldwin Brigadier general, USV
(May 11, 1865)
Major general, USV
  Patrick, Marsena Rudolph Brigadier general, USV
(March 20, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1835
  Patterson, Francis Engle Brigadier general, USV
(April 11, 1862)
"Killed by accidental discharge of his own pistol" (November 22, 1862)
Son of Robert Patterson
Brother-in-law of John Joseph Abercrombie
  Patterson, Robert Major general, Pennsylvania Volunteers Mexican-American War veteran
Returned to duty with PA volunteers[8]
Commanded Department of Pennsylvania
Failed to retake Harpers Ferry or
stop Stonewall Jackson move; Discharged July, 1861
Father of Francis E. Patterson; Father-in-law of John Joseph Abercrombie
  Paul, Gabriel René Brigadier general, USA
(February 16, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 18, 1863)
USMA, 1834
Retired February 16, 1865, due to blinding at Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 5, 1862)
not confirmed, expired March 4, 1863
  Peck, John James Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1843
  Pennypacker, Galusha Brigadier general, USV
(February 18, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865)
Youngest general in U.S. history
  Penrose, William Henry First Lieutenant, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 27, 1865)
Postwar appointment, nominated January 13, 1866
confirmed February 23, 1866; Warner, Eicher list
  Phelps, John Smith Brigadier general, USV
(July 19, 1862)
Appointment expired March 4, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1845–1863)
Military Governor of Arkansas (1862–1863)
Governor of Missouri (1877–1881)
  Phelps, John Wolcott Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
Resigned, August 21, 1862)
USMA, 1836
Half-brother of Charles Edward Phelps
  Piatt, Abram Sanders
(aka Piatt, Abraham Sanders)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 30, 1862)
Resigned February 17, 1863
Pierce, Byron Root Brigadier general, USV
(June 7, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Pile, William Anderson Brigadier general, USV
(December 26, 1863)
Major general, USV
(April, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1867–1869)
Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1869–1871)
U.S. minister to Venezuela (1871–1874)
  Pitcher, Thomas Gamble Captain, USA
(1858)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1845
Superintendent, USMA (1866–1870)
  Pleasonton, Alfred Major, USA
(1862)
Major general, USV
(June 22, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1844
  Plummer, Joseph Bennett Major, USA
(April, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(October 27, 1861)
USMA, 1841
Died "Of Wound and Exposure in the Active Field", August 9, 1862
  Poe, Orlando Metcalfe Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) USMA, 1856
Volunteer appointment expired March 4, 1863, not confirmed
  Pope, John Brigadier general, USA
(July 14, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
USMA, 1842
Brother-in-law of Force, Manning Ferguson
  Porter, Andrew Colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 18, 1861)
Mustered out of volunteer service April 4, 1864
Resigned regular commission April 20, 1864
USMA (class of 1844), resigned in 1840
Cousin of Horace Porter
First cousin (once removed) of Mary Todd Lincoln
  Porter, Fitz John Colonel, USA
(1861)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(1862)
USMA, 1845
Relieved September 5, 1862
court-martialed and convicted (January 10, 1863)
Dismissed from service January 21, 1863
Exonerated March 19, 1879
Nephew of David Dixon Porter, USN and William David Porter, USN
  Potter, Edward Elmer Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Potter, Joseph Haydn Major, USA
(1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 1, 1865)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1843
  Potter, Robert Brown Major general, USV
(September 29, 1865)
  Potts, Benjamin Franklin Brigadier general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Territorial Governor of Montana (1870–1883)
  Powell, William Henry Brigadier general, USV
(October 19, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
MOH for actions at Sinking Creek (November 26, 1862)
Resigned January 5, 1865
  Pratt, Calvin Edward Brigadier general, USV
(September 13, 1862)
Resigned April 25, 1863
  Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned October 28, 1863
  Prince, Henry Major, USA (1855)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 20, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1835

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Quinby, Isaac Ferdinand Brigadier general, USV
