GENERAL OFFICERS.

WILLIAM FARRAR SMITH, considered one of the best in the entire army. He commanded the division during the Peninsula, Anlietam Major-General United Stales Volunteers. and Second Bull Run campaigns, and until the re-organization of the army under Commissioned Colonel Third Regiment Vermont Infantry Burnside. when he was assigned to the command of the Sixth Volunteers April 27, 1861; mustered into service Corps, with which he participated in the battle of Fredericks- July 16, 1861; appointed Brigadier-General United States Vol- burg. At the second re-organization, under General Hooker, he unteers August 13, 1861 ; appointed Major-General United was relieved from duty with the Army of the Potomac, and States Volunteers July 1862; resigned March 21, 1867. 4, ordered to his home. General Smith graduated with high honor from the United At the opening of the he volunteered States Military Academy in 1845, and was appointed a lieuten- for duty under General Couch, and served with the militia of ant of topographical engineers. He received many brevets in and New York; the troops under his command the regular service for distinguished gallantry and meritorious being engaged at Carlisle, Pa., and Hagerstown, Md. In services, the record of which may be found in the list of Ver- September. 1863, he was ordered to the Army of the Cumber- monters serving in the regular army. land, then at Chattanooga, and was assigned to duty as its chief For several years after his graduation, he was engaged in engineer, in which capacity he planned and carried out the military surveys of the Mexican boundary, and in locating a attack at Brown's Ferry, on the Tennessee River, by which the ship canal across the State of . In September, 1855, he river and '-short road"' was gained, and the army saved from des- appointed assistant was professor of mathematics at the Military truction. Academy, from which position he was relieved in June, 1856. In April, 1864, General Smith was assigned to the Eighteenth on account of ill health, and assigned to duty in the Engineer Corps, and participated in the campaign on the south side of Department of the Light House establishment. At the breaking the James River. He was subsequently sent with his corps to re- out of the war he was on duty in Washington as Engineer Secre- inforce the army of the Potomac, and participated in the en- tary of the Light House Board. In the spring of 1S61 he was gagements of June 1st and 3d, at Cold Harbor. Returning to ordered to New York, and employed for a short time in muster- the south side of the James, on the 15th of June they assaulted ing volunteers. He was then ordered to Fortress Monroe, the lines before Petersburg, carrying the enemy's outer work where he served under Gen. B. F. Butler. and capturing sixteen guns and several hundred prisoners. Soon after the attack on Fort Sumter General Smith, then a On the 3d of July General Smith was placed in command of captain, informed Governor Fairbanks of his willingness to the Army of the James. A few days later he obtained leave of accept the command of a regiment from his native State, and absence on account of ill health, and on the 19th was relieved after repeated refusals, the consent of the War Department was from duty in the field. He was subsequently sent to New Or- at last obtained by the assistance of General Scott, who took a leans by President Lincoln, to examine into the administration particular interest in the Vermont troops, and particularly re- of affairs in the Department of the Gulf. On his return north quested that Captain Smith be detailed to command the Third he resigned his commission in the volunteers, and on March 21, Vermont, retaining at the same time his commission in the reg- 1867, tendered his resignation as Major of Engineers in the reg- ular army. His commission, which was dated back to April 27, gular army, having been in active service for twenty-two years. was received in the latter part of July, and he at once proceeded to Washington and took command of his regiment. He was LEWIS ADDISON GRANT, soon appointed Brigadier-General, and persuaded General Mc- Clellan, with whom he was well acquainted, to have the Ver- Major-General U. S. Volunteers. mont troops brigaded together and the command given to him. Lewis A. Grant was mustered into the service of the United By this arrangement the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and States, September 16, 1861. at St. Albans. Vermont, as Major regiments were formed into a brigade, the first in the with the Sixth army Field and Staff of Fifth Vermont Infantry Volunteers, to composed exclusively of troops from a single State, which made serve for three years; was mustered in as Lieutenant-Colonel, itself reputation second nooe-in the whole for a to history of the same regiment to date September 25, 1861; as Colonel, same war. General Smith having been assigned to the command of a regiment, to date September i 6, 1862; and was honorably dis- division, the brigade was given to Brigadier-General \V. T. H. charged as Colonel to date May 20, 1864, to enable him to Brooks, another distinguished soldier of Vermont lineage, his accept an appointment as Brigadier-General of Volunteers. father having been a native of Montpelier. He was appointed Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers, April In the organization of the Army of the Potomac, in March, 27, 1864; accepted appointment May 21, 1864; was commission- General Smith's Division, which included the 1862, "Vermont ed Brevet Major-General U. S. Volunteers, to date from October Brigade," became the Second Division, Fourth Corps, and was 19, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign 747 743 GENERAL OFFICERS.

