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Webb, Melville Emerson.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 33d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 7.1863. Mustered out, June 11, 1865.

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Webber, A. Carter.

Major, Surgeon, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 29, 1862. Mustered out, July 30, 1863.

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Weber, Julius.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 27, 1865. Resigned, June 12, 1865.

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Wheeler, Charles Augustus.

Private, 15th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 5, 1861. Discharged to accept promotion, Dec. 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 12th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 17, 1862; mustered, Dec. 20, 1862. Mustered out, July 8, 1864.

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Wheeler, Edward R.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 24th Mass. Infantry, May 6, 1864. Major, Surgeon, Nov. 10, 1864. Mustered out, Jan. 20, 1866.

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Whiston, Edward A.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 16th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Promoted to Major, Surgeon, 1st Mass. Infantry, Mar. 5, 1863. Mustered out, May 28, 1864.

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White, Elisha Mann.

Hospital Steward, 48th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Dec. 8, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 37th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 29, 1864. Promoted Major, Surgeon, Dec. 21, 1864. Transferred to 20th Mass. Infantry, June 19, 1865. Mustered out, June 22, 1865. Died at Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo., July 14, 1890.

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White, Whitman V.

Major, Surgeon, 57th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 5, 1863. Mustered out, July 30, 1865.

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Whitman, Frank.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 58th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 4, 1864. Promoted Major, Surgeon, Apr. 20, 1865. Mustered out, July 14, 1865.

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Whitney, Allston Waldo.

Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1846. Resigned, June 23, 1848. Major, Surgeon, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Mustered out, July 26, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at West Newton, Mass., Nov. 11, 1881.

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Whittier, Samuel C.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 11th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 29, 1862. Promoted Major, Surgeon, 23d Mass. Infantry, May 26, 1864. Mustered out, June 25, 1865.

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Wightman, James.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 2d Mass. Infantry, Mar. 19, 1863. Died of disease at Washington, D. C., June 15, 1863.

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Wilbur, Joshua Greene.

Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army. “Contract Surgeon,” June 15, 1862, to Feb. 28, 1863, and from Nov. 1, 1863, to July 17, 1865. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 18th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 2, 1863. Resigned, Nov. 14, 1863.

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Wilder, Burt G.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 55th Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1863. Major, Surgeon, July 11, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 29, 1865.

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Willard, Josiah N.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861. Major, Surgeon, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 10, 1862. Discharged (disability), Oct. 13, 1864.

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Williams, Alfred G.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 11th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 23, 1862; mustered, Apr. 26, 1862. Discharged, Aug. 11, 1862, per S. O. No. 233, Army of the Potomac, upon tender of resignation,--cause, “impaired state of health.”

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Willis, Samuel M.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 26th Mass. Infantry, July 14, 1862. Major, Surgeon, 1st La. Volunteers (afterward 74th U. S. Colored Infantry), Oct. 23, 1862. See United States Colored Troops.

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Winsor, Frederick.

Major, Surgeon, 49th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Dec. 3, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1863.

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Wood, Albert.

First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 29th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862. Major, Surgeon, 1st Mass. Cavalry, July 7, 1863. Resigned, Nov. 1, 1864. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Jan. 1, 1865, to May 17, 1865.

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