(March 17, 1862)
USMA, 1843
Resigned, December 31, 1863

R edit

Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Ramsay, George Douglas Brigadier general, USA
(September 15, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1820
Retired September 12, 1864
Chief of Ordnance (1863–1864)
  Ransom, Thomas Edward Greenfield Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(September 1, 1864)
Died October 29, 1864
  Raum, Green Berry Brigadier general, USV
(February 15, 1865)
  Rawlins, John Aaron Brigadier general, USA
(March 3, 1865)
Major general, USA
(April 9, 1865)
Major general, USV
(February 24, 1865)
Chief of Staff to General Ulysses S. Grant
Secretary of War (1869)
  Reid, Hugh Thompson Brigadier general, USV
(April 9, 1863)
Resigned April 4, 1864
  Reilly, James William Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)
Resigned April 20, 1865
  Reno, Jesse Lee Captain, USA
Major general, USV
(July 18, 1862)
USMA, 1846
KIA, Battle of South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
  Revere, Joseph Warren Brigadier general, USV
(October 25, 1862)
Forced to resign August 10, 1863
Grandson of Paul Revere
Cousin of Paul Joseph Revere
  Reynolds, John Fulton Lieutenant colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1841
Superintendent, USMA (1860–1861)
KIA, Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863)
  Reynolds, Joseph Jones Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA, 1843
  Rice, Americus Vespucius Brigadier general, USV
(May 31, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1875–1879)
  Rice, Elliott Warren Brigadier general, USV
(June 22, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Brother of Samuel Allen Rice
  Rice, James Clay Brigadier general, USV
(August 17, 1863)
KIA, Battle of Spotsylvania (May 10, 1864)
  Rice, Samuel Allen Brigadier general, USV
(August 4, 1863)
DOW, Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (w. April 30, 1864, d. July 6, 1864)
Brother of Elliott Warren Rice
  Richardson, Israel Bush Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1841
DOW, Battle of Antietam (w. September 17, 1862, d. November 3, 1862)
  Ricketts, James Brewerton Major, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(July 21, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
USMA, 1839
  Ripley, James Wolfe Brigadier general, USA
(August 3, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1814
Chief of Ordnance (1861–1863)
Uncle of General Roswell Sabine Ripley, CSA
  Roberts, Benjamin Stone Major, USA
(May 13, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1835
  Robinson, James Sidney Brigadier general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1881–1885)
  Robinson, John Cleveland Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
MOH, Battle of Laurel Hill (May 8, 1864)
USMA (class of 1839), dismissed 1836
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1877–1879)
  Rodman, Isaac Peace Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
DOW, Battle of Antietam (w. September 17, 1862, d. September 30, 1862)
  Rosecrans, William Starke Brigadier general, USA
(May 16, 1861)
Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
USMA, 1842
Rejected original appointment as major general, USV (September 17, 1862)
Received the Thanks of Congress (March 3, 1863)
U.S. minister to Mexico (1868–1869)
U.S. Congressman from California (1881–1885)
  Ross, Leonard Fulton Brigadier general, USV
(April 26, 1862)
Resigned July 22, 1863
  Rousseau, Lovell Harrison Major general, USV
(October 8, 1862)
U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1865–1866, 1866–1867)
Father-in-law of Louis Douglass Watkins
  Rowley, Thomas Algeo Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Convicted by Court-martial (April 23, 1864) for actions at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Conviction overturned by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
Resigned December 29, 1864
  Rucker, Daniel Henry Major, USA
(August, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 23, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Quartermaster General of the United States Army (1882)
  Ruger, Thomas Howard Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(November 30, 1864)
USMA, 1854
Military Governor of Georgia (1868)
Superintendent, USMA (1871–1876)
  Russell, David Allen Major, USA
(1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA USMA, 1845
KIA, Battle of Opequon (September 19, 1864)
  Rutherford, Friend Smith Colonel, USV
(Sept. 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 27, 1864)
Died from disease on June 20, 1864 after resigning his commission 5 days earlier.