1 before Richmond, Virginia, and in the Shenandoah Valley;' Army, were basely surrendered. Upon being paroled, Colonel and was honorably discharged the service August 24, 1865. Stannard took his command to Chicago, 111., and was placed in Under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June3,iSS4, charge of several regiments at Camp Tyler, and later at Camp and the acts amendatory thereof, he is considered by the War Douglass. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General Department as commissioned to the grade of Major, Fifth Ver- for bravery and distinguished valor at Harper's Ferry, and

mont Volunteers, to take effect from September 7, 1S61, to fill assigned to the command of the Second Vermont Brigade, then an original vacancy. on duty near Fairfax Court House, Va. He commanded the Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth In the Gettysburg campaign, Gen. Stannard's brigade (com- the 13th, 14th, 15th 16th Army Corps, from February 2 1 , 1863, to December 29, 1863, posed of 12th, and Vermont Volun- from February 2, 1864, to September2g, 1864, and from October teers,) was the Third Brigade, Third Division, First Army 8, 1864, to December 2, 1864; the Second Division, Sixth Corps. On the afternoon of July 3, 1863, Gen. Stannard dis-

Corps, from December 2, 1864, to February n, 1865; the tinguished himself and his brigade by an attack upon Pickett's Second Brigade, same Division, from February 11, 1865, to flank, at which time he was severely wounded. Upon the

February 20, 1865, and from Mch. 7, 1865, to June 28, 1865. muster out of this brigade, he was ordered to command of de- During his service with the Fifth Vermont Infantry Volun- fences in New York harbor, which duty he performed until as- teers, that regiment took part in the following battles: York- signed to a brigade in the Tenth Corps in the spring of 1864. town, Williamsburg, Goldings's Farm, Savage's Station, White Later he was transferred to the command of the First Brigade, Oak Swamp, Crampton's Gap, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Second Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Gen. "Baldy" Smith Following is a list of battles in which he participated as a commanding, and was present with it at Cold Harbor, where he Brigade or Division Commander: Fredericksburg and Salem was wounded. On the 14th of June, he led the advance of the Heights, Gettysburg, Fairfield, Rappahannock Station. Mine Eighteenth Army Corps on Petersburg, with his brigade. He Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania C. H., Cold Harbor, Siege of was ordered to the command of the First Division, Eighteenth Petersburg, Charlestown, VV. Va., Gilbert's Crossing, Cedar Corps, while in front of Petersburg, a part of his line being within one hundred of the fortifications Creek, , Assault on Petersburg, Va . and yards enemy's Here Sailor's Creek, Va. he was again wounded, and became so weakened on account of He was recommended August 22, 1866, by General U. S. this wound, and those received at Cold Harbor, that he was Grant, commanding the army of the United States, for appoint- given a leave of absence, from which he returned in time to lead the advance of the Tenth and Eighteenth Corps to ment as a field officer in the Regular Army ; was appointed the north of the River, August 29, 1866, Lieutenant-Colonel 36th Regiment, U. S. In- James on the 29th of September, 1864, which re- sulting in the fantry, to date from July 28, 1S66, and declined the appointment storming of Fort Harrison. The next day Gen. in November 6. 1866. Lee, person, assaulted Fort Harrison, with Hoke's and Field's Division, Longstreet's Corps, but was unable to dislodge Stan- nard's Division. The fighting was terrible, and near the close of GEORGE JERRISON STANNARD, the engagement.Gen. Stannard received a bullet which shattered his right arm, necessitating amputation near the shoulder. He Brevet Major-General U. S. Volunteers. was again sent home, and upon recovery, was placed in command of the Northern frontier, with headquarters at St. Albans. This Vermont had no better soldiei or more gallant fighter than was in December. 1S64, shortly after the rebel raid from Canada

