Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War first as a Captain in the 3rd United States Regular Cavalry, then as Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General on the successive staffs of Union Generals George Stoneman, Francis P. Blair Jr., and James H. Wilson. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on January 5, 1865. On April 16, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "distinguished skill and gallantry in the cavalry engagements at Ebenezer Church, Ala., and Columbus, Georgia, and for steadfast devotion to duty in the field during the war". He remained in the Army after the War, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1885.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War first as a Captain in the 3rd United States Regular Cavalry, then as Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General on the successive staffs of Union Generals George Stoneman, Francis P. Blair Jr., and James H. Wilson. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on January 5, 1865. On April 16, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "distinguished skill and gallantry in the cavalry engagements at Ebenezer Church, Ala., and Columbus, Georgia, and for steadfast devotion to duty in the field during the war". He remained in the Army after the War, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1885.
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