Brother to Bvt. Brigadiers George V. Rutherford and Reuben C. Rutherford.

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Salomon, Frederick
(aka Salomon, Friedrich)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Brother of Wisconsin Governor Edward Salomon
  Sanborn, John Benjamin Brigadier general, USV
(August 4, 1863)
Major general, USV
(February 10, 1865)
  Sanders, William Price Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Colonel, USV (March 4, 1863)
USMA, 1856
Appointed brig. gen., USV (October 18, 1863), not confirmed by U.S. Senate.
Listed as a "might have been" by Eicher, 2001, pp. 609-610 because not confirmed
Warner, 1964, pp. 419-420 lists him as a brig. gen.
DOW, Siege of Knoxville (w. November 18, 1863, d. November 19, 1863)
  Saxton, Rufus Captain, USA
(May 13, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 15, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(April 9, 1865)
Major general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
USMA, 1849
MOH for defense of Harper's Ferry
during Jackson's Valley Campaign (May 26–30, 1862)
  Scammon, Eliakim Parker Brigadier general, USV
(October 15, 1862)
USMA, 1837
  Schenck, Robert Cumming Major general, USV
(August 30, 1862)
Resigned December 5, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1843–1851, 1863–1871)
U.S. minister to Brazil (1851–1853)
U.S. minister to the Court of St. James (1871–1876)
  Schimmelfennig, Alexander Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Died of tuberculosis September 5, 1865
  Schoepf, Albin Francisco Brigadier general, USV
(September 30, 1861)
  Schofield, John McAllister Brigadier general, USA
(November 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1853
MOH, Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861)
Secretary of War (1868–1869)
Superintendent, USMA (1876–1881)
General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1888–1895)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1899–1903)
  Schurz, Carl Major general, USV
(March 14, 1863)
Resigned May 6, 1865
U.S. minister to Spain (1861)
U.S. Senator from Missouri (1869–1875)
Secretary of the Interior (1877–1881)
  Scott, Robert Kingston Brigadier general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
Major general, USV
(December 5, 1865)
Governor of South Carolina (1868–1872)
  Scott, Winfield Major general, USA
(June 25, 1841)
Lieutenant general, USA
(March 29, 1847)
Retired November 1, 1861
General-in-Chief (1841–1861)
Twice received the Congressional Gold Medal
(November 3, 1814; March 9, 1848)
Author of the Anaconda Plan
  Sedgwick, John Colonel, USA
(April 25, 1861)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1837
KIA, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 9, 1864)
Highest-ranked Union general KIA
  Seward, William Henry, Jr. Brigadier general, USV
(September 13, 1864)
Resigned June 1, 1865
Son of Secretary of State William Henry Seward
  Seymour, Truman Captain, USA
(November 22, 1860
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1846
  Shackelford, James Murrell Brigadier general, USV
(January 2, 1863)
Resigned January 18, 1864
  Shaler, Alexander Brigadier general, USV
(May 26, 1863)
Major general, USV
(July 27, 1863)
MOH, Second Battle of Fredericksburg (May 3, 1863)
  Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald Brigadier general, USV
(October 27, 1863)
Not confirmed; appointment expired July 4, 1864
  Shepley, George Foster Brigadier general, USV
(July 18, 1862)
Resigned July 1, 1865
Military Governor of Louisiana (1862–1864)
  Sheridan, Philip Henry Major general, USA
(November 8, 1864)
USMA, 1853
Received the Thanks of Congress (February 9, 1865)
General-in-Chief (1883–1888)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1886–1888)
  Sherman, Francis Trowbridge Brigadier general, USV
(July 21, 1865)
  Sherman, Thomas West Lieutenant colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1836