George J. Stannard, who was the first citizen of his State to into that town. He continued on duty in the Department of

volunteer as a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, having tender- the East until February, 1 866. when he was ordered to report ed his services to Governor Fairbanks. April 15. 1S61. He was to Maj.-Gen. O. 0. Howard. U. S- Vols., and was assigned to States at Burlington, mustered into the service of the United service in the Freedmen's Bureau at Baltimore, Md., June 27, 21, 1861, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Vermont June 1S66. Gen. Stannard died at Washington, D. C, June 1, Infantry Volunteers. Commissioned Colonel of the Ninth Ver- 1SS6, and is buried in Lake View Cemeterv, at Burlington, mont Infantry Volunteers, May 21, 1S62. Appointed Brigadier- where the State of Vermont 2.3d his comrades-in-arms have General U. S. Volunteers March 11. 1863, for bravery and dis- erected a monument to his memory, upon which the following

tinguished valor at Harper's Ferry, Va Commissioned Brevet words are inscribed . Major-General U. S. Volunteers, to date from October 28, 1S64, In honor of General George Jerrison Stannard. whose mortal for gallant and meritorious services in the attack upon the part rests beneath this stone. Born in Georgia, Vermont, Octo- at Harrison, Va., Sept. and 30, 1864. ber enemy's works Fort 29 20, 1820. Died' at Washington, D. C, June 1, 1886. Resigned from the United States service June 2S, 1S66. As Volunteered for the war April 14, 1S61. Lieut. -Col., 2d Vt. Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Vermont, he took part in the Vols., June 6, 1S61. Col. 9th Yt. Vols., May 21, 1862. Brig.-

: Bull Yorktown, Golding"s Farm, Lee's Gen. following battles Run, of Vols., March 11, 1863. Bvt. Maj.-Gen. of Vols. Oct. 2, Mills and Williamsburg. tS64. Mustered out 2S. 1866. June At Gettysburg, July 3, As Colonel of the Ninth Vermont he was present at Win- 1S63, commanding the Second Vermont Brigade in crises of the chester and Harper's Ferry. . battle he made the flank attack which decided the fate of As Brigade and Division Commander he was present at the Pickett's charge and changed a doubtful struggle into victory. following: Gettysburg, Drewry's Bluff, Petersburg, Chapin's At Cold Harbor, June 3, 1S64, he commanded the First Farm, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, The Mine and Fort Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Corps, and was twice Harrison. wounded. September 29, 1864, commanding the First Divis- As Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Vermont, General ion, Eighteenth Corps, he stormed Fort Harrison, in front of Stannard served in the until ordered to Richmond, and held the work against the enemy's utmost efforts Vermont to organize the 9th Regiment, which was at that time to retake it the following day, losing his arm. In these and in camp at Brattleboro. He commanded this regiment as Col- other battles he distinguished himself by his cool courage, clear onel at Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va., where his troops, insight, and genius of command; gallant, truthful, unselfish, with others under the command of Col. Miles, of the U. S. patriotic, his fame is cherished as a priceless inheritance by his ;

GENERAL OFFICERS. 749

comrades and fellow citizens who have joined the State of Ver- Roanoke Station, Stoney Creek, Reams's Station, Winchester, mont in erecting this memorial. Summit Point, Charlestown, W. Va., Kearneysville and Ope- quan or Winchester. "Sleep soldier sleep, Thy Battles all are O'er." As brigade and Division Commander he participated in the A heroic bronze statue of General Stannard surmounts the following battles and skirmishes : Opequan, Front Royal, State Monument at Gettysburg, which faces the field upon Gooney Manor Grade, Milford, Waynesboro, Columbia Fur- which he and his brigade peformed such gallant service. nace, Tom's Brook, Cedar Creek, Cedar Creek, Middle Road,

