Jesse Durbin Ward was an Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher, and American Civil War officer.
William Brickly Stokes was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. He also served as colonel of the 5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War.
Anson George McCook was an American military and political figure who served as Union Army colonel during the Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. In civilian life, he was an attorney and three-term postbellum U.S. Congressman from New York. He was a member of the “Fighting McCooks,” one of America's most prolific military families during the Civil War.
Stewart Lyndon Woodford was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor of New York.
DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army and a United States Representative from New York during the Civil War.
William Lewis Stoughton was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as an officer and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Robert Bullock was a United States Representative from Florida and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Philip Cornelius Hayes was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Henry Dana Washburn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
John Peter Cleaver Shanks was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Morton Craig Hunter was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who later became a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Adoniram Judson Warner was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Charles Elwood Brown was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Henry Blackstone Banning was a lawyer and three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as an infantry officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
James Sidney Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Isaac Harding Duval was an adventurer and businessman prior to becoming a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a postbellum U.S. Representative from West Virginia in the 41st United States Congress.
Charles Hamlin, from Bangor, Maine, was an attorney and a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of major. He was nominated for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers by President Andrew Johnson on January 13, 1866, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. He was one of the sons of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin and a brother to Cyrus Hamlin, a Union Army brigadier general.
Joseph Conrad was a Union American Civil War colonel who was nominated and confirmed in 1866 for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers for his service during the Atlanta Campaign.
James Heaton Baker was a Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State from 1856 to 1858, Minnesota Secretary of State, 1860–1862, and served in the American Civil War.
Benjamin Rush Cowen was Union Army general during the American Civil War and a Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State.
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