  Sherman, William Tecumseh Major general, USA
(August 12, 1864)
USMA, 1841
Twice received the Thanks of Congress (February 19, 1864; January 19, 1865)
General-in-Chief (1869–1883)
  Shields, James Brigadier general, USV
(August 19, 1861)
Resigned March 28, 1863
U.S. Senator from Illinois (1849–1855)
U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1858–1859)
U.S. Senator from Missouri (1879)
  Sibley, Henry Hastings Brigadier general, USV
(March 20, 1863)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1865)
Original appointment as brig. gen., USV (September 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Congressional Delegate from the Wisconsin Territory (1848–1849)
Congressional Delegate from the Minnesota Territory (1849–1853)
1st Governor of Minnesota (1858–1860)
  Sickles, Daniel Edgar Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
MOH, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863)
U.S. Congressman from New York (1857–1861, 1893–1895)
U.S. minister to Spain (1869–1874)
  Sigel, Franz Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Resigned May 4, 1865
  Sill, Joshua Woodrow Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
USMA, 1853
KIA, Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862)
  Slack, James Richard Brigadier general, USV
(November 10, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Slemmer, Adam Jacoby Lieutenant colonel, USA
(February 8, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1850
  Slocum, Henry Warner Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1852
Resigned September 28, 1865
U.S. Congressman from New York (1869–1973, 1883–1885)
  Slough, John Potts Brigadier general, USV
(August 25, 1862)
  Smith, Andrew Jackson Lieutenant colonel, USA
*May 9, 1864)
Major general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1838
  Smith, Charles Ferguson Colonel, USA
(September 9, 1861)
Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
USMA, 1825
Died from infection April 25, 1862
  Smith, Giles Alexander Major general, USV
(November 24, 1865)
Brother of Morgan Lewis Smith
Last Major General of volunteers by seniority
  Smith, Green Clay Brigadier general, USV
(June 11, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned December 4, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1863–1866)
Territorial Governor of Montana (1866–1869)
  Smith, Gustavus Adolphus Brigadier general, USV
(September 19, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Not confirmed; appointment expired March 4, 1863
  Smith, John Eugene Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(January 12, 1865)
  Smith, Morgan Lewis
(aka Sanford, Martin L.)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
Resigned July 12, 1865
Brother of Giles Alexander Smith
  Smith, Thomas Church Haskell Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Smith, Thomas Kilby Brigadier general, USV
(August 11, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Smith, William Farrar Major
(March 3, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 9, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1845
Original appointment as major general, USV (July 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
  Smith, William Sooy Brigadier general, USV
(April 15, 1862)
Resigned July 15, 1864
  Smyth, Thomas Alfred Brigadier general, USV
(October 1, 1864)
Major general, USV
(April 7, 1865)
DOW, Battle of Cumberland Church (w. April 7, 1865, d. April 9, 1865)
Last Union general killed during the war
  Spears, James Gallant Brigadier general, USV
(March 5, 1862)
Arrested February 6, 1864 for insubordination;
Court-martialed and dismissed from service August 30, 1864
  Spinola, Francis Barretto Brigadier general, USV
(October 1, 1862)
Resigned June 8, 1865
U.S. Congressman from New York (1887–1893)
  Sprague, John Wilson Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
  Stahel, Julius
(b. Stahel-Számwald, Julius H.)