Middle and Back Road or Middletown, Lacy 's Springs, Waynes- WILLIAM WELLS, boro, Five Forks, Scott's Corners, Namonzine Creek, Wintico- mack; Appomattox Station Brevet Major-General U. S. Volunteers. and Appomattox Court House. At the Grand Review Washington, D. C, May 22, 1865, he William Wells enlisted as a private soldier in company C., commanded the Second Brigade, Third Division Cavalry Corps, First Regiment Vermont Cavalry, September 1861, was 9, which led the advance of the Army of the Potomac. sworn into service in said company October 3, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years; was commissioned 1st Lieutenant company JOHN WOLCOTT PHELPS, C, October 14, 1861, and Captain of the same company Novem- Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. ber 18, 1861 ; mustered November 19, 1861, with the Field and Staff of the First Regiment Vermont Cavalry, to serve for three Commissioned Colonel First Regiment Vermont Infantry Volunteers, 1861 mustered into United years. He was commissioned Major, October 30, 1862; was May 9, ; States service mustered the same date. Commissioned Colonel June 4, 1864, May 9. 1861; commissioned Brigadier-General United States and mustered July 2, 1864. Appointed Brevet Brigadier-General Volunteers May 17, 1861. of Volunteers, February 22, 1865, and Brigadier-General of Vol- The First Vermont rendezvoused at Rutland, Vt., and left unteers, May 19, 1865. Appointed Brevet Major-General of there for Fortress Monroe, Va., May 9, 1861, where it arrived Volunteers, March 30, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious on the 13th, and remained for about three weeks, drilling and services." (He was in command of his company while Captain; assisting in mounting heavy guns on the fort. Major-General as Major he was in command of the Second Battalion of his Benjamin F. Butler arrived May 22, and assumed command of regiment.) the forces at that point. He was placed in command of the Seventh Regiment, Michi- May 27 Colonel Phelps and his command were transferred to gan Cavalry, Mch 2, 1864, by order of General Judson Kilpat- Newport News, at the mouth of the James River, about ten rick, while near Richmond, Virginia, on what is known as Kil- miles from Fortress Monroe, which place he entrenched, and patrick's Raid, and continued in command of the regiment for designated ' Camp Butler." His command here consisted of several weeks. He was in command of his regiment from June the First Vermont, Fourth Massachusetts and Seventh New 3, 1864, as Major on Wilson's raid south of Richmond. He was York regiments. In the fall of 1S61 General Phelps was or- in command of this regiment from date of muster as Colonel dered to Ship Island in the Department of the Guif, where he until September 19, 1864, at which date he assumed command had a command under Major-General Butler. Among other of the Second Brigade, Third Division Cavalry Corps, Army of regiments in that department were the Seventh and Eighth the Potomac. He commanded this brigade at the surrender of Vermont. During the summer of 1862 a misunderstanding Virginia, 'at the Army of Northern Appomattox, Va., April 9, arose between Gen. Phelps. Gen. Butler and the Government, rS65, and until May 22, 1865, when he assumed command of the which resulted in the resignation of General Phelps on August

Third Cavalry Division. From September 19. 1864, to April 9, 21, 1862. General Phelps was appointed from the army, and 1S65, he was several times in command of the Third Cavalry his record as an officer may be found in the list of Vermonters Division. He was in command of the Cavalry Corps from June who served in the regular army.

1, to June 24, 1865, being its last commander. He was in command of the First Separate Brigade, Twentv- EDWIN H. STOUGHTON, Second Army Corps, from June 24, 1S65, to July 24. .1865. He Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. was mustered out of the service January 15. 1866, by Gtneral Appointed cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, Order 168, War Department, Washington, D. C, dated Decem- 1854; Bvt. Second Lieutenant 4th Infantry, U. S. A., July 1, 1S59 ber 28, 1865. He was twice wounded, at Boonsborough, Md., Second Lieutenant 6th Infantry, Septembers, 1859; resigned July 8, 1863, with a sabre thrust and cut, and at Culpeper Court March 4, 1861 ; Colonel, Fourth Regiment, Vermont Infantry- House, Va., September 13, 1863 ; was aprisoner of war in Libby Volunteers, September 21, 1861. Appointed Brigadier-General Prison, Richmond. Va., from March 17, 1S63, to about May 6, U. S. Volunteers, November 5, 1862 prisoner of war March 1863. His service in the field was continuous from this muster- ; 9, 1863; appointment expired March 4, 1863. in until the close of the war. Commanded the Second Vermont Brigade, (Second Brigade, During his services with the first Regiment Cavalry he took Casey's Division, Twenty-Second Army Corps), November 5, part in the following battles and SKirmishes : Middletown, Win- 1862, to March 9, 1863. chester, Luray Court House, Culpeper Court House, Orange Commanded the Fourth Vermont at the following engage- Court House, Kelley's Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Bull Run, War- ments : Lee's Mills, Golding's Farm, White Oak Swamp, Wil- renton, Hanover, Hunterstown, Gettysburg, Monterey, Leiters- liamsburg, Savage's Station, Crampton's Gap and Antietam. ville, Hagerstown, Boonsborough, Hagerstown, Falling Waters, Port Conway, Port Conway, Culpeper Court House, Somerville JAMES MEECH WARNER, Ford, Raccoon Ford, James City, Brandy Station, Gainesville, Buckland Mills, Falmouth, Morton's Ford, Mechanicsville, Brigadier-General United Slates Volunteers. Piping Tree, Craig's Meeting House, Spottsylvania, Yellow Commissfoned Colonel nth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, Tavern, Bridge, Hanover Meadow Court House, Ashland, (First Regiment Heavy Artillery), August 15, 1862; mustered Shop, Bridge, Hawes' Bottom White Oak Swamp, Riddle's into United States service September 1, 1862; appointed Briga- Hill, Station, Shop, Malvern Reams's Nottoway Court House, dier-General U. S. Volunteers, May 8, 1865; mustered out of 7SO GENERAL OFFICERS.

