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The list of American Civil War (Civil War) generals has been divided into five articles: an introduction on this page, a list of Union Army generals, a list of Union brevet generals, a list of Confederate Army generals and a list of prominent acting Confederate States Army generals, which includes officers appointed to duty by E. Kirby Smith, officers whose appointments were never confirmed or ...
Davis Tillson (April 14, 1830 – April 30, 1895) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Being mostly connected to his home in Rockland, Maine throughout his life; he also served as a state representative, militia leader and Freedman's Bureau agent, and became a business magnate.
Sifakis, Stewart, Who Was Who in the Civil War. Facts On File, New York, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. United States War Department, The Military Secretary's Office, Memorandum Relative to the General Officers in the Armies of the United States During the Civil War, 1861–1865, (Compiled from Official Records.) 1906.
Often shown as first general killed in Civil War, before First Bull Run. Cousin of Richard B. Garnett. Garrott, Isham Warren: See incomplete appointments section in List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate). Warner lists as a general; Eicher does not. Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah: Brigadier general rank: August 22, 1864 nom: August ...
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914) [1] [2] was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army.
In 1866, he was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress, but was beaten by former general Grenville M. Dodge in the general election. In 1871 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives and served one term. [6] [7] He served as the state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the Department of Iowa. [2]
Before long, he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives. [4] In the summer of 1862, Merrill was commissioned Colonel of the 21st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, serving in that regiment until seriously wounded in the hip at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge on the Big Black River in May 1863. This was part of the Vicksburg ...
Clark was born in Sangerville, Maine on January 26, 1841. He enlisted with the 6th Maine Infantry in July 1861, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in February 1862. He later served as captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers from May to October 1864. [3] After the war, he worked as a lawyer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.