Major general, USV
(March 14, 1863)
MOH, Battle of Piedmont (June 5, 1864)
Resigned February 8, 1865
  Stanley, David Sloane Major, USA
(December 1, 1863)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1852
MOH, Battle of Franklin (November 30, 1864)
  Stannard, George Jerrison Brigadier general, USV
(March 11, 1863)
Major general, USV
(October 28, 1864)
  Starkweather, John Converse Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1863)
Resigned May 11, 1865
  Stedman, Griffin Alexander, Jr. Colonel, USV
(September 17, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
August 5, 1864
DOW, Siege of Petersburg (w. August 5, 1864, d. August 6, 1864)
  Steedman, James Blair Major general, USV
(April 20, 1864)
  Steele, Frederick Lieutenant Colonel
(August 26, 1863)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1843
  Stevens, Isaac Ingalls Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
USMA, 1839
KIA, Battle of Chantilly (September 1, 1862)
Territorial Governor of Washington (1853–1857)
Congressional Delegate for the Washington Territory (1857–1861)
Father of Hazard Stevens
  Stevenson, John Dunlap Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned April 22, 1864
Reappointed brigadier general, USV August 7, 1864
  Stevenson, Thomas Greely Brigadier general, USV
(March 14, 1863)
KIA, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 10, 1864)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (December 24, 1862)
expired March 4, 1863
Stokes, James Hughes Brigadier general, USV
(July 20, 1865)
USMA, 1835; postwar appointment but listed by Eicher and Warner
  Stolbrand, Charles John
(b. Möller, Carl Johan; later:
Ståhlbrand, Carl Johan)
Brigadier general, USV
(February 18, 1865)
  Stone, Charles Pomeroy Colonel, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
USMA, 1845
Mustered out of volunteer service April 4, 1864
Resigned September 13, 1864
  Stoneman, George Lieutenant colonel, USA
(March 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1846
Governor of California (1883–1887)
  Stoughton, Edwin Henry Brigadier general, USV
(November 5, 1862)
USMA, 1859
Not confirmed, appointment expired March 4, 1863
Captured by John S. Mosby
  Strong, George Crockett Captain, USA
(March 3, 1863)
Major general, USV
(July 18, 1863)
USMA, 1857
DOW, Second Battle of Fort Wagner (w. July 18, 1863, d. July 30, 1863)
  Strong, William Kerley Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
Appointed brig. gen., USV by President Abraham Lincoln, September 28, 1861
Command of Benton Barracks, Districts of Cairo and St Louis.
Resigned his commission on October 20, 1863.
  Stuart, David Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Not confirmed, appointment expired March 4, 1863
Resigned April 3, 1863
U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1853–1855)
  Sturgis, Samuel Davis Lieutenant colonel, USA
(October 27, 1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(October 10, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1846
  Sullivan, Jeremiah Cutler Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
  Sully, Alfred Major, USA
(March 15, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 26, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 8, 1865)
USMA, 1841
  Sumner, Edwin Vose Brigadier general, USA
(March 16, 1861)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1862)
Major general, USA
(May 31, 1862)
Died of a heart attack March 21, 1863
  Swayne, Wager Major general, USV
(June 20, 1865)
MOH, Second Battle of Corinth (October 4, 1862)
Last Major General of volunteers appointed (May 1, 1866)
Son of Supreme Court Justice Noah Haynes Swayne
  Sweeny, Thomas William Major, USA
(October 20, 1863)
Brigadier General USV
(November 29, 1862)
  Sykes, George Lieutenant colonel, USA
(October 16, 1863)
Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1838

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Taylor, George William Brigadier general, USV
(May 9, 1862)
DOW, Bull Run Bridge (w. August 27, 1862, d. September 1, 1862)
  Taylor, Joseph Pannell Brigadier general, USA
(February 9, 1863)
Commissary General of the Army (1861–1864)
Died June 29, 1864
Brother of President Zachary Taylor
Uncle of generals Richard Taylor, CSA and David Rumph Jones, CSA
Father of John McLean Taylor
Father-in-law of Albert Gallatin Lawrence
  Taylor, Nelson Brigadier general, USV
(September 7, 1862)
Resigned January 19, 1863
Appointment withdrawn February 12, 1865
Warner lists; Eicher lists as "might have been"
U.S. Congressman from New York (1865–1867)
  Terrill, William R. Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 9, 1862)
USMA, 1853
KIA, Battle of Perryville (October 8, 1862)
Brother of Confederate general James Barbour Terrill
  Terry, Alfred Howe Brigadier general, USA
(January 15, 1865)
Major general, USV
(January 16, 1865)
Received the Thanks of Congress (January 24, 1865)
  Terry, Henry Dwight Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Resigned February 7, 1865
  Thayer, John Milton Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Original appointment as brig. gen. USV expired March 4, 1863
Territorial Governor of Wyoming (1875–1878)
Governor of Nebraska (1887–1891).