service January 1 5, 1866. His regiment rendezvoused at Brat- Colonel Thomas was present in all the important engage- tleboro, and left the State on the 7th of September, 1862. On ments in which the Eighth Vermont participated. He per- arrival at Washington, it was distributed among the fortifications formed signal service at the battle of the Cotton, January 14, around the city, Col. Warner's headquarters being at Fort Lin- 1863, where, with the Eighth, he crossed the Bayou Teche and coln. His command remained in the defenses of Washington cleaned the rifle pits of the enemy, saving the Union fleet. until the opening of the campaign in 1864, when the regiment At Hisland, La., April 12, 1863, he was with his regiment in was ordered to join the Army of the Potomac, and was assigned the first line of battle, supporting the artillery and under a to the Old Vermont lirigade, (Second Brigade, Second Divis- severe artillery fire. During the day he alone kept upon his

' ion, Sixth Army Corps), and from this time forward served in horse, although frequently urged to dismount. the Army of the Potomac, participating in all the battles of the He commanded a brigade during the siege of Port Hudson, Sixth Corps. Col. Warner was severely wounded at the battle which lasted forty-four days. On May 27, in the first assault of Spottsylvania Court House, on the morning of May 18, 1864, upon the enemy's works, the Union forces moved in three lines but kept in the field throughout the day. As Colonel he com- of battle, Colonel Thomas' brigade being the third. The two manded the First Brigade, Second Division. Sixth Corps, from preceding brigades being broken up, Colonel Thomas took the the 21st of September, and later as Brig.-Gen. until May, 1865, advance, and with a brilliant charge drove the enemy inside the when the corps was disorganized. General Warner received main works, and secured the position, which they held during many brevets, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, March the remainder of the seige. In this assault Colonel Thomas 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war. was wounded, and lost two of his four staff officers. He was Bvt. Brig.-Gen. of Volunteers, August 1, 1864, for gallant and also prominent in the night assault on June 10, 1863, in which meritorious service in the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, his regiment suffered severely. and at the battles of Winchester, Fishers Hill and Cedar Colonel Thomas, at the battle of Opequan, Va., September

Creek, Va. ; Bvt. Brig.-Gen. U. S. Army, April 9th, 1865, for 19, 1864, was commended in general orders for his services, he gallant and meritorious service in the field during the war. Re- having, at a critical time in the battle, upon his own responsi- signed Februar3' 13, 1866. General Warner was appointed to bility, ordered a charge which did much to break the enemy's command of the nth Vt. Regiment from the United States center. Army, and his record as a regular officer will be found in the He was engaged in the battle of Fisher's Hill, September 22, list of Vern-onters who served in the regular army. 1864, and in the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864. When Early surprised the Union forces, his brigade was ordered to STEPHEN THOMAS, cross the pike and stem the rebel advance until our lines could be re-formed, and held the position until his brigade was nearly Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. annihilated. He was also prominent in the advance during the Commissioned Colonel Eighth Vermont Infantry November afternoon, when Sheridan resumed command of the army and

12, 1861 : wounded May 27, 1863; appointed Brigadier-General turned the defeat of the morning into a victory in the evening.

