Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served a majority of his Civil War service as an aide and Assistant Inspector General on the staff of Ulysses S. Grant. After the war started he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd California Volunteer Infantry, but soon was tabbed to serve with General Grant in the Western Theatre of operations. As part of his staff he participated in the campaigns along the Mississippi River that culminated in the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi in July 1863. Promoted to Colonel, he remained in the western Theatre as the Commissary of Musters for the Department of the Tennessee. He was given a brevet of Brigadier General, US Volunteer on march 15, 1865, but he declined the honor. Two years later, on March 2, 1867, he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "gallant and meritorious services during the late rebellion, at the siege of Corinth, at Iuka, battle of Corinth, Tallahatchie, advance on Grenada, Humboldt, and siege of Vicksburg". After the war he remained in the Regular Army, and retired with the rank of Major in 1873.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served a majority of his Civil War service as an aide and Assistant Inspector General on the staff of Ulysses S. Grant. After the war started he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd California Volunteer Infantry, but soon was tabbed to serve with General Grant in the Western Theatre of operations. As part of his staff he participated in the campaigns along the Mississippi River that culminated in the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi in July 1863. Promoted to Colonel, he remained in the western Theatre as the Commissary of Musters for the Department of the Tennessee. He was given a brevet of Brigadier General, US Volunteer on march 15, 1865, but he declined the honor. Two years later, on March 2, 1867, he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "gallant and meritorious services during the late rebellion, at the siege of Corinth, at Iuka, battle of Corinth, Tallahatchie, advance on Grenada, Humboldt, and siege of Vicksburg". After the war he remained in the Regular Army, and retired with the rank of Major in 1873.
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