Remained in office until February 8, 1892, claiming successor was not a U.S. citizen
  Thayer, Sylvanus Colonel, USA Brigadier general, USA
(May 31, 1863)
Retired June 1, 1863
Superintendent, USMA (1817–1833)
Longest-serving West Point superintendent
Oldest officer brevetted brigadier general
  Thomas, George Henry Major general, USA
(January 16, 1865)
USMA, 1840
Received the Thanks of Congress (March 3, 1865)
  Thomas, Henry Goddard Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(November 30, 1864)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Thomas, Lorenzo Brigadier general, USA
(August 3, 1861)
Major general, USA
March 13, 1865
USMA, 1823
Adjutant General of the Army (1861–1869)
  Thomas, Stephen Brigadier general, USV
(February 1, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
Mustered out as colonel, USV (January 21, 1865)
  Thruston, Charles Mynn Brigadier general, USV
(September 7, 1861)
USMA, 1814
Not confirmed, appointment withdrawn
at own request, February 27, 1862.
Resigned April 17, 1862
  Tibbits, William B. Brigadier general, USV
(October 18, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Tillson, Davis Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA (class of 1853); left due to amputation of leg, 1851
  Todd, John Blair Smith Brigadier general, USV
(September 19, 1861)
USMA, 1837
Appointment as brig. gen., USV expired June 17, 1862
Delegate to Congress for Dakota Territory (1861–1863, 1864–1865)
Cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln
  Torbert, Alfred Thomas Archimedes Captain, USA
(September 25, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1855
Also nominated, confirmed as 1st lt., CSA
refused appointment
  Totten, Joseph Gilbert Brigadier general, USA
(March 3, 1863)
Major general, USA
(1864)
USMA, 1805 (tenth graduate of West Point)
Chief of Engineers (1838–1864)
Died of pneumonia (April 22, 1864)
  Tower, Zealous Bates Lieutenant colonel, USA
(November, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 23, 1861)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1841
Superintendent, USMA (July, 1864-September, 1864)
  Turchin, John Basil
(b. Turchaninov, Ivan Vasilyevich)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Resigned October 4, 1864
Only general officer on either side from Russia
  Turner, John Wesley Colonel, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(September 7, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(1864)
USMA, 1855
  Tuttle, James Madison Brigadier general, USV
(June 9, 1862)
Resigned June 14, 1864
  Tyler, Daniel Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1862)
Resigned April 6, 1864
Uncle of Robert Ogden Tyler
  Tyler, Erastus B. Brigadier general, USV
(May 14, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Tyler, Robert Ogden Major, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1853
Nephew of Daniel Tyler
  Tyndale, Hector
(b. Tyndale, George Hector)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 9, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned August 26, 1864

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Ullmann, Daniel Brigadier general, USV
(January 13, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Underwood, Adin Ballou Brigadier general, USV
(November 6, 1863)
Major general, USV
(August, 1865)
  Upton, Emory Captain, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
USMA, 1861
Superintendent, USMA (1870–1875)
One of only two general officers ever promoted on the field by General Grant

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Van Alen, James Henry Brigadier general, USV
(April 15, 1862)
Resigned July 14, 1863
  Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1831
  Van Derveer, Ferdinand Brigadier general, USV
(October 4, 1864)
Resigned June 7, 1865
  Van Vliet, Stewart Major, USA
(August, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Brigadier general, USA
(October, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1840
Earlier appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 23, 1861) expired July 17, 1862
  Van Wyck, Charles H. Brigadier general, USV
(September 27, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from New York (1859–1863, 1867–1871)
U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1881–1887)
  Vandever, William Brigadier General
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(June, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1859–1861)
U.S. Congressman from California (1887–1891)