of Volunteers February 1, 1S65; mustered out of the United In this engagement Colonel Thomas lost a horse, shot from States service August 24. 1865. In April, 1S61. Stephen under him. For his brave and valiant services Colonel Thomas Thomas represented the town of West Fairlee at the special was made Brigadier-General of Volunteers, and in the spring of session of the Legislature, which was called to consider what 1S65 was assigned to the command of a brigade of New York. part the State would take in the War of the Rebellion, already Indiana and Ohio regiments, in General Hancock's corps. begun. He was a member of the committee" having under con- sideration a bill for raising half a million dollars toward the ASA P. BLUNT, support of our troops in the field. He was the last man of the Brevet Brigadier-General United Slates Volunteers. committee to speak, and urged that the bill be amended to read one million dollars, adding: " Until this rebellion shall be put Comissioned Adjutant of the Third Vermont Infantry, with

down. I have no friends to reward and no enemies to punish, rank of 1st Lieutenant, June 6. 1S61; mustered into the United

and I trust that the whole strength and power of Vermont, both States service July 16. 1S6.1: promoted Lieutenant-Colonel of men and money, will be put into the field to sustain the gov- Sixth Vermont, September 25, i86r; promoted Colonel Twelfth

ernment." Vermont Volunteers, September 19, 1862. ISrevet Brig.-Gen. Stephen Thomas commenced recruiting the Eighth Regiment U. S. Vols., March 13, 1S65, for faithful and meritorious services and two batteries of light artillery, at the expense of the United in the field. While Adjutant of the Third Vermont he was States Government, on January 2[, 1S62. When he had the present in action at Lewinsville, Va. As Lieutenant-Colonel of organization filled to the maximum number the Government the Sixth Vermont he was engaged at Lee's Mills, Williams- objected to mustering it into service until all the bills for recruit- burg, Golding's Farm, Savage's Station. White Oak Swamp, Va. ing, uniforming and equipping were paid. This, by the aid of While with the 12th Vermont was in the Second Brigade, Quartermaster Fred E. Smith, was done on February 19, 1S62. Casey's Division, Twenty-Second Corps, and Third Brigade, On March 4, 1862, the Eighth Vermont regiment and the Third Division, First Corps. First Vermont Light Battery left Brattleboro for the Depart- ment of the South, and reported to Brigadier-General Phelps at * CHARLES B. STOUGHTON, Ship Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 5. Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. It is of historical value to note that the first regiment of col- ored troops raised for the United States service, and composed Commissioned Adjutant of the 4th Vermont Infantry Volun- of the free colored of teers, with 1st Lieutenant, 1, men New Orleans, reported for duty to rank of August 1861 ; mustered Colonel Stephen Thomas of the Eighth Vermont, October 24, into the United States service September 21, 1861; Major, 1862, to upon expedition February 1862 Lieutenant-Colonel, go an with his own regiment into 25, ; July 17, 1862 ; Colonel

Western Louisiana. After the capture of New Orleans, Colonel November, 1862 ; wounded July 10, 1863 ; resigned February Thomas had command of all the troops on the west bank of 2, 1864, by reason of wounds. Brevet Brig.-Gen. of Volunteers the Mississippi. March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious' services. Present GENERAL OFFICERS. 75'

in 22, 1861 action at Lee's Mills, Williamsburg, (folding's Farm, Savage's commissioned First Lieutenant of company I)., May ; in the Station, White Oak Swamp, Va., Cramplon'sGapand Antietam, mustered into the United States service June 20, 1861 ; mustered out on Md., Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Heights and , Va., July 21, 1861 ; the Fredericksburg, Va., Gettysburg and Funkstown, Md. Severe- surgeon's certificate Nov. 5, 1861 ; commissioned Major of ly August promoted to wouneed, (loss of right eye) at last named engagement. Tenth Vermont Volunteers 26, 1862 ; Lieutenant-Colonel October 17, 1S62; promoted to Colonel

