M. D. M., near Macon Ga., May 9, 1865. Major E. B. Beaumont, Assistant Adjutant General Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.
Major — I have the honor to report that the Pontoon train (fifty-eight wagons) loaded with thirty canvas pontoons, together with the lumber necessary to lay a bridge, at least four hundred feet long, also the pontoniers, consisting of the Third battalion of the Twelfth Missouri cavalry volunteers, under my command, left Eastport, Mississippi, at 8 o'clock A. M., on the twentieth of March, 1865.
(The teamsters were all detailed from the battalion of pontoniers, which consisted of two hundred and five (205) men, and five (5) line officers, besides Lieutenant Acting Assistant Quartermaster.) The Twentieth marched by the way of Iuka to Bear river, escorted by the Second battalion of the Twelfth Missouri cavalry.
The distance was about fifteen miles. We arrived at the river at about five o'clock, and finding it not fordable, laid pontoon bridges across it, of one tressel and
ler, A.,39th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Jan.--, 1865.
Butler, A.,*12th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,June 24, 1864.
Butler, George C., Sergt.,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 30, 1864.
Butler, Morris,54th Mass. Inf.,Florence, S. C.,Feb. 12, 1865.
Butler, Moses,39th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Jan. 17, 1865.
Butler, Patrick,12th Mass. Inf.,Annapolis, Md.,Dec. 8, 1863.
Buxton, Thomas,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 7, 1864.
Byrnes, Edward,34th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,March 20, 1865.
Byrnes, John,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 27, 1864.
Cady, William H. N.,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Nov. 1, 1864.
Callagan, Joseph,*2d Mass. Cav.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 22, 1864.
Callahan, Jeremiah,57th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 29, 1864.
Callahan, William,19th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,July 12, 1862.
Callihan, Robert,57th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 10, 1864.
Campbell, Donald A.,15th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Feb. 16, 1865.
Campbell, Thomas
ler, A.,39th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Jan.--, 1865.
Butler, A.,*12th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,June 24, 1864.
Butler, George C., Sergt.,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 30, 1864.
Butler, Morris,54th Mass. Inf.,Florence, S. C.,Feb. 12, 1865.
Butler, Moses,39th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Jan. 17, 1865.
Butler, Patrick,12th Mass. Inf.,Annapolis, Md.,Dec. 8, 1863.
Buxton, Thomas,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 7, 1864.
Byrnes, Edward,34th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,March 20, 1865.
Byrnes, John,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 27, 1864.
Cady, William H. N.,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Nov. 1, 1864.
Callagan, Joseph,*2d Mass. Cav.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 22, 1864.
Callahan, Jeremiah,57th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 29, 1864.
Callahan, William,19th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,July 12, 1862.
Callihan, Robert,57th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 10, 1864.
Campbell, Donald A.,15th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Feb. 16, 1865.
Campbell, Thomas
4th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1858. Second Lieutenant, 10th Infantry, Feb. 5, 1859. First Lieutenant, May 7, 1861.
Colonel, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 18, 1862.
Captain, 10th U. S. Infantry, June 27, 1862.
On duty at New Orleans and Fort Jackson, and engaged in the Red River campaign; in command of the 5th Brigade cavalry division, department of the Gulf.
Mustered out of volunteer service, Nov. 26, 1864. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Resigned, Mar. 20, 1865.
Gordon, George Henry.
Born at Charlestown, Mass., July 19, 1825.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Mounted Rifles, July 1, 1846. Brevet First Lieutenant, Apr. 18, 1847. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 8, 1848. First Lieutenant, Aug. 30, 1853.
Resigned, Oct. 31, 1854.
Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861.
Guarding the upper Potomac, July to Dec., 1861, and Frederick, Md., Jan. to Mar., 1862.
In operations in Shenandoah Valley u
Jan. 16, 1863. First Lieutenant, Feb. 16, 1864.
Discharged to accept promotion, Apr. 3, 1865.
Captain, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Mar. 20, 1865; mustered, Apr. 7, 1865.
Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Duckrell, William Jones.
Private, 40th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 10, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 61st Mas4.
Discharged (disability), Nov. 23, 1864. First Lieutenant. 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 31, 1864.
Captain, Mar. 20, 1865.
Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Leavitt, Joshua.
Second Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Dec. 7, 1864.
Mustered out, Sept. 9, 1865.
Leavitt, Sheldon, ustered out, Aug. 14, 1863.
Nelson, George S.
Captain, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862.
Transferred to 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 18, 1862.
Resigned, Mar. 20, 1865.
Nelson, John A.
Captain, 30th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 9, 1861.
Discharged, May 30, 1862.
Not commissioned by the Governor of Massachusetts.
Newbury, D
rke, Johnson.
See Massachusetts Officers in Other States.
Clark, Rowse R.
Major, Surgeon, 34th Mass. Infantry, July 3, 1862.
Mustered out, June 16, 1865.
Clarke, David S.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 59th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 20, 1865.
Transferred to 57th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 20, 1865.
Mustered out, July 30, 1865.
Cogswell, George B.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 29th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 14, 1861.
Major, Surgeon, Aug. 7, 1862.
Mustered out (disability), MMar. 20, 1865.
Mustered out, July 30, 1865.
Cogswell, George B.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 29th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 14, 1861.
Major, Surgeon, Aug. 7, 1862.
Mustered out (disability), Mar. 15, 1864.
Cogswell, William.
Major, Surgeon, 50th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Nov. 11, 1862.
Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1863.
Cornish, Theodore O.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 11, 1862.
Mustered out, July 29, 1864.
Cowdrey, Arthur W.
First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 7th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 14, 1862.
Major, Surgeon, 37th U. S. Colored Infantry.
See United States Colored Troops.
Crehore, Charles Frederic.
Major, S
Volunteers, Dec. 1, 1861, to Aug. 12, 1863.
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 12, 1863, to Dec. 2, 1865.
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Nov. 27, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867.
Resigned, Dec. 9, 1871.
Alden, John P.
Born in Massachusetts.
Private, 1st Kan. Infantry, June 3, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 3, 1861.
Captain, May 12, 1862.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1863.
Honorably discharged, Mar. 20, 1865.
Aldrich, Edwin J.
Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 17th Iowa Infantry, Feb. 28, 1862. Regimental Quartermaster, Apr. 18, 1862.
Resigned, Jan. 20, 1863.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, May 18, 1864. Brevet Major, Dec. 11, 1865.
Mustered out, Dec. 19, 1865.
Alien, Charles James Fox.
Born in Massachusetts.
Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, July 16, 1862.
Mustered out, Nov. 15, 1865.
Allen, Ebenezer Clough.
Born in Massachuse