  Veatch, James C. Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Major general, USV
(1865)
  Viele, Egbert Ludovicus Brigadier general, USV
(August 17, 1861)
USMA, 1847
Resigned October 23., 1863
U.S. Congressman from New York (1885–1887)
  Vincent, Strong Brigadier general, USV
(July 3, 1863)
DOW, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863, d. July 7, 1863)
  Vinton, Francis Laurens Captain, USA
(October, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
USMA, 1856
Earlier appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 19, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Resigned May 5, 1863
  Vogdes, Israel Colonel, USA
(1863)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA USMA, 1837
  Von Steinwehr, Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich, Baron Brigadier general, USV
(October 12, 1861)
Eicher lists as "Steinwehr" Resigned July 3, 1865

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Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Wade, Melancthon Smith Brigadier general, USV
(October 1, 1861)
Not confirmed, nomination rejected March 13, 1862
Warner includes as "mustered in"
Eicher mentions nomination rejection
Resigned March 18, 1862
  Wadsworth, James Samuel Brigadier general, USV
(August 9, 1861)
Major general, USV
(May 6, 1864)
Full promotion to Major general, USV (May 5, 1864)
posthumously revoked, brevet substituted
DOW, Battle of the Wilderness (w. May 6, 1864, d. May 8, 1864)
  Wagner, George Day Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Relieved of duty at his own request, December 4, 1864
Mustered out August 24, 1865
  Walcutt, Charles C. Brigadier general, USV
(June 30, 1864)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Wallace, Lewis "Lew" Major general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1878–1881)
U.S. minister to the Ottoman Empire (1881–1885)
  Wallace, William Harvey Lamme Brigadier general, USV
(March 21, 1862)
DOW, Battle of Shiloh (w. April 7, 1862, d. April 10, 1862)
  Ward, John Henry Hobart Brigadier general, USV
(October 4, 1862)
Relieved May 12, 1864
Mustered out June 18, 1864
  Ward, William Thomas Brigadier general, USV
(September 18, 1861)
Major general, USV
(February 24, 1865)
U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1851–1853)
  Warner, James Meech Captain, USA
(October 8, 1864)
Brigadier general, USV
(May 8, 1865)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1860
  Warren, Fitz Henry Brigadier general, USV
(July 16, 1862)
Major general, USV
(August 24, 1865)
U.S. minister to Guatemala (1866–1869)
  Warren, Gouverneur Kemble Major, USA
Major general, USV
(May 3, 1863)
USMA, 1850
Resigned volunteer commission May 27, 1865
  Washburn, Cadwallader Colden Major general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1855–1861, 1867–1871)
Governor of Wisconsin (1871–1873)
Brother of Illinois Congressman Elihu Benjamin Washburne
  Washburn, Francis Colonel, USV Brigadier general, USV
(April 6, 1865)
DOW, Battle of High Bridge (w. April 6, 1865, d. April 22, 1865)
  Watkins, Louis Douglass Captain, USA
(July, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 25, 1865)
Son-in-law of Lovell Harrison Rousseau
  Webb, Alexander Stewart Brigadier general, USV
(June 23, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)
MOH, Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863)
USMA, 1855
  Weber, Max
(aka Von Weber, Max)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)
Resigned May 13, 1865
  Webster, Joseph Dana Major, USA
(July 1, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Weed, Stephen Hinsdale Captain, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(June 6, 1863)
USMA, 1854
KIA, Battle of Gettysburg
appointed, not confirmed
Warner lists, Eicher lists as "might have been"
  Weitzel, Godfrey Captain, USA
Major general, USV
(November 17, 1864)
USMA, 1855
  Wells, William Brigadier general, USV
(May 19, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  Welsh, Thomas Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1863)
Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Died of malaria, August 14, 1863
  Wessells, Henry Walton Colonel, USA
(1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 25, 1862)
Brigadier general, USA USMA, 1833
  West, Joseph Rodman Brigadier general, USV
(October 25, 1862)
Major general, USV
(January 4, 1866)
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1871–1877)