EDWARD H. RIPLEY, April 26, 1S64, and mustered June 6, 1864; resigned on sur- Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. geon's certificate December 17, 1864. Brevetted Brigadier- General March 7, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services Commissioned Captain Co. B., 9th Regiment Vermont Infan- during the war. Commanded the Tenth Vermont Volunteers try Volunteers, June 20, 1862 ; mustered into the United States in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, service July 9, 1862; promoted Major, March 20, 1863; Lieuten- Totopotomoy Creek, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Va., Mono- ant-Colonel, May 16, 1S63 ; Colonel May 22, 1863; Brevet cacy, Md., and Cedar Creek, Va. Lost the fore finger of right Brigadier-General U. S. Vols., August 1, 1864; wounded Sep- hand at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1,1864; slightly wounded at tember 29, 1864. Mustered out of service June 13, 1865. Com- Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; wounded four times at the battle manded post at Newport Barracks, N. C,'spring and summer of of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. 1864. Commanded the Second Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Corps, on the Bermuda Hundred, Va., front; also the First Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-Fourth Corps, on JOHN RANDOLPH LEWIS, the Richmond, Va., front. Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. - Present in action at Harper's Fern , Va., 1862, (captured and Enlisted as private Co. H., 1st Regiment Vermont Infantry paroled) siege of Suffolk, Edenton Road, Nansemond and Volunteers, May 1861, for three months. Mustered into the Blackwater, Va., from April to June 1863, Young's Cross Roads, United States service as Sergeant May 9, 1861. Served at N. C. January 27, 1864, Jacksonville, N. C, May 9, 1864, Fortress Monroe and Newport News, Va., and was present in Chapin's Farm, Va., September 29and 30, 1864, (Wounded) Fair action at Big Bethel, June io, [861 ; mustered out August 15, Oaks, Va., October 27, 1864, siege and capture of Richmond, 1861. Commissioned Captain Co. I., 5th Vermont Regiment, April 3, 1865. In command of the first brigade of troops that

September 12, 1861 ; mustered September 16, 1861. Pro- entered the city of Richmond, Va., on the morning of its capture, moted Major July 15, 1862: Lieutenant-Colonel, October 6, April 3, 1S65. General Ripley's brigade was the Provost 1S62. Appointed Colonel June 5, 1864 Guard in Richmond for some two weeks after its capture. Was present in all the battles of his regiment, except Mine GEORGE P. FOSTER, Run and Antietam, to May 5, 1864-; wounded in the right leg with shell at White Oak Swamp, and lost his left arm at the Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. shoulder in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864 ; mustered Commissioned Captain Company G., Fourth Regiment Ver- as Colonel, First Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, September mont Infantry Volunteers September 21, 1S61 ; mustered into 8, 1S64; on special duty in Washington and elsewhere, June, States service September 21, 1S61 the United ; promoted Major 1865. In command of the Post at Elmira, N. Y., October, July 18, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel November 5, 1862: Colonel 1865; awaiting orders at Buffalo, N. Y., December, 1865; In- February 3, 1S64; severely wounded in the thigh Ma}- 5, 1S64; spector-General on Staff of Brig.-Gen. Clinton B. Fiske at Nash- Brevet Brigadier-General August 1, 1864, for gallant and meri- ville, Tenn., March, 1866. Bvt. Brigadier-General, U. S. torious service before Richmond and in the Shenandoah Valley, Volunteers, for gallant service at the battle of the Wilderness,

Va. ; mustered out of the LTnited States service Jul}- 13, 1865. Va., March 13, 1865. Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Present in action at Lee's Mills. Williamsburg, Golding's Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Tennessee,

Farm, Savage's Station and White Oak Swamp, Va. ; Cramp- with brevet rank, to January, 1867; Major 44th U. S. Infantry, ton's Gap and Antietam, Md. ; Fredericksburg and Mayre's U. S. A., January 22, 1S67. Bvt. Lieut.-Col. U S. A., March

Heights, Salem Heights and Second Fredericksburg, Va. ; Get- 2, 1S67, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of

; Station and tysburg, Pa. ; Funkstown, Md. Rappahannock White Oak Swamp, Va. Bvt. Col. U. S. A., March 2, 1867, Charleston, the Wilderness, Va. (severly wounded) ; Opequ'an, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilder- Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Petersburg and Peters- ness, Va. On duty as Inspector-General on staff of Colonel and burg, Va. At the battle of Winchester Colonel Foster had Brevet Brig.-Gen. C. C. Sibley, at Savannah, Macon and At- command of the Vermont Brigade. lanta., Ga., to 1S69. Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refu- Several times while Colonel of the Fourth Vermont he com- gees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Georgia, to Vermont Brigade), manded the Second Brigade (Old Second April 28, 1870. Retired as Colonel U. S. A., April 28, 1870. Division, Sixth Corps. Total active service nine years, lacking four days. Present in WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, action at Big Bethel, Lee's Mills, Williamsburg, Golding's Farm, Savage's Station, and White Oak Swamp, Va., (wounded Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. Brevet in right leg), Crampton's Gap, Md., Fredericksburg, Marye's Born at Waterbury, Vt., November 21, 1831; enlisted as Heights, Salem Hights, Second Fredericksburs, Va., Gettys- private in company D., Second Vermont Infantry Volunteers; burgh and Funkstown, Md., battle of the Wilderness, Va.