Edward Selig Salomon was a German Jew who immigrated to the United States and served as a lieutenant colonel in Union in the American Civil War. After nomination for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13,1865,by President Andrew Johnson on January 13,1866,the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12,1866. Salomon later became governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator.
James William Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and general. He was primarily a Union staff officer during the American Civil War and cavalry regimental commander during the Indian Wars. Forsyth is best known for having commanded the 7th Cavalry at the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29,1890 during which more than 250 men,women,and children of the Lakota were killed and more than 50 were wounded.
Amasa Cobb was an American politician and judge. He was the 6th and 9th Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court and the 5th Mayor of Lincoln,Nebraska. Earlier in his life,he was a United States Congressman from Wisconsin for 8 years and served as the 13th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He also served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Henry Dana Washburn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and was breveted twice as brigadier general and major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
John Coburn was a United States Representative from Indiana and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Simon Goodell Griffin was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War,farmer,teacher,lawyer and New Hampshire state legislator.
William Plummer Benton was an American lawyer and soldier who served in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War,where he would rise to the rank of brigadier general and,in 1866,after his service had ended,would be awarded the brevet grade of major general.
Charles Robert Woods was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He is noted for commanding the relief troops that first attempted to resupply Fort Sumter prior to the start of the conflict,and served with distinction during the war.
John Benjamin Sanborn was a lawyer,politician,and soldier from the state of New Hampshire who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was also a key member of the postbellum Congressional-appointed Indian Peace Commission,which negotiated and signed several important treaties with native American tribes.
Frederick Knefler served in the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War,joining as a first lieutenant in May 1861. He served as a staff officer and as colonel of the 79th Indiana Infantry Regiment and an acting brigade commander. In 1866,he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers,to rank from March 13,1865.
John Eugene Smith (1816-1897) was a Swiss immigrant to the United States,who served as a Union general during the American Civil War.
Hermann Lieb was a Swiss immigrant to the United States who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered as the commander of the Union forces at the Battle of Milliken's Bend in 1863.
Joseph Dana Webster was a United States civil engineer and soldier most noted for administrative services during the American Civil War,where he served as chief of staff to both Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.
Sylvester Gardner Hill was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as a brigade commander during the Red River Campaign and Battle of Nashville where he was killed in action. He received a posthumous appointment as a brevet brigadier general.
Adam Gale Malloy was an Irish American immigrant and Republican politician who served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. After the war,he was given an honorary brevet to brigadier general. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Texas in 1892.
The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In April 1861,it was formed as a three-month volunteer unit,and in July 1861 it was reorganized as a three-year unit,in which role it served until the end of the war. Two of its commanding officers were promoted to brigadier general and led major units during the war. In its first major action at Fort Donelson the regiment suffered terrible losses. The 11th Illinois also fought at Shiloh,Riggins Hill,Vicksburg,First Yazoo City,Second Yazoo City,and Fort Blakely. In April 1863,the 109th Illinois Infantry Regiment was disbanded and its enlisted men transferred into the 11th Illinois. The regiment was mustered out of service in July 1865.
Jules C. Webber was a lieutenant colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Adolph Engelmann was a farmer,lawyer,postmaster,Mexican–American War veteran,and Union Army colonel during the American Civil War. On May 18,1866,the United States Senate confirmed his appointment as brevet brigadier general of volunteers.
Wells S. Jones was an American physician,politician,and soldier. He served as an infantry officer in the Union Army in the Western Theater during the American Civil War,and was breveted a brigadier general near the end of the conflict. After the war,Jones studied to become a doctor at Starling Medical College,precursor to the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Friend Smith Rutherford was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the 97th Illinois Infantry Regiment during the Vicksburg campaign. On June 18,1864,President Abraham Lincoln nominated Rutherford for appointment to the grade of brigadier general of volunteers and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on June 28,1864. Rutherford's appointment was dated June 27,1864 and it was to rank from June 28,1864. His appointment was made and commission issued without knowledge of his death on June 20,1864. Since Rutherford had died,the confirmation technically could not be given and the commission could not become effective. Nonetheless,several sources list Rutherford as a Union Army general,although historian Ezra Warner does not.
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