  Wheaton, Frank First Lieutenant, USA
(1855)
Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
Son-in-law of Adjutant General Samuel Cooper, CSA
  Whipple, Amiel Weeks Major general, USV
(May 3, 1863)
Major general, USA
(May 7, 1863)
USMA, 1841
DOW, Battle of Chancellorsville (w. May 4, 1863, d. May 7, 1863)
  Whipple, William Denison Colonel, USA
Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1863)
Major general, USA USMA, 1851
  Whitaker, Walter Chiles Brigadier general, USV
(June 25, 1863)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
  White, Julius Brigadier general, USV
(June 9, 1862)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Resigned November 19, 1864
  Wild, Edward Augustus Brigadier general, USV
(April 24, 1863)
  Willcox, Orlando Bolivar Brigadier general, USV
(July 21, 1861)
Major general, USA
Major general, USV
MOH First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
USMA, 1847
  Williams, Alpheus Starkey Brigadier general, USV
(May 17, 1861)
Major general, USV
(January 12, 1866)
U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1875–1879)
Williams, David Henry Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Not confirmed, appointment expired March 4, 1863
Williams, Nelson Grosvenor Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
USMA (class of 1843), withdrew July, 1840
Resigned November 27, 1862
Appointment after resignation
"Negated" by U.S. Senate March 9, 1863
  Williams, Seth Lieutenant colonel, USA
(July 7, 1862)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 23, 1861)
Brigadier general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1842
  Williams, Thomas Major, USA
(May 14, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
USMA, 1837
KIA, Battle of Baton Rouge (August 5, 1862)
  Williamson, James Alexander Brigadier general, USV
(January 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
MOH, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (December 29, 1862)
  Willich, August
(b. Von Willich, August)
Brigadier general, USV
(July 17, 1862)
Major general, USV
(October 21, 1865)
  Wilson, James Harrison First Lieutenant, USA
(1861)
Major general, USV
(May 6, 1865)
Major general, USA USMA, 1860
  Wistar, Isaac Jones Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Resigned September 15, 1864
  Wood, Thomas John Colonel, USA
(1861)
Major general, USV
(January 27, 1865)
USMA, 1845
  Woodbury, Daniel Phineas Lieutenant colonel, USA
(1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(March 19, 1862)
Major general, USA (August 15, 1864) USMA, 1836
Died of yellow fever (August 15, 1864)
  Woods, Charles Robert Captain
(April 1, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 4, 1863)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(November 22, 1864)
USMA, 1852
Brother of William Burnham Woods
Brother-in-law of Willard Warner
  Woods, William Burnham Brigadier general, USV
(May 31, 1865)
Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1880–1887)
Brother of Charles Robert Woods
Brother-in-law of Willard Warner
  Wool, John Ellis Major general, USA
(May 16, 1862)
Retired August 1, 1863
Oldest Civil War general in active service (b. February 29, 1784)
  Wright, George Colonel, USA
(1855)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 28, 1861)
USMA, 1822
Died in the wreck of the steamer Brother Jonathan (June 30, 1865)
  Wright, Horatio Gouverneur Major, USA
(August, 1861)
Major general, USV
(May 12, 1864)
Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
USMA, 1841
Original appointment as major general, USV (July 18, 1862) expired March 4, 1863

Y edit

Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes

Z edit

Image Name Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes
  Zook, Samuel Kosciuszko Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)
Major general, USV
(July 3, 1863)
DOW, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863, d. July 3, 1863)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1 p. 31.
  2. ^ a b 2001, p. xix.
  3. ^ a b Eicher, 2001, p. 34.
  4. ^ a b Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 978-1-56013-002-4. p. xiii.
  5. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 113
  6. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 702.
  7. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 719. But listed as Brig. Gen. by Eicher and Warner.
  8. ^ Ranked April 15, 1861; Eicher 2001, p. 763.

References edit

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